Waterbody / Watershed Facts - Sheepshead Bay

BOROUGH:

Brooklyn

SEWER DISTRICTS

Coney Island

COMMUNITY DISTRICT(S):

13 & 15

SHORELINE USES:

Recreational; Residential; Commercial; Industrial; Parkland and Open Space

NYSDEC CLASSIFICATION:

Class I
Secondary Contact; Fishing.

Existing Water Quality:

Recent Harbor Survey data collected by the New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection near the mouth of Sheepshead Bay indicate compliance with Class I dissolved oxygen, total coliform, and fecal coliform standards.

EXISTING WATER USES:

Recreational Boating and Fishing;
Fishing Piers and marinas are situated on the north side of the bay;
The marinas house fishing fleets, charter boats, party boats, private boats.

SOURCES OF
WATER POLLUTION:

Stormwater and other runoff
Suspected chemical leaks and spills, Boat pollution,
Impacts of Jamaica Bay water quality

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
EFFECTING WATER QUALITY
AND USES:

Floatables;
Oil and Grease

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION:

None

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

Catch Basin Hooding Program;

PROJECTED WQIP WATER QUALITY:

Reduction in floatable discharges.

OTHER WQIP INITIATIVES:

None