DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application for Site on Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from 1301 Metro – 255, LLC, 1301 Metro – Triple JQ, LLC, and 1301 Metro – Rudolph Q, LLC, for a site known as 1301 Metropolitan Avenue, site ID #C224344. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 1301 Metropolitan Avenue.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224344/. The documents will also be available at the document repositories located at the Brooklyn Public Library Bushwick Branch, 340 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11206; and at the Brooklyn Community Board 1, 435 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11211.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Michael Sollecito at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7016; via email at michael.sollecito@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-2198. All comments must be submitted by March 11, 2022.

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 500 contaminated sites statewide and incentivized redevelopment. There are more than 550 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