Tidal Toast 2020: Newtown Creek Themed Quiz

Who designed the Newtown Creek Nature Walk?

Willis Carrier invented and installed the first air-conditioner for a business that was located just a block from English Kills in 1902. What was the business?

According to the latest US Army Corp of Engineers Survey, the deepest spot in the Creek is:

That deepest reading in the Creek was located here:

Who was NOT an original plaintiff on the Riverkeeper/Exxon lawsuit?

Which neighborhood does NOT border Newtown Creek?

Newtown Creek once had two islands up until the mid 1900s. What were they:

There was a tributary in Long Island City, just East of where the Pulaski bridge is, that was filled in and paved over in the 1800s. It was known as:

The Newtown Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant is the largest of 14 plants in New York City. Approximately how many people flush their toilets to the plant everyday?

How many Combined Sewer Outfalls drain into Newtown Creek?

What geologic forces formed the Creek thousands of years ago?

The neighborhoods of Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and Bushwick were at one point all part of one of the first Dutch colonies in Brooklyn called Bosjwick, which in Dutch means

The Lenni-Lenape people that lived near the Creek at the time of European colonization and in modern day Queens, were known as:

When did Abraham Gesner’s North American Kerosene Gas Light Company, the world’s first large-scale petroleum refinery, open in Queens?

In 1910 the New York Times proclaimed that;

Which Governor of New York oversaw the development of the first waste water treatment facility on Newtown Creek?

What does “SMIA” stand for?

Newtown Creek Alliance’s first executive director was:

Newtown Creek is a tributary of what estuary system?

What marine animal, found in Newtown Creek, filters and cleans water as it eats?

In 2016, NCA conducted a population survey of ribbed mussels within Newtown Creek. In total we counted:

What current partner organization was instrumental in the founding of Newtown Creek Alliance?

Which food item is NOT currently produced at a facility near the Creek?

This nearly 7 acre park will be the newest open space opening along the Creek:

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