CONEY ISLAND FERRY CANCELLED!
EDC FINALLY ADMITS THAT SITE ON CONEY ISLAND CREEK IS TOO DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE. DOCK TO BE REMOVED IN DECEMBER
The Coney Island History Project's special exhibition for the 2018 season, opening on Memorial Day Weekend, is "Coney Island Creek and the Natural World." Coney Island is best known for its magnificent artifice, a manufactured reality and fantasy world that replaced the vibrant natural environment of sand dunes and salt marshes that existed before development began 200 years ago.
Very little of that environment has survived. The towering sand dunes were flattened, and the wetlands were filled in for development leaving the island vulnerable to storms. Even the island's world-famous beach is artificial, created. . . .
Learn the fascinating history of the creek!
CIHP restores creek shoreline, rescues snagged horseshoe crabs
Resources
VIDEO: Environmental Racism and the Coney Island Ferry
The City movING forward with FERRY plan THAT WILL degrade
And destroy Coney Island Creek and kaiser park
Coney Island History Project staff recently noticed that spawning horseshoe crabs had moved further up the creek than ever before and were getting snagged and trapped at the illegal dump site below the Cropsey Avenue bridge. In June, two History Project volunteers climbed down ladders and began freeing crabs that had become trapped by ropes, tires, and other debris. We removed snags, concrete, and tires from the site and restored it to a more natural state. CIHP plans to monitor the site and continue clean-ups in the future.
DEMAND MITIGATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS ILL-CONCEIVED PROJECT!
Sponsored by the Coney Island Beautification Project
Join Coney Island Beautification Project this year as they engage the community in climate topics provided by groups and individuals with posters, games, flyers, documents pertaining to climate change and its effects upon neighborhood. Events throughout the day will include: 10am Beach Clean-up, 10am Kayaking, and 10am Arts and Games. There will be art contests through painting by various age groups with prizes awarded!
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What is Coney Island Creek?
THIS EXHIBITION HAS CLOSED For more information or a private viewing: www.coneyislandhistory.org
The Army corps coastal resiliency plan
City of water day at coney island creek
Coney Island Addresses Climate Change!
Saturday, July 15, 2023 at Kaiser Park, 10 am-2 pm
2529 Neptune Ave, Brooklyn NY (at the creek side)
THE four PUBLIC PARKS On CONEY ISLAND CREEK
CIHP Director Charles Denson frees a snagged horseshoe crab. The bridge site before and after CIHP clean-up.
Coney Island Creek is the last remnant of a vast and vibrant salt marsh estuary that once covered nearly 3,000 acres between the sand dunes of Coney Island and the glacial plain of what is now Southern Brooklyn. The waterway became Coney Island’s earliest attraction as the island’s first hotels sprang up along the creek’s shoreline during the 1820s. Until the late 19th century, pristine Coney Island Creek remained a popular destination for boating, fishing, crabbing, and hunting waterfowl.
The sprawling resorts that opened along the oceanfront in the 1870s began using the creek to dispose of raw sewage, initiating of a pattern of abuse that continued for the next century. As Coney Island developed and grew into the “World’s Playground,” the surrounding marshes were filled in with garbage and ash, polluting the creek and transforming it into a two-mile long industrial waterway that still drains Southern Brooklyn through numerous storm sewer systems. For several decades, the neglected and toxic creek survived misguided attempts to destroy it by filling it in rather than restoring it.
The Clean Water Act of 1972 and a new ecological awareness changed public perception and gave new life to Coney’s neglected waterway. The 100,000 residents who live in close proximity to Coney Island Creek are coming to realize that the creek can be an asset instead of a liability. It’s now a case for Environmental Justice. Today the creek has four parks along its shoreline and is once again being used for recreation, fishing, and boating. But much work remains to be done in restoring and protecting this dynamic ecosystem. This work will require a collaborative effort and public participation is needed and appreciated. See the News section for upcoming events.
Flood gate proposed for Coney Island creek!
Coney Island Creek
protecting and preserving the coney island creek estuary
Coney Island Creek Exhibit Opens at the Coney Island History Project
NYCedc fined $70,000 for environmental violations
at coney island ferry dock!
The New York Harbor Coastal Resiliency Plan by the Army Corps of Engineers went live on their website on September 26, and it's a shocker. The proposed $52 billion plan for New York and parts of New Jersey will have extreme consequences for Coney Island and the surrounding shorefront communities and gives no guarantees that any of the projects will work.(The plan is searchable for Coney Island and maps appear on pages 139 and 202.) The plan will be finalized in two years, and construction begins in 2030. The only thing for sure is that Coney Island will never be the same. Submit your comments before the March 7, 2023, deadline.
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