Kings, NY

Low Risk (25/100)

Environmental data for Kings in New York

Kings, NY is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 13 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 25/100 (Low Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 168.0K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 39 and a peak AQI of 98 in 2024, with 69% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).

All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.

TRI Facilities
13
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
168.0K lbs

Air Quality History (2020–2024)

EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.

Year Good Moderate Unhealthy (SG) Max AQI
2024 253 (69%) 113 0 98
2023 207 (57%) 152 1 249
2022 240 (66%) 124 0 85
2021 233 (64%) 131 0 154
2020 300 (82%) 65 0 80
2024 Good Air Quality: 69% of days
Median AQI: 39

Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)

For detailed air quality monitoring data, pollutant breakdowns, and metro-level AQI trends, see Air Quality in New York on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (13)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility 135.0K lbs
2 Transcontinental Ultra Flex Inc 16.1K lbs
3 United Metro Energy Corp. 9.8K lbs
4 Josh Lowenstein & Sons Inc 6.1K lbs
5 Belmont Metals Inc 561 lbs
6 Scientific Components Corp 281 lbs
7 Srm - Smith Street 43 lbs
8 Gowanus Generating Station 38 lbs
9 Srm - McDonald Avenue 10 lbs
10 Srm - Bushwick/brooklyn 2 lbs
11 Consolidated Edision Co of New York - Hudson Avenue Station 0 lbs
12 Ieh Corp 0 lbs
13 Mercury Paint Corp 0 lbs

Cities in Kings (1)

Brooklyn
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13 facilities · 26 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Kings, New York?
Kings, NY has an environmental risk score of 25/100 (Low Risk), based on 13 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Kings?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Kings, NY in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Kings?
Kings, NY has 13 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 168.0K lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Kings?
In 2024, Kings, NY recorded a median AQI of 39 and a peak AQI of 98. 69% of monitored days had "Good" air quality (AQI 0–50). Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County.
Is the drinking water safe in Kings?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Kings, NY in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Kings?
Environmental compliance in Kings, New York is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the New York state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.

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Data sourced from U.S. EPA environmental datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro Editorial