Environmental Health of CG?
I have a question for everyone. I am considering buying an apartment in Carroll Gardens, on the side of Court closer to the BQE. My only hesitation is that I recently heard that the City is cleaning up the plant on the corner of Smith and Huntington. Does anyone who lives in CG know anything…
I have a question for everyone. I am considering buying an apartment in Carroll Gardens, on the side of Court closer to the BQE. My only hesitation is that I recently heard that the City is cleaning up the plant on the corner of Smith and Huntington. Does anyone who lives in CG know anything about the environmental safety of the neighborhood? Has anyone heard of any cancer clusters as a result of all the industrial activity? I’m new to the area, so any info anyone has would be great.
hannible… you are wrong… they actually ran drill tests a year or two ago and you obviously do not know what you are talking about
the benzene and the lead are acutually from the BQE highway and the millions of cars that used lead based gasoline up until the 1960’s. After that benzene was used so it is not only a question of the power plant but also the highway. But since most people were only concerned with the price of real estate going up and not doing or saying anything bad to bring them down. No one really ran detailed tests on the soil,
my bad …that is luquer to 4th
as i remember the test holes were drilled in front of the parking lot across from the public place site..that is huntington to nelson i think
Eman1234 — when you say “crossing smith street”, do you know where it went? did it cross smith street over to court? what was the cross street? i guess that can’t be good, anyway. thanks for the info.
I noticed temporary fencing going up around the site in question over the weekend, looks like they are ready to tear that thing down. I have a friend who lived on Huntington right underneath the F/G line, he loved it there but did say when he opened his windows there was always a layer of black dust left everywhere. I have not heard anything about a “cancer cluster” and am also looking at buying in that area. I’m not too concerned about possible health issues for my wife or kids but I probably wouldn’t grow tomatoes that close to the Gowanus Canal.
as i remember the survey for the site found a plume of benzene crossing smith st from the “public place” site…to my knowledge there has been no survey regarding a cancer cluster similar in this specific area, but i could be wrong
as i remember the survey for the site found a plume of benzene
Citizens Gas was there from the 1860’s until Bklyn Union Gas finally shut it down in the mid 1950’s. The Federal Gov’t also had a toluene operation there during WW1. NYC took over the land in the 1970’s.
I don’t think it’s technically a Superfund site, but with a century of chemical-industrial activity, there must be some highly toxic stuff underground. Benzene, naptha, toluene.
I’ve never heard of cancer clusters in the neighborhood, but you are right to be concerned.