Queens Community Board 5 gives update on proposed flood-relief system public hearing

By Patrick Stachniak Posted on October 14, 2025

Last week at the Christ the King High School cafeteria, Queens Community Board 5 held a public hearing featuring representatives from the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to discuss the Newtown Creek CSO Storage Tunnel project: a plan for a combined sewer overflow (CSO) tunnel that would stretch 3.26 miles underneath Brooklyn and Queens.

The major city capital project is awaiting site approval to build the storage tunnel, four major outfalls and a pump station on schedule by 2040.

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