Gerritsen Creek
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Gerritsen Creek is a short watercourse in Brooklyn that empties into Jamaica Bay.[1] The creek's original headwaters have been buried, but some of the creek remains, and the mouth is part of a nature conservation area.
The US Army Corps of Engineers, a body with a responsibility for many US waterways, describes the creek as one of the "fingers" that formed the original shoreline of Jamaica Bay.[2] The Corps is taking a lead role in managing a project to restore salt marsh at the creek's mouth to a state closer to its natural state, before modern settlement.[3] $8.3 million was budgeted for the restoration.
References
- ↑ "History of Marine Park". Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20131118171035/http://www.marineparkcivic.com/history.htm. Retrieved 2014-08-07. "Around 1920 the creek north of Avenue U was converted into an underground storm drain."
- ↑ "FACT SHEET-Gerritsen Creek–MARINE PARK, NY: Ecosystem Restoration Project". US Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218183835/http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Media/FactSheets/FactSheetArticleView/tabid/11241/Article/8100/fact-sheet-gerritsen-creekmarine-park-ny.aspx. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ↑ "Officials Celebrate the Gerritsen Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project in Marine Park". US Army Corps of Engineers. 2012-08-14. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20130225013135/http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsStories/StoryArticleView/tabid/5250/Article/3084/officials-celebrate-the-gerritsen-creek-ecosystem-restoration-project-in-marine.aspx. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
