HabitatMap
HabitatMap is a non-profit environmental health justice organization whose goal is to raise awareness about the impact the environment has on human health. Our online mapping and social networking platform is designed to maximize the impact of community voices on city planning and strengthen ties between organizations and activists working to build greener, greater cities. Utilizing our shared advocacy platform participants can: * Alert the public to environmental health hazards * Hold polluters accountable for their environmental impacts * Highlight urban infrastructures that promote healthy living * Identify future opportunities for sustainable urban development * Promote policies that enhance equitable access to urban resources
Maps (select: all / none)
Maps created by HabitatMap:
Air Emissions Facilities - NYC
In progress. This map will detail all the point source air emissions facilities in New York City.
Brownfield Cleanup Program - NYC
A brownfield is a property whose redevelopment is complicated by potential contamination. All the properties detailed on this map are/were part of the NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) or its predecessor, the Voluntary Cleanup Program. The BCP was designed to incentivize the redevelopment of brownfields by offering tax credits and liability waivers to developers.
Maps Based Research Methods - Newtown Creek
These four facilities will be the starting point from which Green School students will examine water, energy, and waste systems by geographically tracing the material flows and institutional networks that connect these facilities to the larger world.
Properties that are listed in the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation's Environmental Site Remediation Database, which includes State Superfund sites and Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) sites. The New York State Superfund Program identifies, investigates, and remediates hazardous waste sites. The BCP was designed to incentivize the redevelopment of brownfields by offering tax credits and liability waivers to developers. A brownfield is a property whose redevelopment is complicated by potential contamination.
Potential CVOC Vapor Intrusion Sites - NYC
Properties that host or hosted facilities that released chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) into the surrounding soil and groundwater. For more information on vapor intrusion see the NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation's "Vapor Intrusion Guidance".
Potential Vapor Intrusion Sites - NYC
Properties that host or hosted facilities that released volatile organic compunds into the surrounding soil and groundwater. For more information on vapor intrusion see the NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation's "Vapor Intrusion Guidance"
Riverkeeper Enforcement Actions
Riverkeeper has filed notices of intent to sue against these businesses for violations of the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Once served, some of the businesses respond promptly and clean up their act; others deny responsibility and continue to pollute. A notice of intent to sue is the first step in initiating a citizen suit. During the required 60-day waiting period, NYSDEC is given the opportunity to step in and file their own enforcement case and the polluter is given an opportunity to halt all violations. If violations persist or the state has not initiated its own enforcement actions after 60 days, Riverkeeper files a case in federal court .
Each of the City's 14 sewage treatment facilities services a specific area of the city. These areas are known as sewagesheds. By identifying which sewageshed you live in, you can determine where your toilet flushes to.
The New York State Superfund Program identifies, investigates, and remediates hazardous waste sites. In most cases, the parties responsible for the pollution pay for the cleanup and carry out the required work. However, about a third of the time the State must pay the costs of cleanup using money from the 1986 Environmental Quality Bond Act.
Walking East River Infrastructure & Talking Trash
On Sunday May 23rd, Richard Melnick, President of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, will lead a walking tour of Roosevelt Island focusing on East River infrastructure. The tour will end at the Fast Trash Exhibit at Gallery RIVAA. At the conclusion of the walking tour Michael Heimbinder, Executive Director of HabitatMap, will discuss the logistics of moving trash in New York City answering the questions: how does garbage move? who moves it? and where does it move to? For full details see the event announcement posted in the forums.
HabitatMap's Shared Maps:
Along The Shore - Brooklyn's Industrial Waterfront by Along The Shore
Brooklyn landmarks documented by "Along the Shore" workshop participants. For additional information visit our webpage.
Attorney General vs. Newtown Creek Polluters by Newtown Creek Alliance
In February 2007, The Attorney General's Office, with a newly elected Andrew Cuomo at the helm, filed a notice of intent to sue against ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Keyspan (National Grid) and Phelps Dodge (Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold) for violating the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by creating an imminent and substantial endangerment to health and the environment in Newtown Creek and portions of the adjacent shoreline.
Brownfield Opportunity Area Sites - Sunset Park by uprose
Sites of interest / Priority Sites of Step 1 of Sunset Park Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA).
Brownfields - Newtown Creek by Newtown Creek Alliance
A brownfield is a property whose redevelopment is complicated by potential contamination. All the properties detailed on the map are/were part of the NYSDEC Brownfields Cleanup Program (BCP) or its predecessor, the Voluntary Cleanup Program. The BCP was designed to incentivize the redevelopment of brownfields by offering tax credits and liability waivers to developers.
EJ Peaker Power Plants - NYC by ssbx
This map details all the peaker power plants located within a 1/2 mile radius of an environmental justice community (as defined by NYSDEC). "Peaker" is a designation given to power plants that are only intended to operate on high electrical demand days when the generating capacity of base load plants is strained, like on hot summer days. Peaker plants often emit more pollution per unit of energy produced than base load plants. All of the peaking units shown in this map operate without post-combustion pollution controls.
Greenpoint & North Williamsburg Parks Issues by ryan.watson
Several parks issues that GWAPP works on.
Industrial & Manufacturing Sites - Sunset Park by uprose
This map includes industrial sites which includes sites that are used for manufacturing, storage and goods distribution.
Marine Transfer Stations - NYC by OWN
A single barge can carry as much garbage as twenty-eight tractor trailer trucks. By building marine transfer stations and barging New York City's garbage, the City can reduce waste related truck traffic in the City by more than 3 million miles annually. Cutting diesel powered truck traffic will improve air quality across the city, cut carbon emissions, reduce traffic congestion, trim maintenance costs for our roads and bridges, and improve quality of life. To download a pdf version of this map click here.
