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

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from 960 Franklin LLC for a site known as Consumers Park Brewery Site, site ID #C224381. This site is located in the City of New York, within Kings County, in the Borough of Brooklyn, and is located at 122A, 124, and 130 Montgomery Street a/k/a 960 Franklin Avenue.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224381/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 and at the Brooklyn Community Board #9, 890 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to Shawn Roberts, Project Manager, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; or via email at Shawn.Roberts@dec.ny.gov; or call (518) 402-9799. All comments must be submitted by January 20, 2023.

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