DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plan for Site on Lexington 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 852 Lexington Avenue Realty, LLC for a site known as Lexington/Ralph Redevelopment, site ID #C224377. This site is located in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn within the County of Kings, and is located at 842-850 Lexington Avenue.

Access the application, work plan, and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224377/. The documents also are available at the document repository located at Washington Irving Library, 360 Irving Ave. at Woodbine St., Brooklyn, NY 11237, and Brooklyn Community Board 3, 1360 Fulton Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11216.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Javier Perez-Maldonado at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at Javier.perez-maldonado@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-8172. All comments must be submitted by December 30, 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