DEC Invites the Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application and Draft Investigation Plan for Site on Park Ave., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from 462 Lexington LLC for a site known as 205 Park Avenue, site ID #C224319. This site is located in the Wallabout section of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 205 Park Avenue.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224319/. The documents will also be available at the document repositories, once reopened, located at the Brooklyn Public Library Marcy Branch, 617 DeKalb Avenue at Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11216; and at the Brooklyn Community Board 2, 350 Jay Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11201.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Rafi Alam at 625 Broadway, Albany, NY, 12233-7015; via email at rafi.alam@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-8606. All comments must be submitted by April 30, 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