Closing Bell: Meeting Tonight on Toxic Waste Plume Under Greenpoint Factory

The Department of Environmental Conservation is hosting a meeting tonight on cleanup efforts at the polluted Harte & Company factory at the corner of Dupont, Clay and Franklin Streets, Greenpointers reported. (Yes, this is the same building we wrote about this morning, whose developer wants to preserve part of the 1930s Arte Moderne exterior).

The state Superfund site has a plume beneath it made of phthalates — liquid plastic chemicals — up to five feet deep in some areas. And apparently the plume is moving, contrary to what the developer told the Brooklyn Eagle. This is a map of the plume made in 2013, via Greenpointers.

Reps from Greenpoint Landing and 77 Commercial Street will also give brief updates on their projects nearby. The meeting will happen tonight from 6 to 8 pm at the Dupont Senior Center at 80 Dupont Street.

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Map via Greenpointers