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
Residents living near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal will be able to find out within weeks if their building is contaminated with cancer-causing vapors — but only if they can talk their landlord into letting the state come on their property and do tests, The Post has learned. Building owners have the right to bar the … Read more
Well that stinks. The city sprayed “Christmas”-scented perfume around the Gowanus Canal — but it’ll take a lot more than holiday cheer to neutralize the stench seeping from the notorious polluted Brooklyn waterway. During the odorous operation, which began in February and ended last month, the city Department of Environmental Protection unleashed the Yuletide and … Read more
State environmental officials waited nearly two years to alert the public that cancer-causing vapors over 20 times the amount considered safe escaped from polluted soil along the Gowanus Canal — and into a nearby shuffleboard club. The Department of Environmental Conservation learned of the alarming levels of toxic vapors in March 2021 while conducting air-quality … Read more