[1] It travels southeast for 3.3 miles (5.3 km)[1] before joining the North Branch Jones Falls stream near Stevenson (39.41225° -76.70937°).
[1] The North Branch travels south for 5.2 miles (8.4 km)[1] before joining Jones Falls stream.
[1] The Jones Falls continues east another 0.8 miles (1.3 km) before Deep Run intersects near Brooklandville (39.41467° -76.67060°).
[1] As far back as 1990, city-sponsored planning studies showed support for the idea of partially demolishing I-83 and thus daylighting the Jones Falls.
[4] The Szarkowski vision is wide ranging, including infill housing, an expansion of Penn Station, a system of roundabouts, a multi-story sculpture and several new, buried transit lines.
On April 5, 2023, Blue Water Baltimore, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, filed a lawsuit against Fleischmann's Vinegar Company Inc., the largest vinegar manufacturer in the U.S.[8] The company was accused of polluting the water channels in Jones Falls with illegal acidic chemicals, causing around 1,000 fish to die beginning in 2021.
[8] The lawsuit also stated that the members of Blue Water Baltimore discovered dead fish and eels in the water streams, illegal chemicals pumping out from unauthorized extra pipes on the property into the Jones Falls stream, and various highly acidic toxins around the foundation of the plant.
[8] Reportedly, the company bypassed safety requirements when discharging treated water into the stream to cool down the vinegar, including the removal of chlorine.
[9] A test from the Maryland Department of the Environment conducted on Dec. 20, 2023 found that a small amount of green dye was visible in Jones Falls just below the back wall of the facility.
[9] Earlier that day, Maryland environmental officials stated that red and green dye might be seen in the Jones Falls waters, however this was not said to pose a threat to life.