Maspeth Creek
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Maspeth Creek is a small industrial waterway in Queens, New York City, that branches off Newtown Creek and is known for its heavily polluted, historically industrial shoreline.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creek
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tidal inlet ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Blissville, Queens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenpoint industrial area NERFINISHED ⓘ Maspeth industrial area ⓘ |
| connectedTo | East River via Newtown Creek ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| environmentalStatus |
contaminated sediment
ⓘ
poor water quality ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Maspeth, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
heavily polluted
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industrial shoreline ⓘ superfund-related waterway ⓘ |
| hasUse |
industrial navigation (historical)
ⓘ
stormwater drainage ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedFor |
industrial activity
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manufacturing ⓘ oil storage and transfer ⓘ waste disposal ⓘ |
| hydrology | tidally influenced ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Long Island
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Newtown Creek Nature and Habitat Restoration planning area NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens ⓘ United States East Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ borough of Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | New York City Department of Environmental Protection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Newtown Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Calvary Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Kosciuszko Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Island Expressway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overseenBy |
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newtown Creek Superfund site NERFINISHED ⓘ Newtown Creek industrial corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ Newtown Creek watershed ⓘ |
| pollutantSource |
combined sewer overflows
ⓘ
industrial facilities along Newtown Creek ⓘ |
| pollutantType |
heavy metals
ⓘ
petroleum hydrocarbons ⓘ polychlorinated biphenyls ⓘ sewage ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Newtown Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterBodyType |
industrial waterway
ⓘ
tidal creek ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.