City officials and environmental justice advocates celebrated the start of the Gateway to Greenpoint on Friday, a $1.9 million project that blends stormwater management with new public open space in Greenpoint.

Located on the eastern perimeter of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility , the project will transform unused land into a community space equipped with underground stormwater storage chambers capable of capturing nearly one million gallons of stormwater annually.

The infrastructure project will reduce street flooding and protect the Newtown Creek by preventing excess stormwater, and any pollutants it sweeps off the streets, from entering the waterway through outfalls, officials said.

“This new plaza will soak up nearly a million gallons of rainwater a year,

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