8. The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is the largest of NYC’s treatment plants
Another industry that has brought jobs to Greenpoint is the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, which opened in 2010 and is the largest of New York City’s 14 wastewater treatment plants. It treats not just the water and sewage of Greenpoint, but also the northern half of Brooklyn, parts of Queens, and Manhattan from 14th Street south on the west Side and from 72nd Street south on the east side.
The award-winning Digester Eggs were designed by the architects behind the Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District and renovations of Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Museum, and the American Museum of Natural History. At night, the eggs are lit up in blue to make them more attractive. And tours of the facility, which the Department of Sanitation offers on holidays like Valentine’s Day and Halloween, sell out almost immediately.
