Environmental damage

BUILDING SITE SITS ON TIBBETTS BROOK PATH

306 W 232nd Street construction site has been filled with standing water since it was excavated on 3/1/23. 

• This is GROUNDWATER from the path of Tibbetts Brook which runs under the street. 

• Excavation has damaged infrastructure of adjacent properties and creating Sinkholes.

• We seek a study by the NYC DEP to investigate the source of the water and to halt the construction of a 7-story school on the site. 

Groundwater on the construction site every day since the excavation on 3/1/23

The map below shows how the building site (in Red square) sits directly above the historic path of the Tibbetts Brook.  The area experiences frequent flooding. 

The adjacent property (a parking lot and active driveway) has experienced damage to

infrastructure  . 

1. A cement retaining wall has separated from the parking lot pavement. See the image of 4 inch gap between the curb by the chain fence and the blacktop of the parking lot. The excavation of the construction site is to the left of the fence.

2. A crack in blacktop pavement that stretches the length of the property (100 feet) 

3/19 Updates

There continues to be standing water on site everyday since excavation began on 3/1.  

The Partial Stop Work Order by DOB is still in effect.

The damage to the adjacent parking lot and cement retaining wall is no better and appears to be worse.  It is unsafe for parking.

Images taken on 3/19 and 3/20.

5/1/23 after the rains

7/10/23 Parking Lot Sinking

TIBBETTS BROOK FLOODING

• Tibbetts Brook Daylighting Project

• Daylighting Tibbetts Brook

• Tibbett’s Brook in the early 20th Century

• Why NYC is Unearthing a Brook it Buried a Century ago

• Rescuing Tibbetts Brook

• The Revival of Tibbetts Brook: An Environmental Victory for the Bronx