Queens County, NY
The federal environmental record for Queens County (population 2,252,196): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
15
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
59
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radium Chemical Co., Inc. | New York City | deleted | 11/21/1989 |
| Wolff-Alport Chemical Company | Ridgewood | on the NPL | 05/12/2014 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Queens 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)
11 facilities in Queens filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 170k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTORIA ENERGY POWER GENERATION FACILITY | ASTORIA | Ammonia | 77k lb |
| RAVENSWOOD GENERATING STATION | LONG ISLAND CITY | Asbestos (friable), Ammonia | 67k lb |
| CHARLES POLETTI POWER PROJECT & 500 MW PLANT | ASTORIA | Ammonia | 20k lb |
| BAYSWATER PEAKING FACILITY LLC | FAR ROCKAWAY | Ammonia | 5k lb |
| ALLIED NEW YORK SERVICES INC . | JAMAICA | Naphthalene, Ethylbenzene | 320 lb |
| SKAGGS-WALSH | COLLEGE POINT | Naphthalene, Ethylbenzene | 5 lb |
| FLUSHING ASPHALT LLC | FLUSHING | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| SRM - COLLEGE POINT | FLUSHING | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| COSMOPOLITON CHEMICAL CO | LONG ISLAND CITY | - | 0 lb |
| SRM - LONG ISLAND CITY | LONG ISLAND CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
| AMERICAN WAX CO | LONG ISLAND CITY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 4,004 tank facilities in Queens: 2,650 tanks in service and 12,588 closed. 998 fuel releases are on record, of which 59 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Queens 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 Queens, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DEKNATEL (DIV OF PFIZER HOSP PROD)QUEENS VILLAGE
- EDGEMERE LFQUEENS
- FORT TOTTEN (FORMER) MILITARY INSTALLATIONQUEENS
- JETBLUE AIRWAYSJAMAICA
- NEW YORK CITY ANTHRAX SITESNEW YORK
- NEWTOWN CREEKBROOKLYN, QUEENS
- PARKWAY VILLAGE (SITE)JAMAICA
- PHELPS DODGE REFINING CORPMASPETH
- RADIUM CHEMICAL CO., INC.QUEENS
- RIDGEWOOD SUMMERFIELD MERCURYRIDGEWOOD
- SPECTRUM MAINTENANCE CORPFLUSHING
- SPRING CREEK PARKHOWARD BEACH
- TSA AT JOHN F KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL JFKJAMAICA
- TSA AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORTFLUSHING
- WOLFF-ALPORT CHEMICAL COMPANYRIDGEWOOD