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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from First Class Management & Development, LLC, for a site known as Former Bictos Webster Cleaners, site ID #C203186. This site is in the Claremont neighborhood of the Borough of Bronx and is located at 1321 Webster Avenue.
Access the application, work plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at New York Public Library-High Bridge Branch, 78 West 168th Street, Bronx, NY 10452 and Bronx Community Board 4, 1650 Selwyn Avenue, Suite 11A, Bronx, NY 10457.
There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Haala Al-Hadithy at NYSDEC, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101; via email at haala.al-hadithy@dec.ny.gov; or by calling 718-482-4096. All comments must be submitted by May 29, 2026.
Use this link and enter the site ID noted above to view site information.
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.
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