DEC Invited Public Comment About Brownfield Application for Site on 39th St., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Parkamour Realty, Inc. for a site known as Parkamour Site, site ID #C224334. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 1249 to 1273 39th Street.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224334/. The documents will also be available at the document repository located at Brooklyn Public Library-Borough Park Branch, 1265 43rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 and Brooklyn Community Board 12, 5910 13th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Daniel McNally at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at daniel.mcnally@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9143. All comments must be submitted by April 1, 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