DEC Invites the Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Park Ave., New York

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Park Avenue Parking LLC for a site known as 1700 Park Avenue, site ID #C231142. This site is located in the City of New York within the County of New York, and is located at 1700 Park Avenue.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C231142/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at Harlem Public Library, 9 West 124th Street, New York, NY 10027 and Manhattan Community Board 11, 1664 Park Avenue, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10035.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Hasan Ahmed at NYSDEC, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-5401; via email at hasan.ahmed@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-482-6405. All comments must be submitted by February 12, 2021.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: https://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: https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html