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Free Tibbetts Brook: Coalition in Support of Daylighting

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Anonymous
1 year ago

It’s about time.

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Norma Silva
4 years ago

I volunteer with the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and believe the daylighting will help the Harlem River.

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Liesbeth Drewes
4 years ago

A wonderful way to have history come alive for the schools in the community!

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Craig Peden
4 years ago

This would be an enormous contribution to cleaner waters. I fish locally and have been pleasantly surprised by the rebound of bunker and striped bass in the area. I can tell you the effects of CSO are real, the number of disposable household items in the water after even a light rain is crazy. Returning millions of gallons of fresh water to the Harlem River would be an amazing benefit for wildlife! Creating a new green space in Kingsbridge would be so positive for everyone. Thank you for all the amazing work on this project.

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Mikki Halpin
4 years ago

Free the water!

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Dana Tarasavage
4 years ago

Happy to see efforts like this!

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Ben Orlove
4 years ago

a transformative vision!

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Johan Yege
4 years ago

This is a beautiful and much needed project for New York City and its residents.

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Anne-Marie Taylor
4 years ago

Daylighting Tibbett's Brook would not only help immensely with the mounting problems of stormwater, etc, but it would be a natural part of restoring the original marsh that extended along Tibbett's Brook between Inwood and Van Cortlandt Park. This would be excellent for recreation, as well as essential for the well-being of all people and wildlife in the face of the climate crisis.

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Nathanael Nerode
5 years ago

If CSX will not accept a fair offer, our US Senators should insert a provision in the next federal appropriations act seizing the land from them and handing it to NYC.

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Andrew J Averill
5 years ago

You have my support for this important plan!

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Nathan Wheeler
5 years ago

Thanks for the video - did not know the lake drains into the combined sewer, that's crazy !!

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Richard Klugman
5 years ago Featured

Judging by the significant bike & pedestrian traffic already on the newly-paved Putnam trail in Van Cortlandt Park, I imagine a safe traffic-free extension south to W230th would serve good use as well.

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Meryl Nadel
6 years ago

If Yonkers can successfully daylight a river, than NYC should do it, too!

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Linda Hirlehey
6 years ago Featured

Communities carved up highways, streams turned into little more than sewage pipes... This is a chance to undo some of the damage done and reclaim the natural beauty of our borough.

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Ira Charles Levenberg-Engel
6 years ago

Support works both ways. Living here in Riverdale, how could I not support RNP?

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Bob Bender
6 years ago

This is an important environmental and recreational issue that is strongly supported by Bronx Community Board 8.

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Katherine Valyi
6 years ago

This is an excellent proposal for quality of life, for nature, and for our hygiene. It is excellent for our health!

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Steven Froot
6 years ago

I am a member of Bronx Community Board 8’s Environment & Sanitation Committee.

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Martin Zelnik Architect
6 years ago

Agree with this proposal 100%