About 450 young kids at a special-needs elementary school near Brooklyn’s putrid Gowanus Canal have been breathing toxic fumes in their building more than two years after the state vowed to fix the problem. The state Department of Environmental Conservation installed an air-filtration system at the annex for PS 372 at 219 First St. in … Read more
These New Yorkers are fuming. More than 100 residents from a pair of Queens and Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods slammed a city-contracted asphalt recycling plant near their homes at a tense meeting Tuesday over its smelly, “burning rubber”-like emissions that they fear are making them sick. The plant, which has operated in Long Island City, Queens, … Read more
Even books are having trouble beating the heat. Dozens of paperbacks at a Brooklyn bookstore curled in on themselves this week as Mother Nature huffed her hot and sticky breath across the Big Apple, images dramatically showed. The metro area suffered from muggy and oppressive weather as high humidity and a heat index above 90 … Read more
A Long Island City asphalt recycling plant is spraying a “choking” stink along the Newtown Creek — leaving state regulators fuming and residents plugging their noses. State regulators first raised a stink about the noxious fumes from Green Asphalt back in January 2024, when the company was accused of spewing emissions that “unreasonably interfered with … Read more
Leaf these trees alone. Plant-loving locals are looking to block the city from chopping down 78 trees in Fort Greene Park – a move they say would turn the greenspace into a “summer frying pan.” A group of residents in Brooklyn’s trendy Fort Greene is suing the city and fighting with the parks conservancy over … Read more
Brooklyn is branching out. The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind Japanese mini-forest this spring – which is slated to improve air quality, prevent flooding and beautify a “dilapidated” section of waterfront Williamsburg. The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind, Japanese mini-forest this spring at the Williamsburg waterfront. NY Post/Dorian Geiger The collection … Read more
Marine Park residents fear two planned battery-storage facilities could turn their neighborhood into a “miniature Chernobyl” — with the potential for toxic chemical leaks and major fire hazards. NineDot Energy, a green-energy storage company, is preparing to open the Battery Energy Storage Systems on Flatbush Avenue on either side of Quentin Road, one of which … Read more
Dozens of Brooklynites raged Wednesday over a city-run concrete recycling facility that has been blanketing Cobble Hill in thick layers of dust for a year — spouting concerns that the fumes are making them sick. More than 50 people formed a human shield outside the SIM Municipal Recycling to block trucks from entering Wednesday — … Read more
A forest ranger died battling a brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border Saturday night – as dangerous wildfires continued to cause bad air quality across the tri-state region amid a historic drought. Firefighters responded to a 2,000-acre forest fire near the Greenwood Lake Turnpike along state lines in Orange County when a tree … Read more
New York City awoke Saturday to the acrid smell of smoke that left a haze hanging over the skyline as several wildfires burned in the region, including a new blaze sparked in the early morning hours near the northern New York-New Jersey border. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service battled the latest outbreak in Pompton … Read more