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The entire EPA cleanup of the waterway will finish sometime around 2027.

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

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A man drove into the Gowanus canal after allegedly running over a woman's foot in Carroll Gardens.

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The company pleaded guilty to dumping hazardous waste that ended up in the creek, DA said.

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Clean-water advocate Christopher Swain said, "The poop was expected" after emerging from the water. 

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A pair of swans have been spotted on the polluted Gowanus Canal this week.

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The Department of Environmental Protection named 14 possible locations for two underground sewage tanks.

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The Lightstone Group has agreed to conduct cleanup work along the polluted Gowanus Canal.

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Residents are concerned pollution in and around Newtown Creek could release toxins during construction.

East Williamsburg »

The pool would use water that typically becomes sewage that overflows into the filthy creek.

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Once a dumping ground for industrial waste, the polluted canal is seeing new life. Here's how to explore.

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The EPA proposal for cleaning up the Gowanus Canal could close the "Double D" pool, locals worry.

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The 2.5-mile Gowanus Challenge is open to canoes and other human-powered watercraft.

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The bleeding dolphin was seen swimming in the Gowanus Friday afternoon.

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The cleanup of the polluted canal is expected to cost about a half billon dollars and take until 2022.