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 shares borders with Hunters Point and Long Island City to the west, Astoria to the north, Woodside to the east and Maspeth 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″ northLongitude
-73.94659° or 73° 56′ 48″ westOpen location code
87G8P3M3+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 242620837OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=wastewater_plantWikidata ID
Q15262211
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