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  • Call NumberGEHP_0169
  • SummaryLitter cleanup on three Greenpoint waterfront street ends: Greenpoint Sludge Tank area, Henry Street at Whale Creek and the Manhattan Avenue street end at Newtown Creek. Pictured at Greenpoint Playground: Carol Woodward, co-founder of Waterways and Greenviews, Department of Sanitation, Mary Nell Hawk (East River Crew), Laura and Michael Hoffman (Barge Park Pals), Bob Gormley (NCMC liaison) and Americorp.
  • Date2001-03-01
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG
  • CreatorHoffman, Laura
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatstill image
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original document digitized on March 8, 2019, as a JPG. Donated for capture by Laura Hoffman through the Greenpoint Environmental History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectLitter (Trash) ; New York (N.Y.). Department of Sanitation ; Voluntarism
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleLitter cleanup with Barge Park Pals