&EPA
SITEF
                                                                                                EPA 560-F-10-223
                                                                                                        July 2010
                                                             Babylon, New York
                                                                Assessment Grant
    In a Small, Long Island Town, Three Contiguous Parcels are Prepared for Redevelopment
     ADDRESS:           8 Andrews Avenue, 5 & 7 North 15th Street,
                      Wyandanch, NY I 1798
     PROPERTY SIZE:       0.68 Acres
     FORMER USE:        Parking, storage, manufacturing, community center
     CURRENT USE:       Cleaned, vacant land, ready for redevelopment into the
                      Martin Luther King Jr., Community Health Center
     EPA GRANT RECIPIENT:
     The Town of Babylon received a
     $200,000 Brownfields Petroleum
     Assessment grant in 2003.
PROJECT PARTNERS:
                                  State of New York
                                  For additional data and geographic information for this and other
                                  Brownfields Grants, please visit EPA's Cleanups in My Community:
                                  http://iaspub.epa.gov/Cleanups/
   PROJECT BACKGROUND:
   The Town of Babylon (population 200,000) is located approximately 30 miles east of New York City in the
   southwestern portion of Suffolk County on Long Island. Within the town is the hamlet of Wyandanch (population
   10,000), a 4.4-square mile area that is one of the most economically depressed communities in the state and the
   poorest community in Suffolk County. The town used an EPA Brownfields Petroleum Assessment grant awarded in
   2003 to inventory and prioritize area brownfields. As a result, three  underutilized and/or idle properties—including a
   former parking area, a former manufacturing facility, and the site of a dormant community center—were consolidated
   into a larger property labeled "Site F" and incorporated into the Wyandanch Revitalization Plan. The goal of this plan
   was to reuse these and other area brownfields, boost the local economy, and improve the quality of life for local
   residents.

   KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
   •   Consolidated three underused/vacant properties and incorporated them
       into the area's revitalization plan.
   •   Completed Phase I and II environmental site assessments that defined
       areas of contamination and allowed demolition and cleanup to proceed.
   •   Performed demolition and removal of a 2,000-square-foot,
       two-story structure.
   •   Prepared the consolidated site for redevelopment as a community
       health center.

   OUTCOME:
                                                Demolition in progress on Site F
   In addition to funding a local brownfields site inventory, the 2003 EPA Brownfields grant enabled Phase I and II
   environmental site assessments on the three contiguous properties making up Site F.  Additional funding from the
   State of New York (in the form of a RESTORE NY Communities grant) allowed for demolition and cleanup of an
   existing structure. The properties have been identified as the future home for the relocation of the Martin Luther
   King Jr., Community Health Center. In operation since 1968, this facility provides much-needed health care to the
   community, offering services such as immunizations, social work, diagnostic care, family practice, prenatal, and
   pediatrics. The reuse of these former brownfields is seen as a critical component to the area's overall revitalization.
  FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the EPA Brownfields Web site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ or call EPA Region 2 at (212) 637-5000

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