Maspeth Creek
E1040489
Maspeth Creek is a small industrial waterway in Queens, New York City, that branches off Newtown Creek and is known for its heavily polluted, historically industrial shoreline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maspeth Creek canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12694569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maspeth Creek Context triple: [Newtown Creek, hasPart, Maspeth Creek]
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A.
Eastchester Creek
Eastchester Creek is a tidal waterway in the Bronx, New York City, that flows through an urban-industrial corridor before emptying into Eastchester Bay.
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B.
Westchester Creek
Westchester Creek is a tidal inlet and tributary of the East River located in the Bronx, New York City.
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C.
Wynants Kill
Wynants Kill is a small tributary stream in Troy, New York, that flows into the Hudson River.
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D.
Newton Creek
Newton Creek is a small waterway in New Jersey that forms part of the boundary and local waterfront for the city of Camden.
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E.
Newton Creek
Newton Creek is a glacially fed mountain stream on the slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon, known for its steep, erosion-prone canyon and challenging crossings for hikers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maspeth Creek Target entity description: Maspeth Creek is a small industrial waterway in Queens, New York City, that branches off Newtown Creek and is known for its heavily polluted, historically industrial shoreline.
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A.
Eastchester Creek
Eastchester Creek is a tidal waterway in the Bronx, New York City, that flows through an urban-industrial corridor before emptying into Eastchester Bay.
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B.
Westchester Creek
Westchester Creek is a tidal inlet and tributary of the East River located in the Bronx, New York City.
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C.
Wynants Kill
Wynants Kill is a small tributary stream in Troy, New York, that flows into the Hudson River.
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D.
Newton Creek
Newton Creek is a small waterway in New Jersey that forms part of the boundary and local waterfront for the city of Camden.
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E.
Newton Creek
Newton Creek is a glacially fed mountain stream on the slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon, known for its steep, erosion-prone canyon and challenging crossings for hikers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creek
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tidal inlet ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Blissville, Queens
NERFINISHED
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Greenpoint industrial area NERFINISHED ⓘ Maspeth industrial area ⓘ |
| connectedTo | East River via Newtown Creek ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| environmentalStatus |
contaminated sediment
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poor water quality ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Maspeth, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
heavily polluted
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industrial shoreline ⓘ superfund-related waterway ⓘ |
| hasUse |
industrial navigation (historical)
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stormwater drainage ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedFor |
industrial activity
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manufacturing ⓘ oil storage and transfer ⓘ waste disposal ⓘ |
| hydrology | tidally influenced ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Long Island
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New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Newtown Creek Nature and Habitat Restoration planning area NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens ⓘ United States East Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ borough of Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | New York City Department of Environmental Protection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Newtown Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
NERFINISHED
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Calvary Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Kosciuszko Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Island Expressway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overseenBy |
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
NERFINISHED
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United States Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
NERFINISHED
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Newtown Creek Superfund site NERFINISHED ⓘ Newtown Creek industrial corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ Newtown Creek watershed ⓘ |
| pollutantSource |
combined sewer overflows
ⓘ
industrial facilities along Newtown Creek ⓘ |
| pollutantType |
heavy metals
ⓘ
petroleum hydrocarbons ⓘ polychlorinated biphenyls ⓘ sewage ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Newtown Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterBodyType |
industrial waterway
ⓘ
tidal creek ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maspeth Creek Description of subject: Maspeth Creek is a small industrial waterway in Queens, New York City, that branches off Newtown Creek and is known for its heavily polluted, historically industrial shoreline.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.