DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Major Amendment Application for Site on Douglass St. & bond St., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) major amendment application from Matthews Investments Limited for a site known as 210 Douglass Street, site ID #C224316. This site is located in the Gowanus neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn within the County of Kings, and is located at 198 and 210 Douglass Street and 261 Bond Street.

Access the major amendment application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224316/. The documents also are available at the document repository located at Brooklyn Community Board 6, 250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201-6401 and Brooklyn Public Library-Carroll Gardens Branch, 396 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Aaron Fischer at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at aaron.fischer@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9805. All comments must be submitted by August 26, 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