Asbestos Exposure Sites in New York
Our records contain 458 asbestos exposure sites in New York, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in New York
For decades, New York buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many New York residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so New York workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of New York asbestos exposure sites include:
- New York factories
- Powerplants in New York
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in New York
Below is a list of 458 known sites of asbestos exposure in New York. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 177 New York cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The New York city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Rochester, NY, with 31 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another New York asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| 14Th Street Powerhouse | New York City |
| 34Th Street Powerhouse | New York City |
| 40Th Street Powerhouse | New York City |
| 59Th Street Powerhouse | New York City |
| 74Th Street Powerhouse West Side | New York City |
| Agency Building | Albany |
| Albany Airport | Albany |
| Albany Medical Center | Albany |
| Alcoa | Massena |
| ALCOA Aluminum Plant | Massena |
| Alfred State University (Infirmary) | Alfred |
| Allied Chemical | Buffalo |
| Allied Chemical Plant | Solvay |
| American Brass | Buffalo |
| American Brass Foundry | Buffalo |
| American Cyanamid Company | Pearl River |
| American Locomotive Plant | Schenectady |
| Anchor Glass Company | Albany |
| Andco | Buffalo |
| Ansco (AGFA- Ansco) | Binghamton |
| Aranderson | Painted Post |
| Arlington Junior High School | Arlington |
| Arthur Kill Powerhouse | Staten Island |
| Associated Linens | Utica |
| Astoria Power House | Long Island City |
| Astoria Power Plant | Gufens |
| Astoria Power Plant | Astoria |
| Astoria Powerhouse | Astoria |
| Astoria Powerhouse | Queens |
| Atlantic Cement | Ravena |
| Avon Products Plant | Suffern |
| Badger Aluminum Foundry | Brooklyn |
| Baldwinsville High School | Baldwinsville |
| Bankers Trust Office Building | New York City |
| BASF | Rensselaer |
| Bausch & Lomb Building | Rochester |
| Bausch and Lomb | Rochester |
| Beaver Falls Paper Mill | Beaver Falls |
| Bee Bee Station | Rochester |
| Beechnut | Canajoharie |
| Behr-Manning | Watervliet |
| Bel-View Hospital | New York City |
| Beth Isreal Hospital | New York City |
| Bethlehem Steel | Lackawanna |
| Bethlehem Steel | Buffalo |
| Bethlehem Steel Shipyard | Brooklyn |
| Bethlehem Steel Shipyard | Staten Island |
| Binghamton Container Corp. | Binghamton |
| Borden Company | Bainbridge |
| Borden Ice Cream Plant | Syracuse |
| Bossert’s Manufacturing Co. | Utica |
| Bowline Powerhouse | Havestraw |
| Brighton Towers I And II | Syracuse |
| Bristol Meyers Laboratory | Dewitt |
| Bristol-Myers | Syracuse |
| Bronx Hospital | Bronx |
| Brookhaven National Lab | New York City |
| Brooklyn Coastal Dry Dock | Brooklyn |
| Brooklyn Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn |
| Brooklyn Naval Shipyard | New York |
| Brooklyn Police Station | Brooklyn |
| Brushton-Moira School | Brushton |
| Buchanan Substation | Buchanan |
| Budweiser Brewery | Baldwinsville |
| Buffalo Electric Power Plant | Buffalo |
| Buffalo General Hospital | Buffalo |
| Buffalo Savings Bank | Buffalo |
| Camden Central School | Camden |
| Canton Village | Canton |
| Carborundum Plant | Niagara Falls |
| Carthage Hospital | Carthage |
| Carthage Paper | Watertown |
| Carthage Paper Mill | Carthage |
| Central Hudson Gas And Electric | Roseton |
| Central Square School | Central Square |
| Chemical Bank of Rochester | Rochester |
| Cherry Burrell Tank Plant | Little Falls |
| Chevrolet Axle Plant | Buffalo |
| Chevrolet Engine Plant | Tonawanda |
| Chevrolet Foundry | Tonawanda |
| Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. | Utica |
| Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. | Frankfort |
| Children's Detention Center | Rochester |
| Children's Hospital | Buffalo |
| Chrysler Plant | Syracuse |
| Chrysler Plant | Null |
| Ciba Geigy Chemical | Ardsley |
| City Hall | Albany |
| Clapp's Baby Food Unit | Rochester |
| Clarksen College | Potsdam |
| Clarkson College Science Building | Potsdam |
| Clayton Town Hall | Rochester |
| Clifton Spring Center | Clifton Springs |
| Climax Manufacturing | Castorland |
