Department of Environmental Protection

The Department of Environmental Protection said that sewage has rendered waterways unsafe.

ConEd and DEP have begun giving out dry and wet ice and will set up water-on-the-go drinking fountains.

Officials said the heating oil spill cleanup will go on for an undetermined amount of time.

Trucks and fumes have been a problem since heating oil spilled in a basement on the block.

The Gil Hodges Carroll Street Community Garden is about to get a $245,000 renovation.

More than 400 sprinklers will get timer buttons as part of a $6 million plan to reduce water use.

The Department of Transportation has solved at least one standing water problem in Midtown this year.

A broken fire hydrant flooded Hudson Heights and shut off water to hundreds Wednesday. 

An empty lot on Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street will become a community garden this fall, officials say.

Residents oppose killing Canada geese to prevent birds from flying into jet engines.  

Dozens of angry John Street residents attended a community meeting about the noise March 6, 2012.

The city Department of Environmental Protection ran tests on the water, however, and said it was normal.

The North Brooklyn Boat Club will offer canoeing and kayaking from its own space this spring.

A server at Papasito said she was paid only in cash and never filled out tax paperwork at the restaurant.

A water main break closed 21st Street, between Second and Third Avenues on Nov. 26, 2011.