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Blasdell
Former gasoline filling station at 3734 South Park Avenue. A 2005 brownfield cleanup removed underground tanks, hydraulic lifts, petroleum-affected soil, and historic fill. DEC issued a Certificate of Completion in 2008; commercial-use controls remain documented.
The documented story
What happened here?
DEC records identify this 0.58-acre property at 3734 South Park Avenue as a former gasoline filling station. The property entered the Brownfield Cleanup Program before redevelopment for commercial use.
Investigation documented petroleum contamination in soil and groundwater and elevated metals in portions of historic fill. Several underground tanks and other former service-station structures remained when cleanup began.
Chronology in context
Turning points in the public record
Former use
The property operated as a gasoline filling station.
May 2005
The property entered the New York Brownfield Cleanup Program.
2005
Cleanup removed underground tanks, fuel-system features, hydraulic lifts, petroleum-affected soil, and historic fill.
September 2008
DEC issued a Certificate of Completion.
Long-term phase
Commercial-use restrictions and periodic review document the remaining controls.
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A former filling station is excavated before commercial redevelopment
Cleanup removed underground tanks, pump equipment, hydraulic lifts, petroleum-affected soil, and historic fill before New York issued a Certificate of Completion with continuing commercial-use controls.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation brownfield record ↗Environmental record
Documented impacts
- Petroleum contamination was documented in soil and groundwater.
- Historic fill contained elevated metals.
- Former fuel and waste-oil tanks and service-station equipment were removed as potential source features.
Response
Cleanup and controls
- Two abandoned petroleum tanks, one waste-oil tank, piping, pump islands, and two in-ground hydraulic lifts were removed.
- Approximately 2,822 cubic yards of petroleum-affected soil and 998 cubic yards of fill were excavated and disposed off site.
- Verification sampling and clean backfill supported commercial redevelopment.
- An environmental easement restricts the property to commercial use, with continuing site-management review.
Then and now
The site today
The cleanup property is in commercial use. The nearby-schools map measures approximately 386 feet from the official Blasdell Elementary location point to the mapped DEC boundary; the reviewed DEC records do not state that contamination reached the school property.
School-map connection
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Linked schools mapBLASDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL →