Closing Bell: Tours of Newtown Creek and Gowanus Bay
Newtown Creek Alliance Historian and Brownstoner Queens columnist Mitch Waxman will lead a boat tour of Newtown Creek, pictured above, next month for the Working Harbor Committee. The two-hour tour of one of the nation’s most polluted waterways will leave from Pier 11 in Manhattan at 11 am on May 31. A collection of guest…
Newtown Creek Alliance Historian and Brownstoner Queens columnist Mitch Waxman will lead a boat tour of Newtown Creek, pictured above, next month for the Working Harbor Committee. The two-hour tour of one of the nation’s most polluted waterways will leave from Pier 11 in Manhattan at 11 am on May 31.
A collection of guest speakers will also help narrate the tour. A separate two-hour tour of Gowanus Bay will leave from Pier 11 at 1:10 pm the same day.
Tickets for the Newtown Creek Tour are available here and cost $30. Seniors and WHC members get a $5 discount. For tickets to the Gowanus Bay Tour, click here. They are offered at the same rate.
Photo by Mitch Waxman
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