New York County, NY
The federal environmental record for New York County (population 1,597,451): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
12
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
12
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving New York 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)
2 facilities in New York filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 29k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO OF NEW YORK - EAST RIVER FACILITY | MANHATTAN | Ammonia, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 29k lb |
| BLACKSTONE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LLC | JAMESTOWN | Nickel, Chromium | 30 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,715 tank facilities in New York: 1,082 tanks in service and 4,590 closed. 545 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps New York 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 New York, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- NYU SOM LABS@VA NY HARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (MANHATTAN CAMPUS)NEW YORK
- CON EDISON NYC STEAM EXPLOSIONNEW YORK
- FEDERAL BUILDING THENEW YORK
- GOVERNORS ISLAND CORP D/B/A THE TRUST FOR GOVERNORS ISLANDNEW YORK
- JAMES A. FARLEY POST OFFICENEW YORK
- MANHATTAN GENERAL MAIL FACILITYNEW YORK
- NYC STEAM PIPE RUPTURE 2018NEW YORK
- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, COOPER-HEWITT MUSEUMNEW YORK
- STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENTNEW YORK
- THURGOOD MARSHALL U.S. COURTHOUSENEW YORK
- US CUSTOMS DIVISIONNEW YORK
- VARICK STREET FEDERAL BUILDINGNEW YORK