It was once the largest landfill in the world, a behemoth dumping ground that opened in Staten Island’s swamps after World War II. Barges brought bilious heaps of trash to the Fresh Kills landfill for ...

Courtesy of Department of Parks and Recreation - Draft Master Plan Every natural disaster has an "aftershock" in which we realize the fragility of our planet and the vulnerability of what we have ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Diverse wildlife habitat. Acres of hilly grasslands. Creeks for kayaking and meadow trails for hiking and biking. This vibrant landscape at the edge of New York City was once Fresh ...

If not for the occasional metal pipe sticking out of the ground—and methane-capture facilities off in the distance—Freshkills Park could almost pass for the natural habitat it used to be. Geese strut ...

Efforts to turn what was once the largest landfill site in the world into a public park hit a milestone Sunday with the opening of the first section open to the public, New York City officials said.

While the first stage of clean-up efforts takes place at Ground Zero in Manhattan, a second phase is underway at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. Fresh Kills had stopped accepting waste for ...

The apparent snub of former Borough President Guy Molinari wasn't the only bit of controversy surrounding the recent pomp and circumstance on the 10th anniversary of the closing of the Fresh Kills ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For more than 50 years, Fresh Kills was known around the world as a rancid dump -- a trash pile so big you could spot it from space. Now, in a dramatic reversal, portions of the ...

Family members of the victims of the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center are pressing state lawmakers to pass a law that would require the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to ...