Newtown Creek Nature Walk

Three billion dollars of tax money came out of the city budget to furnish the DEP with enough cash to update the Newtown Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant. To appease the neighborhood the DEP commissioned a small park, on the shores of waters whose banks are home to significantly more spilled oil than spilled from the Exxon Valdez. The plant itself is a sight to behold. It was designed to reduce "odor events" in a neighborhood that makes it hard to distinguish between said events, as 1/3 of the city's land based solid waste is already transferred here.

Now we can handle more than our fair share of shit, as well as trash.

Before our tour of the walk, I put a couple extra miles on, bringing me to eight including this route.