"Green Asphalt, located at 37-98 Railroad Ave., replaces traditional asphalt mixes with recycled asphalt, stating that recycled mixes help reduce costs for contractors and improve sustainability goals in projects across the city. However, residents have stated that fumes from the plant have created significant quality-of-life issues in the area ever since Green Asphalt established a presence in Blissville in 2011."
"Numerous residents living on both sides of Newtown Creek have alleged that pollution from the plant has intensified in recent years, leaving locals struggling with acrid smells regularly. The DEC previously issued Green Asphalt with a nuisance violation in January 2024, stating that emissions from the plant were of such poor quality that they "unreasonably interfered with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property.""
DEC fined Green Asphalt $25,000 and executed an order on consent imposing a $124,500 penalty with $99,500 suspended for nuisance emissions and reporting failures. Green Asphalt uses recycled asphalt mixes to reduce contractor costs and promote sustainability across the city. Residents on both sides of Newtown Creek report acrid fumes and worsening pollution since the plant opened in Blissville in 2011, causing significant quality-of-life impacts. The order accused Green Asphalt of failing to submit annual monitoring reports from 2019 through 2023 and allowing contaminants injurious to human, plant, or animal life or to property. The order requires mitigations, including doubling the smokestack to 90 feet by Dec. 11, under DEC oversight.
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