Waterbody / Watershed Facts - Coney Island Creek

BOROUGH:

Brooklyn

SEWER DISTRICTS

Coney Island, Owls Head

COMMUNITY DISTRICT(S):

13

SHORELINE USES:

Recreational; Residential; Commercial;
Parkland and Open Space

NYSDEC CLASSIFICATION:

Class 1 - Secondary Contact; Fishing.

Existing Water Quality:

Coliform and dissolved oxygen levels are in non-compliance with standards throughout the creek (Coney Island Creek CSO Facility Plan, 1994). Dissolved oxygen levels are persistently below standards in upper reaches with general improvements towards Gravesend Bay. Settleable solids are discharged by CSO. Floatables are discharged by CSO but are presently contained by a boom.

EXISTING WATER USES:

Recreational Boating and Fishing

SOURCES OF
WATER POLLUTION:

CSO, stormwater and other runoff

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
EFFECTING WATER QUALITY
AND USES:

Nuisance Odors/Discoloration
Floatables
Solids Deposition

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION:

No Classification

DEP WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT(S):(WQIP)

Catch Basin Hooding Program;
Interim Floatables C ontainment
CSO Facility Plan
– Identification and elimination of dry weather overflows
– Upgrade Avenue V Pumping Station to reduce CSO discharges
– Additional planning work to asses water quality
– Dredge upper reaches

PROJECTED WQIP WATER QUALITY:

Improved dissolved oxygen and coliform levels but will remain in non-compliance with standards. Substantial reduction of floatables discharges.

OTHER WQIP INITIATIVES:

NYCDPR Plan for Brooklyn Waterfront
– habitat restoration adjacent to Dreier-Offerman Park
NY/NJ harbor Estuary Program
– salt marsh restoration at Dreier-Offerman Park to improve habitat diversity.