Gravesend trash plant foes demand halt to construction
A 6-foot-long metal piece blew off the roof of a trash processing plant under construction in Gravesend, prompting renewed calls by local environmentalists for the city to bring the project to a halt.
The accident took place at the site of the Department of Sanitation (DOS) Southwest Brooklyn Marine Transfer Station on Bay 41st Street on the shore of Gravesend Bay on July 18. There were no reported injuries.
But the incident is troubling, according to the Anti-Waste Task Force, an ad hoc group opposed to the construction of the marine transfer station, also known as a waste transfer station.