Bensonhurst trash plant is up and running
Southwest Brooklyn Marine Transfer Station to export waste
After years of controversy and protest rallies, the city has quietly opened a trash processing plant in Bensonhurst.
On Oct. 1, the Department of Sanitation (DOS) began operating the Southwest Brooklyn Marine Transfer Station on the waterfront of Gravesend Bay near Shore Parkway and Bay 41st Street in Bensonhurst, the site where a city-owned garbage incinerator stood for decades until it was closed during the Giuliani Administration.
The station is expected to handle approximately 700-900 tons of trash a day from surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods, a DOS spokesperson told the Brooklyn Eagle via email.