You are reading

Sunnyside and Woodside, Most Polluted in Queens

Bayside’s air cleaner but not great: City

Study finds truck traffic pollutes area

A new air quality study conducted by the city Health Department has found that Sunnyside and Woodside were the most polluted borough neighborhoods in three out of four air contaminant categories, while the Rockaways ranked among the cleanest.

For the rest, click on the following:

http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/12/24/queens/queensitqjrne12232009.txt

For those interested, a complete copy of the study can be found at:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/pdf/2009/pr_538_nyccas_report.pdf

email the author: news@queenspost.com
No comments yet

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

Krishnan leads push to end city contracts with convicted landscaping company owner

Jun. 18, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

A coalition of elected officials and labor leaders is calling on the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to immediately terminate all contracts with Griffin’s Landscaping, a city contractor whose owner, Glenn Griffin, was recently sentenced to two years in federal prison for bribery and illegal dumping as part of a $2.4 million environmental crime scheme.