City Finalizes Purchase of Land Needed to “Daylight” Tibbets Brook and Extend Harlem River-Putnam Greenway in the Bronx

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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and NYC Parks have finalized the purchase of a piece of property critical to rerouting Tibbetts Brook in the Bronx above ground (a process known as “daylighting”).

City officials tour the existing site of Tibbets Brook. The site is largely overgrown.

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and NYC Parks have finalized the purchase of a piece of property critical to rerouting Tibbetts Brook in the Bronx above ground (a process known as “daylighting”). Removing this flow from the sewer system is expected to reduce combined sewer overflows by 228 million gallons per year, which will improve the health of the Harlem River. One of the City’s most ambitious green infrastructure projects to date, it will also create new rail-to-trail parkland for New Yorkers to enjoy and extend the existing Putnam Greenway, which goes through Van Cortlandt Park and connects northward to the 750-mile Empire State Trail. When complete, the Tibbets project will constitute a portion of the overall Harlem River-Putnam Greenway. DOT has been collaborating with Parks and DEP on developing on-street connections for cyclists and pedestrians.

You can read the full press announcement here.

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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and NYC Parks have finalized the purchase of a piece of property critical to rerouting Tibbetts Brook in the Bronx above ground (a process known as “daylighting”).

City Finalizes Purchase of Land Needed to “Daylight” Tibbets Brook and Extend Harlem River-Putnam Greenway in the Bronx

Projects & Initiatives Site Policy