##Particulate at Pier## At the end of Maspeth Ave in north Brooklyn ([MapKnitter map](https://mapknitter.org/map/edit/2011-08-06-brooklyn-newtowncreek)) ###Research questions### **Is it cement?** * A 2005 EPA fine was levied against a nearby concrete plant for dumping concrete into the creek... Riverkeeper was involved (link?) **Is it bacteria?** ##more information **From http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/2013/10/09/this-is-plank-road/:** Plank Road (58th Road in Maspeth, Queens) is an underutilized street end with known historic and ecological significance on Newtown Creek. With support from the NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program and New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) the Newtown Creek Alliance, in partnership with the North Brooklyn Boat Club, is aiming to transform Plank Road to a destination public space providing access as well as ecological/historical information about the area. [Read more about NCA and NBBC's plans for restoration and education](http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/2013/10/09/this-is-plank-road/). The earliest set of imagery was collected from the Riverkeeper boat during a shoreline infrastructure assessment in Summer 2011. (In progress map). Newtown Creek is another EPA Superfund site within the five boroughs of NYC.  (Above: A plume of unidentified material in Newtown Creek, [photographed with a balloon mapping kit](http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/newtown-creek) by PLOTS mappers and Riverkeeper in 2011) Additionally, [Aurash Khawarzad](/profile/ChangeAdmin) led a kite mapping party on site in summer 2012.