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June 18, 2009
Bedford Avenue Cesspool Continues to Fester
The Seattle-like weather we've been having hasn't done any favors for the abandoned construction project at 95 Bedford Avenue. Of course, water isn't this site's biggest problem. That would be the alleged contamination in the ground. You see, this lot used to house a paint manufacturing facility owned by NJZ Color and Reichhold Chemical. It seems that lead and cadmium were at one point major ingredients in the company's products and that some of this stuff may have made its way into the ground. Serious stuff. To lighten the mood, one area prankster released a duck decoy into the urban pond a few days ago, confusing a live duck in the process. Close-up photo on the jump.
Williamsburg's Swimming Hole [Brownstoner]
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He got muddy water he [need] one mojo filter.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at June 18, 2009 11:09 AM
I'm soooooo sick of this rain. Seatle is exactly right. Time to break out the flannel and start listening to Soundgarden.
Posted by: Adam Dahill at June 18, 2009 11:15 AM
you can fit at least 100 tents in there.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 18, 2009 11:28 AM
"I'm soooooo sick of this rain. Seatle is exactly right. Time to break out the flannel and start listening to Soundgarden."
Sunspots have faded now I'm doing time and now I'm doing time 'Cause I fell on black days. I've fell on black days.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 18, 2009 11:29 AM
Black hole sun
Wont you come
And wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Wont you come
Wont you come
Posted by: Adam Dahill at June 18, 2009 11:35 AM
Black hole sun
Wont you come
And wash away the Assheads, Retards, Asshats and Adam Dahill
Black hole sun
Wont you come
Wont you come
The What (Hiya Adam)
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at June 18, 2009 11:38 AM
Ummm... so I shouldn't have gone wading in that?
Posted by: tybur6 at June 18, 2009 11:43 AM
[water] beetles appearing live in Williamsburg in summer of '09
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_beetle
Posted by: Expert Textpert at June 18, 2009 11:45 AM
Who determined the real duck was "confused?"
Posted by: East New York at June 18, 2009 11:56 AM
What- You are such a loser. Get a life. Don't you have anything better to do? There are some good articles for cutting and pasting online today.
Here is a trick. Hold down Control C to copy and Control V to paste so you don't have to waste time right clicking the articles.
Posted by: Adam Dahill at June 18, 2009 12:19 PM
Ha! Love you Adam Dahill.
Posted by: Nokilissa at June 18, 2009 12:31 PM
Is this Agra India? Looks surprisingly similar to the landscaped pools of the Taj Mahal... with out the ducks of course.
Posted by: IMBY at June 18, 2009 12:39 PM
Wow, this is a real ecological nightmare because you know, lead and cadmium originally came from (and still comes from)...the ground. So does asbestos. All 3 are natural products of the earth and in many places in the US and even here in the city are natural deposits in higher concentration than this "potential" site that probably hasn't even been tested. There are so many projects like this all over Brooklyn that may or may not contain trace amounts of natural chemical "x" that are causing ecological and biological nightmares from non-use and abandonment on their own. Just scoop off the top layer, dump it in the landfill like we've done for 300 years, cover the lot with concrete, and build something already. More than likely, any bad chemical residues in these lots have already leecehd out and run down the streets into other peoples properties from the rainfall runoff. Not that I'm anti pollution, but all these stop work orders because of the EPA which then never ever seem to be tested, treated, or cleared just makes this place even more miserable. Over here in Williamsburg and north into Greenpoint that used to be industrial are full of vacant lots awaiting...??? something and have been for years now.
Posted by: williamsburgguy at June 18, 2009 5:25 PM
The lot pictured is on Driggs between N8th & N9th.
Posted by: lmk2101 at June 18, 2009 6:32 PM
Can't be on driggs and n8th - the orthodox church is ON driggs and north 11th/12th - and this pic is clearly a block west (bedford)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 18, 2009 7:10 PM
It's Bedford between N 11 and N 12.
And there are not stop work orders because of the EPA. There are stop workers when developers and construction crews break the laws concerning environmental remediation. And enforcement on those laws by the DOB or anyone else is completely laughable.
Posted by: bkkkkklyn at June 18, 2009 7:50 PM
Will its being on The Kent ave Improvement Plan's truck detour route down N 11th street be an asset to it's development?
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/kent_ave.pdf
Posted by: sosnowski at June 19, 2009 11:27 PM
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