We’ve gotten several emails in the last week or so about the “toxic” parking lot at Bedford Avenue and N. 11 Street in Williamsburg. Construction work is now going on at the site, which is slated to become a Karl Fischer building with 180 apartments. The property was once a paint factory and is listed as an “e” site, meaning that it requires a cleanup before anything can be built. A few weeks ago, we noticed that piles of (possibly contaminated) soil at the site were not being covered by tarps. Neighbors are also concerned about whether protocols are being followed and–more to the point–want to know exactly what toxins are on the site and what the risks are. Hundreds of people live across the street from the property, many with windows facing it. One person writes: “Who knows what kind of insane particles we are all breathing here in toxicburg so a little more probably wont hurt, just seems to me this should at least be looked into.” He reports: “The front end loader is taking dirt from each pile and then dumping in the truck (which is actually a container not a dumptruck?) My paranoid take? They are mixing the toxic foundation with regular dirt taking it away and dumping it somewhere. Seriously something very odd is going on.” The formal address of the site is 105 Bedford Avenue.