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DEC has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan for a site known as the Former Mill Sanitary Wiping Cloth Site, site ID #C203146. This site is located in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, and is located at 40 Bruckner Boulevard. Public comments about the application and draft work plan must be submitted by June 11, 2021.

Click the web link above at "Additional Information" to learn about the site and how to comment.

Project documents can be reviewed online at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203146/

And, once reopened, at:

Mott Haven Library
321 East 140th Street
Bronx, NY 10454

Bronx Community Board 1
3030 3rd Avenue
Bronx, NY 10455

DEC has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application for a site known as River North, site ID #C243045. This site is located in the Borough of Staten Island within the County of Richmond, and is located at 170-194 Richmond Terrace and 8-20 Stuyvesant Place. Public comments about the application must be submitted by June 11, 2021.

Click the web link above at "Additional Information" to learn about the site and how to comment.

Project documents can be reviewed online at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C243045/

And, once reopened, at:

Community Board #1 Staten Island
1 Edgewater Plaza, Suite 217
Staten Island, NY 10305

DEC has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application, Draft Remedial Investigation, and Remedial Investigation Report for a site known as Broadway Triangle Site C, site ID #C224324. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 59-69 Bartlett Street, 84-100 Throop Avenue and 90-100 Gerry Street. Public comments about the application and draft work plan must be submitted by June 11, 2021.

Click the web link above at "Additional Information" to learn about the site and how to comment.

Project documents can be reviewed online at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224324/

And, once reopened, at:

Brooklyn Public Library - Bushwick Branch
340 Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11206

DEC invites the public to comment about a draft plan to investigate contamination related to the Swan Garage Kent Supply Site #C360210 (New Rochelle, Westchester County) within New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program. Public comments about the draft plan will be accepted through June 11, 2021.

Click the web link above at "Additional Information" to learn about the draft plan and how to comment.

Project documents can be reviewed online at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C360210/

And, once reopened, at:

New Rochelle Public Library
1 Library Plaza
New Rochelle, NY 10801
(914) 632-7878

Join DEC educators and local college interns for seining on the Hudson! We will be trying to catch fish from the Hudson River using a 25-foot seine net. This is part of a continuing series of seining posts throughout the summer, as a part of DEC'S Virtual River series. 

For more information about the Virtual River series, including educator tools and lesson plans >>

Join us on this guided walk where we will learn how to harvest and identify common edible plants, including a few invasive species! For adults and children ages 10 and older.

PLEASE NOTE

• Pre-registration is required for ALL programs; call 716-683-5959 to register for an in-person program. For virtual programs, please register online at www.reinsteinwoods.org/events.
• You must pre-register by phone; you will receive a call confirming your registration or waitlist status. PLEASE SPEAK CLEARLY when leaving your name and phone number as our system does not have caller ID. Unless you receive a callback, you are not registered. *Registration for popular programs is limited to 3 people per party.
• All participants are required to wear a mask; social distancing of 6 feet or more will be practiced whenever possible. 
• In case of poor weather, programs may be cancelled.
• We cannot accommodate organized youth/civic groups at these programs. Please call to make other arrangements.

Join us LIVE at Wantagh Mill Pond in Nassau County as DEC staff and volunteers work together to remove the aquatic invasive water chestnut. Learn about New York Invasive Species Week (#ISAW), DEC’s efforts to control this invasive species in Long Island lakes and ponds, and what you can do to help!

Learn more about invasive species in New York State here > >