This Brooklyn Chemical Spill Is Constantly Spewing Fumes. The EPA Wants It To Be A Superfund Site.

The Meeker Avenue Plume extends underneath numerous restaurants, businesses and apartments in East Williamsburg, including the Hungry Burrito on Morgan Avenue and Beadel Street, Sept. 30th, 2021

The pollutants, primarily chlorinated solvents and petrochemicals derived from carbon, were first discovered in 2005 by Exxon Mobil and the New York State Department of Transportation as part of a separate cleanup in Greenpoint. [ more › ]