| Cohoes Memorial Hospital | Cohoes |
| Colgate College | Hamilton |
| Columbia Memorial Hospital | Hudson |
| Columbia Mills | Minetto |
| Columbia University | Manhattan |
| Columbus Hospital | Buffalo |
| Community College | Canandaigua |
| Community College | Elford |
| Con Edison Powerhouse | Brooklyn |
| Con-Edison Plant | New York City |
| Coned | New York City |
| Consolidated Edison | Long Island |
| Cornell University | Ithaca |
| Corning Glass | Corning |
| Corning Glass Building | Corning |
| Corning Glass Plant | Wellsboro |
| County Drywall | Newark |
| Coxsackie Prison | Coxsackie |
| Craig Developmental Center | Sonyea |
| Crouse Hinds Foundry | Syracuse |
| Crucible Steel | Syracuse |
| Daily News Building | New York City |
| Dairy Lea | Utica |
| Danskammer Powerhouse | Danskammer |
| Davenport Machine | Rochester |
| Decora Paper Mill | Fort Edward |
| Delco Plant | Rochester |
| Diamond International (aka Devanity Fair) | Plattsburgh |
| Diamond Match Paper Mill | Plattsburgh |
| Dresser Industries | Olean |
| Dresser Industries | Depew |
| Duff Mott Processing Plant | Williamson |
| Dunkirk Steam Station | Dunkirk |
| Dunlop Tire & Rubber | Buffalo |
| Dunn And McCarthy Inc. | Auburn |
| Dupont Chemical | Albany |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Tonawanda |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Niagara Falls |
| E.J. Noble Hospital | Gouverneur |
| Eastman Kodak | New York City |
| Eastman Kodak | Rochester |
| Eastman Kodak Elmwood Plant | Rochester |
| Eastman Kodak Processing Lab | Rochester |
| EF Barrett Power Plant | Island Park |
| Empire State Building | Manhattan |
| Ethan Allen Warehouse | Booneville |
| Evans Mill Elementary School | Evans Mill |
| Far Rockway Power Plant | Far Rockway |
| Finch Pruyn Paper Mill | Glens Falls |
| Ford Motor Stamping Plant | Buffalo |
| Fort Orange Paper Mill | Castleton |
| Foster Wheeler Manufacturing Plant | Dansville |
| Fulton County Courthouse | Johnstown |
| Garlock Plant | Palmyra |
| General Electric | Hudson Falls |
| General Electric | Feura Bush |
| General Electric Bleeker Street | Utica |
| General Electric Broad Street | Utica |
| General Electric Company | Waterford |
| General Electric French Road | Utica |
| General Electric Plant | Utica |
| General Electric Plant | Waterford |
| General Electric Plant | Fort Edward |
| General Electric Plant | Schenectady |
| General Electric Plant | Syracuse |
| General Electric Plant | Selkirk |
| General Electric Research Laboratory | Niskayuna |
| General Electric State Street | Utica |
| General Electric-Schenectady | Schenectady |
| General Foods Plant | Saratoga Springs |
| General Motors Building | New York City |
| General Motors Plant | Syracuse |
| General Motors Plant | Rochester |
| General Motors Plant | Buffalo |
| General Motors Powertrain Plant | Tonawanda |
| Georgia Linen | New York |
| Georgia Pacific Paper Mill | Plattsburgh |
| Georgian Courts Apartments | Utica |
| Gleason | Rochester |
| Glen Clove Power Plant | New York City |
| Glenwood Landing Powerhouse | Glenwood Landing |
| Glenwood Power Plant | Glenwood Landing |
| Goulds Pump Plant | Auburn |
| Goulds Pump Plant - Bayard Street | Seneca Falls |
| Goulds Pump Plant - Fall Street Plant | Seneca Falls |
| Gouverneur Paper Mill | Gouverneur |
| Grasslands Hospital | Valhalla |
| Graymoore Monastery | Garrison |
| Griffis Air Force Base | Rome |
| Griffis Air Force Base Bowling Alley | Rome |
| Grossingers Hotel | Liberty |
| Groveton Paper Mill A/K/A Rushmore Paper Mill | Gouverneur |
| H.B. Hood Dairy | Vernon |
| Hamilton College | Clinton |
| Hamilton-Kirkland College | Clinton |
| Hammermill | Oswego |
| Hammermill Plant | Oswego |
| Hancock Airport | Syracuse |
| Harlem Valley Hospital | Windale |
| Harrison Radiator - Washburn Street Plant | Lockport |
| Harrison Radiator - West Plant | Lockport |
| Hellgate Powerhouse | Queens |
| Hepburn Hospital | Ogdensburg |
| Highland Nursing Home | Massena |
| Holland Patent High School | Holland Patent |
| Hooker Chemical fka Niagara Alkali | Niagara Falls |
| Hudson Avenue Power House | Brooklyn |
| Hudson Avenue Power Plant | Brooklyn |
| Hudson Valley College | Troy |
| Humphrey Gardens | Utica |
| Huntley Steam Station | Tonawanda |
| IBM - Overocker Road Site | Poughkeepsie |
| IBM Building | Rochester |
| IBM Plant | Endicott |
| Ideal Hospital | Endicott |
| Indian Point Nuclear Plant | Buchanan |
| Indian Point, Unit 1 | Buchanan |
