Greenpoint has long been suffering the consequences of pollution, industrialization, and corruption (and pollution due to industrialization and corruption), and today’s particular lesson dates back over 100 years. On March 10, 1921, a crude oil vat exploded at a Standard Oil Company subsidiary — Sone and Fleming Oil Works on Kingsland Ave (and off the notorious Newtown Creek) — causing a three-alarm fire resulting in the destruction of four oil tanks, six men being injured…
This Day in Greenpoint History: Standard Oil Plant Up in Flames Again
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The factory fires near the river that happened app. 10 yrs. ago was the biggest fire response since 9/11.