Kings County, NY
The federal environmental record for Kings County (population 2,561,225): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
28
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
43
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gowanus Canal | Brooklyn | on the NPL | 03/04/2010 |
| Meeker Avenue Plume | Brooklyn | on the NPL | 03/16/2022 |
| Newtown Creek | Brooklyn, Queens | on the NPL | 09/29/2010 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Kings reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Kings filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 46k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN NAVY YARD COGENERATION FACILITY | BROOKLYN | Ammonia | 41k lb |
| UNITED METRO ENERGY CORP. | BROOKLYN | n-Hexane, Toluene | 3k lb |
| JOSH LOWENSTEIN & SONS INC | BROOKLYN | p-Phenylenediamine | 1k lb |
| BELMONT METALS INC | BROOKLYN | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 116 lb |
| TRANSCONTINENTAL ULTRA FLEX INC | BROOKLYN | Diisocyanates | 3 lb |
| IEH CORP | BROOKLYN | Lead | 0 lb |
| MERCURY PAINT CORP | BROOKLYN | - | 0 lb |
| SRM - SMITH STREET | BROOKLYN | Lead | 0 lb |
| SCIENTIFIC COMPONENTS CORP | BROOKLYN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 3,258 tank facilities in Kings: 2,211 tanks in service and 10,813 closed. 865 fuel releases are on record, of which 43 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kings as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Kings, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 543 UNION STREETBROOKLYN
- ATLAS WHITE METAL CO.BROOKLYN
- BCF OIL REFINING, INC.BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN BOROUGH GAS CO.BROOKLYN
- CHLOE FOODSBROOKLYN
- CON-ED FARRAGUT SUBSTATION PCB SPILLBROOKLYN
- CONEY ISLAND CREEKBROOKLYN
- CONEY ISLAND ELECTROPLATING WORKSBROOKLYN
- DEAD HORSE BAYBROOKLYN
- DECOR BY DENEBROOKLYN
- FORMER SOUTHWEST INCINERATOR BROOKLYN/ NYC DEPT OF SANITATIONBROOKLYN
- FORTUNE METALS INCBROOKLYN
- FYN PAINT AND LACQUER CO., INC.BROOKLYN
- GOWANUS CANALBROOKLYN
- H S FINISHING PRODUCTS CORPBROOKLYN
- MEEKER AVENUE PLUMEBROOKLYN
- NELSON FOUNDRYLONG ISLAND CITY
- NMCRC-FLOYD BENNETTBROOKLYN
- NYC DEPT OF PARKS-COLUMBIA SMELTING & REFINING WORKS SITEBROOKLYN
- PENNSYLVANIA AVE LFBROOKLYN
- PITTSBURGH WHITE METALBROOKLYN
- RED HOOK PARKBROOKLYN
- T & J SALVAGEBROOKLYN
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT U.S. COURTHOUSE (FORMERLY EMANUEL CELLLARD FEDERAL BUILDING)BROOKLYN
- U.S. ARMY GARRISON FORT HAMILTONBROOKLYN
- ULANO CORPBROOKLYN
- US INFORMATION AGENCYBROOKLYN
- US NAVY-207 FLUSHING AVEBROOKLYN