meeker plume

Last month, the EPA began drilling devices into the basements of north Brooklyn homes and businesses to determine contamination levels.

The site may also be eligible for federal funds, including a recent influx of $3.5 billion to the Superfund Remedial Program from the bipartisan infrastructure law, which President Biden ratified in November 2021.

The pollutants, primarily chlorinated solvents and petrochemicals derived from carbon, were first discovered in 2005 by Exxon Mobil and the New York State Department of Transportation as part of a separate cleanup in Greenpoint.

A new map lays out the terrible truth.