It’s summer and the city is buzzing with pollinators—many of which are in decline. The Parks Department and local nonprofits ...

The Fresh Kills landfill was finally closed in 2001, and the area doesn’t stink so bad anymore. How many families like this still exist, however, is unknown.

From garbage dump to park: NYC's Fresh Kills landfill's miraculous transformation NYC opened Freshkills’ North Park in Staten Island, giving the public access to where the landfill once sat.

The Problem When NYC Parks Commissioner Robert Moses selected Freshkills as a landfill site after World War II, it was a wetland. The plan was to build housing on top of it after three years. But ...

The Fresh Kills landfill opened in 1948, and was only intended to be a temporary dump for the city. However, most of the city’s trash was flowing to the landfill by 1955.

Once the world's largest garbage dump, a portion of the massive Fresh Kills complex in Staten Island is now being turned into parkland -- and the soil will be replenished by composted human poop.

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 lan… ...

By transforming Fresh Kills landfill into a park, we are supporting that recovery and providing New Yorkers with access to clean, new green spaces," Mayor Eric Adams said.

The Fresh Kills landfill was integral to 9/11 victim identification work after the Twin Towers fell. Now it’s being transformed into a 2,200-acre NYC park.

Fresh Kills is the major landfill for the city, handling about 17,000 tons of trash a day, most of it municipal waste from the five boroughs of New York City.

Rescue International's time at Fresh Kills ended abruptly after two weeks. Barton said the FBI had asked if his crew could plan to work at the landfill long term and had begun discussing the ...

The site at Fresh Kills on Staten Island was the largest open-air dump in the world until it closed in March 2001. Today it's a source of consternation for some victims' families.