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Newtown Creek, one of the most polluted waterways in America
2010
Brooklyn and Queens border
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The creek was the industrial spine of both boroughs, lined with refineries, glue works, fertiliser plants and shipyards, and it absorbed their waste for a century. The EPA declared it a Superfund site in 2010. The sediment on its bed is still measured in feet of black sludge.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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