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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in New York County, NY
Every figure below is from EPA UST Finder — the EPA-compiled national registry of state-reported underground storage tanks — county aggregates as published by EPA.
1,715registered tank facilities
1,082open tanks
4,590closed tanks
545leak incidents on record
12cleanups still open
12 leak cleanups in
New York County are still open — the state has not closed the case.
An open cleanup near a property you're buying or lending on is a findable, checkable fact: it appears in a
per-address screen with distance and the registry record.
Largest registered facilities
By open-tank count, from the facility-level registry. Every fact is attributed to the EPA record (linked ID); something wrong — use the correction path in the footer and we'll fix or remove it promptly.
| Facility | City | Open / closed tanks | Status | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANHATTAN VMF | New York | 16 / 17 | Open UST(s) | NY19786 |
| 1280-1285 5TH AVENUE | NEW YORK | 15 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NY391474 |
| TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE COMPLEX (RFK BRIDGE) | NEW YORK | 13 / 12 | Open UST(s) | NY21546 |
| MANHATTANVILLE BUS DEPOT | NEW YORK | 12 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NY5838 |
| NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL | NEW YORK | 10 / 1 | Open UST(s) | NY3442 |
| DSNY M DISTRICT 12 GARAGE | NEW YORK | 9 / 15 | Open UST(s) | NY24941 |
| FIRE ACADEMY, RANDALLS ISLAND | NEW YORK | 9 / 6 | Open UST(s) | NY17938 |
| MANHATTAN DISTRICT 1/2/5 GARAGE | New York | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NY514029 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICON PARKING GARAGE | NYC | 2003-11-25 | — | NY310586 |
| MARTIN MOTORS | MANHATTAN | 2001-06-21 | — | NY103148 |
| 456 11TH AVE | NEW YORK | 2000-09-18 | — | NY7141 |
| EMPTY LOT | LOWER MANHATTAN | 2000-08-28 | — | NY6332 |
| TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE | MANHATTAN | 1997-11-14 | — | NY9709459 |
| M-1 YARD DEP -DDC | MANHATTAN | 1996-12-16 | — | NY9611359 |
What this means if you're buying or lending here
- "Closed" ≠ clean. A closed tank was taken out of service per the registry — many were closed without soil testing, especially before the late 1990s.
- The registry is incomplete by design. Tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered. A county with 1,715 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 12 cases in this county are still open; contamination may still be under investigation or remediation — distance from a specific parcel is what matters, and that's a per-address question.
Screen a specific property
This page covers the county. A purchase or loan decision needs the registry around one address: registered tanks at the parcel, every facility within 500 and 1,500 ft, leak cleanups with status and distance — each line cited to the official record.
Screen an address — $49 How it worksThis is a screen of EPA-registered tank and leak records, not an environmental site assessment. State registries are incomplete by design: tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered, so a clean screen cannot prove the absence of a tank. "Closed" means a tank was taken out of service per the registry — it does not certify that no contamination remains.
source: EPA UST Finder EPA data vintage 2024-12-04 computed 2026-06-12