DEP
The city conducted more than 7,300 inspections of placed on its Citywide Facility Inventory Database in fiscal 2014 and issued 449 violations—most of them for failing to file forms, but a few for failing to grant access.
Every year, New York City's Department of Environmental Protection tallies up how many facilities within its borders handle hazardous waste—which can include everything from used oil to unpronounceable chemicals—and breaks down just where those toxic supplies are.
The information in DEP's annual report about "HazMat" is culled from a Citywide Facility Inventory Database that, at last count, included 10,819 facilities. Last year, that list grew by just under 2,000 places.
Some of those facilities deal with a lot more hazardous stuff than others: Only 1,376 made the list of "facilities Reporting 10,000 Pounds or More of a Hazardous Substance." DEP reports that information by community board, and the map and chart below indicate how much is reported per board (though not the specific location of any facility).
The city conducted more than 7,300 inspections of those facilities in fiscal 2014 and issued 449 violations—most of them for failing to file forms, but a few for failing to grant access. There were also more than 3,000 hazmat incidents in FY14, about 1,000 of which involved actual spills of chemicals or oil. Responding to those problems was a multi-agency team consisting of DEP HazMat specialists, specially trained police officers and firefighters, sanitation cops, health department staff and folks from the Office of Emergency Management.
In the annual report, DEP thanks "All concerned individuals who report unsafe acts, storage or releases that involve the spread of hazardous substances into our environment." That's done via 311.
Community Board
Neighborhoods
Number of Facilities Reporting 10,000 Pounds or More of a Hazardous Substance
Bronx 1
Mott Haven, Port Morris, Melrose
25
Bronx 2
Hunts Point, Longwood, Morrisania
14
Bronx 3
Crotona Park, Claremont Village, Concourse Village, Woodstock, and Morrisania
4
Bronx 4
Highbridge, Concourse, Mount Eden, and Concourse Village
8
Bronx 5
Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights, Bathgate, and Mount Hope
5
Bronx 6
Belmont, Bathgate, West Farms, East Tremont, and Bronx Park Sout
10
Bronx 7
Norwood, University Heights, Jerome Park, Bedford Park, Fordham, and Kingsbridge Heights
11
Bronx 8
Fieldston, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Marble Hill, Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Van Cortlandt Village
8
Bronx 9
Parkchester, Unionport, Soundview, Castle Hill, Bruckner, Harding Park, Bronx River and Clason Point
15
Bronx 10
Co-op City, City Island, Spencer Estates, Throggs Neck, Country Club, Zerega, Westchester Square, Pelham Bay, Eastchester Bay, Schuylerville, Edgewater, Locust Point, and Silver Beach
14
Bronx 11
Allerton, Bronx Park East, Eastchester Gardens, Indian Village, Morris Park, Olinville, Parkside, Pelham Gardens, Pelham Parkway, Van Nest, and Westchester Heights
12
Bronx 12
Edenwald, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn, Fish Bay, Eastchester, Olinville, and Baychester
16
Brooklyn 1
Flushing Avenue, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Northside, and Southside
41
Brooklyn 2
Brooklyn Heights, Fulton Mall, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fulton Ferry, and Clinton Hill
36
Brooklyn 3
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights, and Ocean Hill
7
Brooklyn 4
Bushwick
5
Brooklyn 5
East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, New Lots, City Line, Starrett City, and Ridgewood
26
Brooklyn 6
Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, and Cobble Hill
19
Brooklyn 7
Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace
30
Brooklyn 8
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Weeksville
5
Brooklyn 9
Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and Wingate
9
Brooklyn 10
Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Fort Hamilton
6
Brooklyn 11
Bath Beach, Gravesend, Mapleton, and Bensonhurst
13
Brooklyn 12
Boro Park, Kensington, Ocean Parkway, and Midwood
4
Brooklyn 13
Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, and Seagate
9
Brooklyn 14
Flatbush, Midwood, Kensington, and Ocean Parkway
6
Brooklyn 15
Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Kings Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Kings Highway, East Gravesend, Madison, Homecrest, and Plum Beach
9
Brooklyn 16
Brownsville and Ocean Hill
6
Brooklyn 17
East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus and Ditmas Village
6
Brooklyn 18
Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Flatlands, Marine Park, Georgetown, and Mill Island
30
Manhattan 1
Tribeca, Seaport/Civic Center, Financial District, Battery Park City
99
Manhattan 2
Greenwich Village, West Village, NoHo, SoHo, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy
30
Manhattan 3
Tompkins Square, East Village, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Two Bridges
7
Manhattan 4
Clinton, Chelsea
60
Manhattan 5
Midtown
148
Manhattan 6
Stuyvesant Town, Tudor City, Turtle Bay, Peter Cooper Village, Murray Hill, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Sutton Place
52
Manhattan 7
Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side, and Lincoln Square
16
Manhattan 8
Upper East Side, LenoxHill, Yorkville, and Roosevelt Island
32
Manhattan 9
Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem
11
Manhattan 10
Central Harlem
4
Manhattan 11
East Harlem
12
Manhattan 12
Inwood and Washington Heights
15
Queens 1
Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay, and Woodside
61
Queens 2
Long Island City, Woodside, and Sunnyside
53
Queens 3
Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, North Corona, and La Guardia Airport
10
Queens 4
Corona, Corona Heights, Elmhurst, and Newtown
6
Queens 5
Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth, and Liberty Park
24
Queens 6
Forest Hills and Rego Park
7
Queens 7
Flushing, Bay Terrace, College Point, Whitestone, Malba, Beechhurst, Queensboro Hill, and Willets Point
54
Queens 8
Fresh Meadows, Cunningham Heights, Hilltop Village, Pomonak Houses, Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Estates, Holliswood, Flushing South, Utopia, Kew Gardens Hills, and Briarwood
10
Queens 9
Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park, and Kew Gardens
8
Queens 10
Howard Beach, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Tudor Village, and Lindenwood
12
Queens 11
Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, East Flushing, Oakland Gardens, and Hollis Hills
18
Queens 12
Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Baisley Park, Rochdale Village, and South Jamaica
31
Queens 13
Queens Village, Glen Oaks, New Hyde Park, Bellerose, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Rosedale, Floral Park, and Brookville
54
Queens 14
Breezy Point, Belle Harbor, Broad Channel, Neponsit, Arverne, Bayswater, Edgemere, Rockaway Park, Rockaway and Far Rockaway
14
Staten Island 1
Arlington, Castleton Corners, Clifton, Concord, Elm Park, Fort Wadsworth, Graniteville, Grymes Hill, Livingston, Mariners Harbor, Meiers Corners, New Brighton, Port Ivory, Port Richmond, Randall Manor, Rosebank, St. George, Shore Acres, Silver Lake, Stapleton, Sunnyside, Tompkinsville, West Brighton, Westerleigh
50
Staten Island 2
Arrochar, Bloomfield, Bulls Heads, Chelsea, Dongan Hills, Egbertville, Emerson Hill, Grant City, Grasmere, High Rock, Lighthouse Hill, Midland Beach, New Dorp, New Springville, Oakwood, Ocean Breeze, Old Town, Richmondtown, South Beach, Todt Hill, and Travis
31
Staten Island 3
Annadale, Arden Heights, Bay Terrace, Charleston, Eltingville, Great Kills, Greenridge, Huguenot, Pleasant Plains, Prince's Bay, Richmondtown, Richmond Valley, Rossville, Tottenville, and Woodrow
28