About This Item


  • Call NumberGEHP_0183
  • SummaryCommunity group RENEW made this video to show how waster transfer stations were operating on the Williamsburg waterfront, often illegally.
  • Date1991
  • Physical Description1 movie file (18 min.) : digital, MP4
  • CreatorRENEW
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatmoving image
  • Genremoving images
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original VHS tape digitized and transfered to MP4 format. Donated for capture by Kim Fraser on August 4, 2018. Collected through the Greenpoint Environmental History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectGarbage ; Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc ; Waste disposal sites--New York (State)--New York ; Waterfronts ; Traffic density
  • PlaceWilliamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleWaterfront Waste Transfer Stations in Williamsburg