The UA Sheepshead Bay theater, TGI Friday’s, Knapp Street Bagels and the Deauville Marina released untreated sewage containing toilet paper and fecal matter into Shell Bank Creek, which flows into Jamaica Bay and eventually the Atlantic Ocean, DA Charles Hynes said.
The area is not served by city sewer lines and the businesses failed to repair private wastewater lines despite several warnings from city officials, Hynes said.
"There is no excuse for the disgraceful pollution of our waterways and beaches," Hynes said.
"[This is] a sustained pattern of individual and corporate misconduct dating back to 2003.
Deauville Marina maintained an outhouse that dumped directly into the creek, Hynes said.
The bagel shop and TGI Friday’s also dumped untreated waste grease and oil into the waterway, the DA said.
