tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post2115938143474042510..comments2024-03-28T13:46:38.346-04:00Comments on Pardon Me For Asking: Neighbors Worried About Persistent Acrid Smell Around 9th Street and Smith Street Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882047670852126739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-45114645472485286612016-02-22T21:36:12.091-05:002016-02-22T21:36:12.091-05:00I've lived on lower court for 15 years, taking...I've lived on lower court for 15 years, taking the subway at Smith & 9 every day. This smell is new – it's been about a year of it. You can smell it even on the weekends, even when Bayside Oil is not operating (I don't believe). To me it has less of a petroleum smell and more of a solvent smell. It has been very bad recently. I have smelled it as far away as Court & 3rd Place. It does seem to be coming from somewhere south of 9th St. But hard to tell where.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-10148634155697654102016-02-01T16:25:50.292-05:002016-02-01T16:25:50.292-05:00May I remind everyone that one side of Smith Stree...May I remind everyone that one side of Smith Street near 9th Street is residential (with a commercial overlay) while the opposite side nearer the Canal is zoned industrial. When I first posted about the odor, residents on Dennett Place and as far as Court Street were complaining.<br />And many people from as far as Henry Street take the subway at 9th Street<br />So, yes, there has always been industry there, but obviously something has happened over the last two years to make the situation a bit worse.<br />It is all about businesses co-existing with residents and vice versa. That's all. No need to insult.Katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484246196723019291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-5480418051192538402016-02-01T16:07:11.044-05:002016-02-01T16:07:11.044-05:00These people should either accept the fact that th...These people should either accept the fact that they moved next to an active oil depot, a scrap metal yard, and the canal - or move. These people are idiotsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-67287698768521942952016-02-01T15:56:12.438-05:002016-02-01T15:56:12.438-05:00NIMBY how dare they continue to keep their busin...NIMBY how dare they continue to keep their business open after we have gentrified that section of the neighborhood! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-38416373049414304022016-02-01T15:38:37.204-05:002016-02-01T15:38:37.204-05:00Ditto what 3:10 PM said. Ditto what 3:10 PM said. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-48479893646938568732016-02-01T15:10:37.794-05:002016-02-01T15:10:37.794-05:00So let me get this right...people move next to the...So let me get this right...people move next to the Gowanus freaking Canal, a stinking, festering sewer for a century, down the block from an oil depot and downwind from an Expressway, and as SHOCKED, SHOCKED to discover the air might not quite be up to snuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com