DEC Invites Public Comment On Remediation Of Embassy Port Chester Site

PORT CHESTER, NY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program application and draft remedial investigation work plan for a big chunk of downtown Port Chester, and invites public review.

The site covers 128, 132-134, 136-138 and 148 North Main Street.

It is currently occupied by businesses including a grocery store, theater, restaurant, bakery and laundromat. The rest of the site is covered by an asphalt parking lot. Most notably, from the years 1919 to prior to 1990, a large garage with at least two gasoline underground storage tanks was on the site — hence the brownfield designation.

Site-related documents are available for review online through DECInfoLocator. The site code is C360240. They are also at the Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, 1 Haseco Ave. in Port Chester.

The owners are listed as D.R. Main, LLC, Embassy Real Estate Partners, L.L.C., 128-130 N. Main Owners LLC and The Embassy Port Chester LLC.

According to the St. Katharine Group's webpage about The Embassy Port Chester: "Located on a full Village block from Willett Avenue to Highland Avenue we are expecting to break ground on this 250 unit, 30,000sf retail development in the heart of Port Chester’s bustling Main Street in Q2 2023. This will be an eligible Opportunity Zone investment."