Brooklyn - Brownfield Cleanup Agreement from The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, the City of New York, Gowanus Green Partners LLC, and Gowanus Green Building A LLC for the site[...]

Public Notice

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received an application to amend the Brownfield Cleanup Agreement (BCA) from The Brooklyn Union Gas Company (dba National Grid NY), the City of New York, Gowanus Green Partners LLC, and Gowanus Green Building A LLC for the site known as Carroll Gardens/Public Place Former MGP Site, site ID #C224012. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 5^th Street & Smith Street to Gowanus Canal.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224012/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the Brooklyn Public Library Carroll Gardens Branch, 396 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11231; and at the Brooklyn Community Board 6, 250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Aaron Fischer at 625 Broadway, 12^th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233; via email at [email protected]; or by calling (518) 402-9805. All comments must be submitted by December 5, 2025.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: https://appfactory.dec.ny.gov/DERExternalSearch/ .

We would also encourage those interested in receiving information on future activities at this site or any other site to sign up to DEC's Contaminated Sites Email List at: https://nydecprod.prod.acquia-sites.com/environmental-protection/site-cleanup/regional-remediation-project-information/environmental-cleanup-email-newsletters.

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 New York State's Brownfield program is available at NYS DEC's website: https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/site-cleanup/brownfield-and….