FACT SHEET Kings Plaza Shopping Center Brownfield Cleanup Program 5120 Avenue U Brooklyn, NY 11234

SITE No. C224263 October 2018 NYSDEC REGION 2

Where to Find Information: Cleanup Action Completed at Brownfield Site Project documents are available at these location(s) to help the public stay informed. Action has been completed to address the contamination related to the Kings Plaza Shopping Center (“site”) located at 5120 Avenue U, Brooklyn, Kings County under New York State's Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP). Please see the map for the site location. Brooklyn Community Board 18 1097 Bergen Avenue Cleanup activities were performed by Brooklyn Kings Plaza, LLC ("applicant") with Brooklyn, NY 11234 oversight provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Call for hours: (718) 241-0422 (NYSDEC). The applicant has submitted a draft Final Engineering Report (FER) for NYSDEC review which states that cleanup requirements have been or will be achieved to Brooklyn Public Library - Flatlands fully protect public health and the environment for the proposed site use. Branch 2065 Flatbush Avenue Highlights of the Site Cleanup: The following activities have been or will shortly be Brooklyn, NY 11234 completed to achieve the remedial action objectives: Call for hours: (718) 253-4409  Excavation - Excavation and off-site disposal of 1,729 tons of grossly Who to Contact: contaminated soil and historic fill material exceeding the commercial use Soil Comments and questions are always Cleanup Objectives (SCOs). Clean fill was brought in to replace the excavated welcome and should be directed as follows: soil.  In-Situ (in-place) Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) - ISCO is a technology used to Project Related Questions treat volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A chemical oxidant was injected into Hasan Ahmed, Project Manager soil and groundwater in the excavation area to remediate areas that could not be NYSDEC, Region 2 Office excavated due to the presence of utilities. 47-40 21st Street  Vapor Mitigation System - A vapor mitigation system was installed beneath the Long Island City, NY 11101 sidewalk along the western side of East 55th Street to mitigate against soil vapor (718) 482-6405 intrusion in the adjacent mall buildings. [email protected]  Oil Recovery System – New petroleum extraction wells were installed in areas where product is still present and petroleum absorbent socks were installed in the Project-Related Health Questions wells to remove remaining petroleum. Socks will be changed quarterly or as Sara Bogardus needed until petroleum is no longer present. NYSDOH  Site Cover System – A site cover will be maintained, which consists of structural Empire State Plaza fill and an asphalt binder, to prevent human exposure to remaining contaminated Corning Tower Room 1787 soil/fill. Albany, NY 12237  Development of a Site Management Plan (SMP) for long-term management of (518) 402-7860 residual contamination as required by the Environmental Easement, including [email protected] plans for: (1) Institutional and Engineering Controls (IC/ECs); (2) monitoring; (3) operation and maintenance; and (4) reporting. For more information about New York’s  Recording of an Environmental Easement as an IC to prevent future exposure to Brownfield Cleanup Program, visit: any residual contamination remaining at the site and to ensure implementation of www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html the SMP.

Next Steps: When NYSDEC approves the FER, it will be made available to the public (see "Where to Find Information" at left). NYSDEC then will issue a Certificate of Completion (COC) that will be announced in a fact sheet. The applicant would be able to redevelop the site after receiving a COC. In addition, the applicant:

 Will have no liability to the State for contamination at or coming from the site, subject to certain conditions; and Kings Plaza Shopping Center (Site No.: C224263) October 2018 Fact Sheet (Page 2) BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM

 Will be eligible for tax credits to offset a portion of the business or other uses. A brownfield site is any real property where costs of performing cleanup activities and for a contaminant is present at levels exceeding the soil cleanup redevelopment of the site. objectives or other health-based or environmental standards, criteria or guidance adopted by DEC that are applicable based on the A COC may be modified or revoked if, for example, an applicant reasonably anticipated use of the property, in accordance with does not comply with the terms of its Brownfield Cleanup applicable regulations. Agreement with NYSDEC. For more information about the BCP, visit:

Site Description and Background: The site is an approximately 1- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html acre portion of the larger 31-acre parcel of land encompassing the shopping center and is identified as the eastern portion of Block 8470, Lot 55. The site consists of the northern and central portions We encourage you to share this fact sheet with neighbors and of the mall access road (extension of East 55th Street), and is tenants, and/or post this fact sheet in a prominent area of your bounded by Avenue U to the north, Mill Basin to the south, the mall building for others to see. building to the west, and the Lowe’s building to the east. Prior to 1907 the site was part of Mill Creek, and was developed by the Standard Oil Company of New York between 1930 and the late Receive Site Fact Sheets by Email 1960s, Presto Plastics from approximately 1940 until the late 1960s, Have site information such as this fact sheet sent right to your and a garage and an auto repair facility circa 1950. The current mall email inbox. NYSDEC invites you to sign up with one or more buildings were constructed in the late 1960s. contaminated sites county email listservs at:

Additional site details, including environmental and health www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/61092.html assessment summaries, are available on NYSDEC's Environmental Site Remediation Database (by entering the Site ID, C224263) at: It’s quick, it’s free, and it will help keep you better informed. As a listserv member, you will periodically receive site-related http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm?pagei information/announcements for all contaminated sites in the d=3 county(ies) you select.

Brownfield Cleanup Program Overview: New York's Brownfield Note: Please disregard if you already have signed up and Cleanup Program (BCP) encourages the voluntary cleanup of received this fact sheet electronically. contaminated properties known as "brownfields" so that they can be reused and redeveloped. These uses may include recreation, housing, Kings Plaza Shopping Center (Site No.: C224263) October 2018 Fact Sheet (Page 3) BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM

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