Gowanus Canal cleanup

The EPA is scheduled to start dredging toxic sludge out of the canal in 2018, but cuts could delay that.

National Grid owns contaminated property along the polluted canal and is responsible for cleaning it up.

National Grid is unfairly burdening customers with the cost of the Gowanus Canal cleanup, advocates say.

Defunding the federal cleanup could put the canal's future in the hands of state and local agencies.

The EPA has begun a $506 million Superfund cleanup of one of the nation's most polluted waterways.

Air quality will be monitored to ensure debris removal doesn't pose a health threat, EPA officials said.

City Councilman Brad Lander will re-launch his Bridging Gowanus initiative to engage locals in planning.

A look at properties along the Gowanus Canal that are targeted for development or other changes.

Work should start in 2018 on unearthing the long lost First Street Basin, officials said.

The city will hold off on replacing the Union St. bridge until after part of the canal is cleaned up.

The EPA said Thursday the city doesn't necessarily have to close 'The Americans' studio for the project.

The public can comment on where to put a massive underground sewage tank until May 31.

A fixed bridge would scuttle plans to use barges to remove sludge during the canal's Superfund cleanup.

The famed dirty canal is slowly getting cleaner and more people are moving to fast-changing Gowanus.

Alloy Development offered the free land in a bid to stop the city from seizing it under eminent domain.