Getting the Lead out of Greenpoint
by Jessica Podkalicki Greenpoint and Williamsburg are both very old, amazing neighborhoods in Brooklyn. One of the caveats of older neighborhoods is the outdated infrastructure and landscape of the area. Older buildings, built before 1960, tend to contain lead-based paint. While this type of paint was not nationally banned until 1978, building owners still used this lead-based paint in some of their buildings during the 1960s and 1970s. Greenpoint is notorious for its high blood levels of lead in children. According to the report Lead Poisoning in NYC, by NYC Department of […]