McCarren Park Zero Waste District **PROPOSAL** by katezidar
This is a working map for Pratt EMS 621 students working on a zero-waste plan for McCarren Park. Acres: 35.71
Meeker Ave. Contaminant Plumes by Newtown Creek Alliance
The NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation has identified several large plumes of chlorinated solvents (TCE & PCE) in the soils and groundwater beneath Greenpoint and East Williamsburg. These plumes are collectively referred to by DEC as the "Meeker Ave. Plume". The plumes are the result of decades of dumping and irresponsible manufacturing practices by historic and contemporary dry cleaning, dyeing, and metalworking businesses. For more information visit the Newtown Creek Alliance website. For a pdf version of the map with more detail click here.
Fossil fuel power plants located in New York City that produce more than 10 megawatts (MW) of energy.
Rainwater Harvesting & Water Recycling - Tucson by Tucson Rainwater Harvesting
Use this map as your guide to rainwater harvesting, grey/black water recycling, and permaculture sites in the Tucson region. Observe how each site has been developed to harmonize with the landscape. Each site offers unique insights, as each has had to adapt to unique challenges and circumstances. Take those lessons and enjoy cultivating abundance in your own home and community. Always keep in mind the 8 principles of successful rainwater harvesting.
Sewage Treatment Facilities - NYC by S.W.I.M. Coalition
Every day, nine million New Yorkers discharge 1.5 billion gallons of liquid waste into their sewer system. Underground and out of sight their urine, feces, and food scraps combine with litter and pollution from the streets and toxic waste dumped by regulated city businesses. This nasty brew then navigates the 6,000 miles of pipes, 135,000 catch basins, and 93 pumping stations of the wastewater treatment network towards two possible futures: decontamination at one of 14 treatment plants or discharge into New York Harbor via one of 494 combined sewer overflow outfalls
Solar Powered New York City by Solar1
This is an ongoing project of Solar One. This map will eventually incorporate detailed descriptions of every solar array in New York City. Help us complete the map and keep it up to date by adding solar sites.
State Superfund Sites - Newtown Creek by Newtown Creek Alliance
The New York State Superfund Program identifies, investigates, and remediates hazardous waste sites. In most cases, the parties responsible for the pollution pay for the cleanup and carry out the required work. However, about a third of the time the State must pay the costs of cleanup using money from the 1986 Environmental Quality Bond Act.
Tier 1 Combined Sewer Overflow Outfalls - NYC by S.W.I.M. Coalition
When sewage loads exceed the capacity of the City's sewage treatment facilities urine, feces, trash, petroleum products and other nasties are expelled, untreated, into New York Harbor via 494 combined sewer overflow outfalls aka CSOs. Just 15 of these 494 outfalls, identified as Tier 1, are responsible for spurting out over half the City's raw sewage. A sewage overflow can be triggered by as little as a tenth of an inch of rain, which essentially means that every time it rains, your toilet flushes directly into New York Harbor. In New York City a CSO event occurs once a week on average. CSOs are the single largest impairment to the quality of New York City's waters.
UPROSE Environmental Justice Tour Route by uprose
The Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn NYC is home to one of the few remaining working waterfronts in Brooklyn. Our industrial history has made Sunset Park a diverse immigrant community. This area provides jobs and has the potential to produce many more. Likewise, for decades it has concentrated land uses that produce environmental and health burdens. Some of these include: superfunds and brownfields, polluting power plants, and an aged, overburdened and congested highway that prevents Sunset Park's residents access to their waterfront. UPROSE provides the community and other interested parties tours (on our hybrid-electric bus) of our neighborhood focusing on the waterfront.
Urban Agriculture - NYC by CUNYFoodMap
Urban/community gardens and farms, including animal husbandry operations, rooftop gardens/greenhouses, indoor and yard agriculture, and other forms, occurring within the city limits.
Waste Transfer Stations - Newtown Creek by Newtown Creek Alliance
There are 19 waste transfer stations within a 1/4 mile of Newtown Creek. Together they handle almost 5 million tons annually or 38% of all the waste moving through waste transfer stations in New York City. To put this in perspective, the whole of Manhattan hosts only a single waste transfer station, handling approximately 270 tons of waste annually.
Waste Transfer Stations - NYC by OWN
The South Bronx and the neighborhoods surrounding Newtown Creek host a combined 32 waste transfer stations (WTS). Collectively, these WTS handle over 60% of the 12 million tons of waste moving through WTS in NYC annually. Because WTS are not evenly distributed throughout the City and because most WTS use tractor-trailers for export, disposing of NYC's waste generates unnecessary truck traffic and pollution. By utilizing marine and rail transfer stations in closer proximity to collection vehicle routes, the City can alleviate waste related environmental impacts for the whole City. To download a pdf version of this map click here.
Water Reuse Demonstration Sites - USA by elizd
Rainwater, greywater, stormwater and recycled water demonstration sites. Help complete the map and keep it up to date by adding sites.
Action Alert Network
| Corporations and Health | Wed 08/13/2008, 11:59am |
| instantanderson | Fri 11/21/2008, 08:18am |
| Megan | Wed 08/12/2009, 11:56am |
| meredithdrum | Mon 10/20/2008, 05:11pm |
| Mike Hofmann | Mon 10/20/2008, 05:23pm |
| slang | Fri 06/27/2008, 10:25am |
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