Fresh Kills

Fresh Kills
Fresh Kills
Borough	Staten Island

Fresh Kills (from the Middle

borough of Staten Island. It is the site of the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly New York City's principal landfill

.

The watershed (basin) of the Fresh Kills drains much of the wet lowlands of the western portion of the island and flows into the Arthur Kill around the Isle of Meadows. Its co-tributaries include the Rahway River, Morses Creek (New Jersey), Piles Creek, and, via Newark Bay, the Passaic River and the Hackensack River. The channel around the north end of the Isle of Meadows is sometimes called Little Fresh Kill and the southern channel is called Great Fresh Kill.

The stream has two major branches. The north branch is Main Creek and the Springville Creek. The south branch is Richmond Creek, which drains much of the central part of the island, with its headwaters near Historic Richmond Town, on the southern end of the terminal moraine of the island. The system of streams provides recreational kayaking and wildlife viewing in the preserved wetlands.

Since 2006, the

environmental sustainability and a renewed public concern for our human impact on earth. Renewable energy is planned both for use in capital projects and for large-scale demonstration and public benefit. Photovoltaic cells, wind turbines and geothermal heating and cooling are components of current capital projects. While the full build-out will continue in phases for the next 30 years, the first sections of parkland to be developed opened in early 2010, and the park is expected to be complete by the 2030s.^[1]

References

^ Fresh Kills Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed October 1, 2007.

40°34′36″N 74°11′14″W / 40.57667°N 74.18733°W / 40.57667; -74.18733

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[1] Fresh Kills Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed October 1, 2007.

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