Newtown Creek
Superfund site in Brooklyn, Queens, NY · EPA ID NYN000206282
Newtown Creek is a Superfund site in Brooklyn, Queens, NY on the EPA National Priorities List (Currently on the Final NPL). Contaminants of concern include C19-C36 ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED DIOXINS AND FURANS, COPPER, LEAD. The EPA has not published a human-exposure determination for Newtown Creek.
EPA status
- National Priorities List
- Currently on the Final NPL
- Human exposure under control
- Not reported
- Groundwater migration under control
- Not a Groundwater Site
- Construction complete
- No
- Sitewide ready for reuse
- No
- Federal facility
- No
- EPA region
- 02
- County
- Not reported
Contaminants of concern
Grouped by the environmental medium in which the EPA recorded them.
Sediment
- C19-C36 Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
- Chlorinated Dioxins And Furans
- Copper
- Lead
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs)
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs)
Location
SOUTH END OF IVY HILL ROAD, Brooklyn, Queens, NY 11222
Latitude 40.715192, longitude -73.930762