Brick’s ‘Dirty Little Secrets’
It’s become a bigger issue since Superstorm Sandy flooded much of New Jersey.
What happens if there’s a flood in an area that has hazadrous waste sites?
NJ Spotlight used data from Surging Seas, a project of Climate Central, and mapped nearly 1,700 New Jersey sites listed in the EPA’s Facility Registry Service that are within five feet of sea level and, as a result, potentially vulnerable over the coming decades.
This story is part of Dirty Little Secrets, a series investigating New Jersey’s toxic legacy.
Below is the list of Patch towns that have those sites, and could be at risk of a spill in case of a flood. Below that is the interactive map – to find your town, insert it into the search engine:
BELLEVILLE
- Synfax MFG Inc.
- Angelos Auto Body and Repair
- National Medical Excess
- Belleville Twp. property
- Lido Auto Body
- BP
BRICK
- Anixter Communications
HOBOKEN
- NJ Bell Telphone Co.
- Coach Services America
- Spinas Auto Body
- JK Management
- Araujo Tire & Brake
- SGS United States Testing Co.
- Willow Sunoco
- Rite Aid
- C&C Auto Body
- Block 114 Development Inc.
- RG Delivery Services
- Gumowitz, Arnold and Anne
- Cornell Underhil Inc.
- Port Authority property (SEMA)
- Hoboken Tank Lines, Inc.
- Adams Street Urban Renewal
- Super T Trucking Site
- Allegro Carting Inc.
- Northwest Redevelopment
- Village West Redevelopment
- B&S Foods
- Reiter Schneider Connor Inc
- CVS Pharmacy
- 710 Clinton Street
- Steve’s Autobody and Frame Specialist
- Majoda Tool
- USEPA Region 2 Grand Street Mercury Site
- C Town Apartments
- Hoboken Housing Authority
- M&S Service Station
- 301 Madison Street LLC
- Hoboken Housing Authority Adams Gardens
- New York Harbor Association
- Franciscan Health Systems
- NJ Transit Hoboken Railyard
- New City Hall Cleaners
- Hudson City Improvement Authority
- Clinton Plaza Association
- My Favorite Cleaners
- 89 Willow Street
- R Neumann & Co.
- Hoboken Firehouse
- 601-619 Newark Street LLC
- Observer Construction Corp.
- Crossfit
- 50 Hudson Street Corp.
- Ehrlich Bernard & Murray
- Mojica Service Center
- 109 Harrison Street LLC
- Raymond Feurtado
- Regional Import & Export Corp.
LACEY
- State of NJ Aids to Navigation
LITTLE SILVER-OCEANPORT
- Shore Circuit Manufacturers
- U.S. Department of Army (ACSIM)
LONG BRANCH
- Verizon-Long Branch Garage
MANAHAWKIN
- AT&T Corp.
MANASUQAN
- Mobil Oil Corp. SS 15MJV
MIDDLETOWN
- NJDEP Leonardo State Marina
POINT PLEASANT
- JCP&L District Office (Point Beach)
- Ideal Kitchens Inc. (Point Beach)
- U.S. Coast Guard Station, Manasquan Inlet (Point Beach)
- Point Pleasant Iron Works (Point Beach)
- Ozzies Quality Cleaners (Point Beach)
- Maccia Frank (Point Beach)
- Yankee Stripper Inc. (Point Beach)
- Simone Development LLC (Point Beach)
RIVER DELL
- United Water New Milford Filtration
TEANECK-ENGLEWOOD
- Cresslee Corp.
- Elco Solvents Corp. – Warehouse
- National Supply Corp.
- Siegling America Inc.
- SAIC IDS
- Sadelco Inc.
- Ryder Transportation Services
- Taiyo Auto Service
- Sultan Healthcare
- Alf Realty
- Chemtech Consulting Group
- Cart Wright Industries Inc.
- Graphic Scanning Corp.
- Electromedia Corp.
- Overpeck Park Golf Course
- Verizon
- Englewood Dog Pound
- RWE Partnership
- Decor Inc.
- Northern Valley Auto Body
- Royal Glass & Millwork
- Ingue Brown
- Permabound International
- Contractors Supply Corp.
- J&S Realty
- Town Motors Corp.
- Metropolitan Woodwork
- Coffin Turbo Pump
- Hose McCann Telephone Co.
TOMS RIVER
- JCP&L office
- NJ Natural Gas
- B&C Auto Body
- Autocraft Collision Experts
- AA Carryman
- Toms River Marine Railway
- Downtown Cleaners and Tailors
- Golla Brothers
- Tony Baptista Inc.
- Warren Merguerian DDS
- Big B Auto Sales
- East Dover Marina
WALL
- NJDOT Bridge Blasting Painting
WARETOWN
- Grand Bay Harboro Complex
- Holiday Harbor Marina
WEST DEPTFORD
- Harboro Control Inc.
WOODBRIDGE
- NJ Turnpike Authority
Interactive Map: NJ’s Potential Pollution Risks over the Coming Decades
Scientists predict that as a result of global warming sea levels along New Jersey’s coast could rise 17 inches by 2050 and three-and-a-half feet by the end of the century — an eventuality compounded by the fact that the Jersey Shore is slowly sinking. That will greatly increase the likelihood of flooding along the coast…
