Fresh Kills Park
On April 4th Staten Island’s very own Fresh Kills Landfill will officially open again as Fresh Kills Park. There will be free tours and they are touting state-of-the-art ecological restoration. In a short video, they talk about how they “capped” the landfill. They pipe out the methane from the rotting crud to power local homes. They covered the entire landfill with 3 feet of fill dirt, an impermeable (ha) plastic cover and then 8 feet of clean soil. What about all the toxins leaching into the water??? I think I’ll have to see this park to believe it!
We drove past this landfill every time we visited Robb’s parents. The stench lasted for miles.
I’m not going to plan my next vacation at Fresh Kills Park.
I wasn’t even aware that they had closed the landfill. The stench was quite something. I’m sure this is helping property values in Staten Island.