One man in Brooklyn, New York - armed with a homemade boat and an artistic vision - helped transform one of the most polluted industrial waterways in the US.To listen to the Newtown Creek Audio Guide: <a href="http://www.newtowncreekfieldguide.com/">http://www.newtowncreekfieldguide.com/</a>READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/newtown-creek-nature-walk">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/newtown-creek-nature-walk</a>

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Newtown Creek Nature Walk

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.