NYSDEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Flatlands Ave., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Innovative Urban Living, LLC for a site known as 12120 Flatlands Avenue, site ID #C224290. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn within the County of Kings and is located at 12120 Flatlands Avenue.

A copy of the application and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at Brooklyn Public Library – Spring Creek Branch, 12143 Flatlands Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11207 and Brooklyn Community Board 5, 404 Pine Street, 3rd FL, Brooklyn, NY 11208.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Steven Wu at NYS DEC-Region 2, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-5401; via email at steven.wu@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-459-7801. All comments must be submitted by March 15, 2019.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm?pageid=3

What is the Brownfield Cleanup Program?

New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) is designed to encourage private-sector cleanups of brownfields and to promote their redevelopment as a means to revitalize economically blighted communities. The BCP is an alternative to “greenfield” (land not previously developed or contaminated) development and is intended to remove some of the barriers to, and provide tax incentives for, the redevelopment of brownfields. Since its inception (2003), the BCP has catalyzed the cleanup of more than 300 contaminated sites statewide and incentivized redevelopment. There are more than 350 active sites in the BCP.

Additional information on the State's Brownfield program is available at DEC’s website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html