The smell of sewage isn’t the only thing hanging over the Gowanus Canal as the Environmental Protection Agency begins public review of its proposed ...

By Leslie Albrecht, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer GOWANUS -- The dolphin whose lonely death in the filthy Gowanus Canal broke hearts nationwide probabl...

NEW YORK -- The wayward dolphin that meandered into a polluted New York canal and died is undergoing a post-mortem exam. The marine mammal died Frida...

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The carcass of a dolphin that died after becoming mired in a notoriously toxic New York...

A stranded dolphin trapped in the Gowanus Canal has died, CBS New York reports. The Associated Press has confirmed the dolphin's death, citing the ...

A stranded dolphin could be seen swimming in the Gowanus Canal Friday. [SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES] Gothamist reports the dolphin, first spotted Fr...

CARROLL GARDENS — The expensive and lengthy cleanup of the Gowanus Canal will rid the waterway of dangerous contaminants, but it won't make it clean...

For the Occupy movement, which had fallen into a state of torpor prior to New York's recent environmental disaster, Hurricane Sandy reshuffles the deck. Perhaps it's time to connect the dots between the earlier social justice work and climate change.

Like other Brooklyn neighborhoods, Gowanus has seen factory spaces and warehouses repurposed as lofts and condos, and two recent additions to the neighborhood are accelerating Gowanus' otherwise gradual transformation.

NEW YORK -- Where Second Street dead ends with the Gowanus Canal, a New Yorker comes face to face, but hopefully not hand to water, with a slice of th...

For anyone waiting to put on their Speedo and go swimming in the Gowanus Canal: it's gonna be a while. According to a new outline conducted by the...

Gowanus Winter Festival Where: Build It Green Warehouse, 69 9th Street, Brooklyn; (718) 541-4378 When: Saturday, 6:30PM Price: $15-$60 The beleagu...

Does the idea of Gowanus wine sound appetizing to you? It does for Joseph Mariano, 73, a winemaker who lives a few blocks from the massively polluted ...

One man's $500 million EPA superfund site is another man's home. The New York Post has an article today about the four houseboats currently docked...

The editors of Carroll Gardens and Park Slope Patch take a canoe trip down the canal with the Gowanus Dredgers. ...

Pig -- meet lipstick. With development stalled along the Gowanus Canal, a group of architects is seeking ways to spruce up the noxious waterway. ...

It's toxic, cancerous and .... full of treasure? The Environmental Protection Agency has found evidence of several sailing vessels, including the 60-...

For the love of God, don't eat that Gowanus crab! From the New York Post: The Environmental Protection Agency confirmed today what everyone alrea...

I've lived in Gowanus for well over a year, and I've never seen a squirrel in the neighborhood. Ever. Until this past Sunday.