New Rochelle Brownfield Site Cleanup Plan Public Comments Until 12 Dec: 11 Lawton Street; 485, 487 and 491 Main Street; and 210 and 212 North Avenue

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (Dec. 7, 2025) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public comments through Dec. 12, 2025, on a Brownfield Cleanup Program application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan for the 0.907-acre 11 Lawton Pipe Yard Site in downtown New Rochelle.

The site, designated #C360262, includes addresses at 11 Lawton Street, 485, 487 and 491 Main Street, and 210 and 212 North Avenue in Westchester County. Current owner is listed as DB Main & Lawton LLC, with on-site operators including Mi Casa Income & Agency, The Psychic Shop, and Bradell Variety Corporation and Vigo by Western Union.

Site features include a three-story building with basement at 491 Main Street built in 1918, a two-story office building with basement and garage at 210 North Avenue originally constructed in the 1890s with a 1929 addition, a one-story structure with partial basement at 212 North Avenue built in 1941, two two-story buildings from around 1896 at 485-487 Main Street, and a parking lot at 11 Lawton Street, formerly used for New Rochelle Police Department headquarters.

Historic uses of the site include carriage manufacturing, storage and pipe yard, tool house, and laundries.

The property is zoned DB Downtown Business and DO-1 Downtown Overlay District and is currently used for commercial tenants and parking, with many spaces vacant. Surrounding properties are primarily commercial with some mixed-use residential.

Documents are available through the DECinfo Locator and at the New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza.

Comments should be sent to project manager Ryan Richard at NYSDEC, 21 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY 12561; ryan.richard@dec.ny.gov; or 845-256-3118.

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