Rescue Me: Greenpoint brownfield site gets a cleanup – and a new apartment building
Eye On Real Estate
Once upon a time, 1133 Manhattan Ave. was the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Rail Yard, one of Greenpoint’s polluted properties.
Then it was deemed a brownfield site – and was included in a state Department of Environmental Conservation program that offers private developers tax credits for cleaning up places possibly contaminated by hazardous wastes or petroleum, or both.
A developer, the Domain Cos., got to work cleaning it up – a prelude to building a big apartment house.