Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is the largest sewage treatment facility operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Wastewater treatment plant
Description: Sewage treatment facility in New York City
Postal code: 11222

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Greenpoint Avenue Bridge and Pulaski Bridge.

Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge is a drawbridge that carries Greenpoint Avenue across Newtown Creek between the neighborhoods of Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Blissville, Queens in New York City. Greenpoint Avenue Bridge is situated 1,800 feet east of Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Pulaski Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

The Pulaski Bridge in New York City connects Long Island City in Queens to Greenpoint in Brooklyn over Newtown Creek. It was named after Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War fighter Casimir Pulaski in homage to the large Polish-American population in Greenpoint. Pulaski Bridge is situated 2,600 feet northwest of Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Hunterspoint Avenue station

Railway station

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, within the City Terminal Zone. It is located at 49th Avenue between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, New York City. Hunterspoint Avenue station is situated 3,000 feet north of Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blissville and Sunnyside.

Blissville

Neighborhood

Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south.

Sunnyside

Neighborhood

Photo: Dialt0ne, Public domain.

Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Hunters Point and Long Island City to the west, Astoria to the north, Woodside to the east, and Maspeth and Newtown Creek to the south.

Greenpoint

Neighborhood

Photo: Jleon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at Bushwick Inlet Park and McCarren Park; on the southeast by the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg; on the north by Newtown Creek and the neighborhood of Long Island City in Queens; and on the west by the East River.

Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

Category: industry
Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.73388° or 40° 44′ 2″ north

Longitude

-73.94659° or 73° 56′ 48″ west

Open location code

87G8P3M3+H9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 242620837

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=wastewater_plant

Wikidata ID

Q15262211

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