Waterbody / Watershed Facts - Lower New York Bay

BOROUGH:

Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens

SEWER DISTRICTS

Coney Island, Owls Head, Rockaway, Oakwood Beach

COMMUNITY DISTRICT(S):

Staten Island: 2 & 3
Brooklyn: 11, 13, & 15

SHORELINE USES:

Commercial, Military, Municipal, Recreational; Residential; Parkland and Open Space, Swimming

NYSDEC CLASSIFICATION:

Class SA - Primary and Secondary Contact; Swimming
Class SB - Primary and Secondary Contact; Fishing.

Existing Water Quality:

Dissolved oxygen levels are not in compliance with standards. Coliform levels are in compliance with standards (Outer Harbor CSO Facility Plan, 1993). Settleable solids and floatables are discharged by CSOs

EXISTING WATER USES:

Commercial Shipping, Swimming, Recreational Boating and Fishing

SOURCES OF
WATER POLLUTION:

CSO, stormwater and other runoff, WPCPs, Impact of Jamaica Bay, Raritan Bay, Coney Island Creek, and Upper Bay water quality

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
EFFECTING WATER QUALITY
AND USES:

Dredged

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Significant Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitats (Breezy Point, NYSDOS)

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

Catch Basin Hooding Program

PROJECTED WQIP WATER QUALITY:

Dissolved oxygen levels will remain in non-compliance with standards. Reduction of floatables discharges.

OTHER WQIP INITIATIVES:

NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Program
– salt marsh rehabilitation of Dreier-Offerman Park to improve habitat diversity.