| Indian Point, Unit 2 | Buchanan |
| Indian Point, Unit 3 | Buchanan |
| International Paper | Ticonderoga |
| International Paper Co. | Glens Falls |
| International Paper Mill | Fort Ticonderoga |
| International Paper Mill | Corinth |
| International Paper Mill | Ticonderoga |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca |
| Jervis Public Library | Rome |
| Jewish Hospital | Brooklyn |
| Jones & Laughlin | Buffalo |
| Karg Brothers | Johnstown |
| Kay-Fries Chemical | Stony Point |
| Kent Avenue Powerhouse | Brooklyn |
| Knolls Atomic Power House | Niskayuna |
| Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory | Schenectady |
| Kraft Cheese Plant | Canton |
| Kraft Food | South Edmenson |
| Kraft Foods Plant | Canton |
| Latex Fibre Ind. | Beaver Falls |
| Lederle Chemical Labs | Pearl River |
| Lee Dyeing Co. | Johnstown |
| Legislative Building | Albany |
| Little Falls Hospital | Little Falls |
| Liverpool Elementary School | Liverpool |
| Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) | Glenwood Landing |
| Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) | Island Park |
| Long Island Lighting Company (Lilco) | Northport |
| Long Island Lighting Company (Lilco) | Rockaway |
| Long Island Lighting Company (Lilco) | Port Jefferson |
| Long Island Railroad/Penn Station | New York City |
| Louville Central School | Louville |
| Lovett Power Station | Tompkins Cove |
| Madrid Waddington High School | Waddington |
| Madrid-Waddington Central School | Madrid |
| Malone High School | Malone |
| Martisco Paper Company | Marcellas Falls |
| Masonic Home | Utica |
| Mearle Laboratory | Peekskill |
| Mechanicville Sewer & Treatment Plant | Mechanicville |
| Memorial Hospital | New York City |
| Memorial Hospital | Albany |
| Memorial Hospital | Unknown |
| Mental Health Institute | Tupper Lake |
| Mercy Hospital | Watertown |
| Mercy Hospital | Port Jervis |
| Mohawk Paper Mill | Cohoes |
| Mohawk Paper Mill | Waterford |
| Monticello Raceway | Monticello |
| Mony Towers | Syracuse |
| Mount Mcgregor | Wilton |
| Munson Williams Museum | Utica |
| Mushroom Factory | Ravena |
| Nathan Littauer Hospital | Gloversville |
| National Cash Register Factory | Ithaca |
| National Fuel Gas | Buffalo |
| Nazareth College | Rochester |
| Nekoosa Edwards Paper Mill | Potsdam |
| Nekoosa Edwards Paper Mill | Norwood |
| Nekoosa Edwards Paper Mill | Unionville |
| Nepera Chemical Plant | Harriman |
| Nestle Foods | Fulton |
| New York Central Railroad | Yonkers |
| New York Central Railroad | Various |
| New York City Univ. Medical Center | New York City |
| New York Gas & Electric | Ithaca |
| New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn |
| New York State Electric & Gas | Johnson City |
| New York State Power Authority | Massena |
| New York University | New York City |
| New York University | Oneonta |
| New York World’s Fair | New York City |
| Newton Falls Paper Mill | Newton Falls |
| Niagara Falls Hydroplant | Niagara Falls |
| Niagara Falls Power Plant | Niagara Falls |
| Niagara Mohawk | Niagara Falls |
| Niagara Mohawk Huntley Station | Buffalo |
| Niagara-Mohawk Power Plant | Oswego |
| Norfolk Paper Mill | Norfolk |
| North Edwards Paper Plant | Unionville |
| North Westchester Hospital | Mt. Kisco |
| Norton Co. | Troy |
| Norton Co. | Watervliet |
| Norwich Pharmaceutical | Norwich |
| Nyack Hospital | Nyack |
| O.D. Heck Development Center | Niskayuna |
| Old American Locomotive Works | Schenectady |
| Oneida City Hospital | Oneida |
| Oneida Limited | Sherrill |
| Oneonta College | Oneonta |
| Oneonta State Teacher’s College | Oneonta |
| Onondaga County Steam Plant | Syracuse |
| Orange & Rockland Power | Thompkins Cove |
| Ossining State Prison | Ossining |
| Oswego Port Authority | Oswego |
| Oswego Steam Station | Oswego |
| Oswego Teacher's college | Oswego |
| Oswego Water Plant | Oswego |
| Owens-Corning | Delmar |
| Owens-Corning Glass | Corning |
| Pan Am Building | New York City |
| Pan American Leather | Gloversville |
| Paper Mill | Watertown |
| Parishville Hopkins Central School | Parishville |
| Peekskill Powerhouse | Peekskill |
| Pen Dixie | Buffalo |
| Penfield Central School District | Penfield |
| Penn Yan Boat Manufacturing | Penn Yan |
| Plancor | Massena |
| Plancor Aluminum Plant | Massena |
| Plattsburgh Air Force Base | Plattsburgh |
| Port Jefferson Power Plant | Port Jefferson |
| Potsdam Paper Mill | Potsdam |
| Power Plant | Corning |
| Presidential Plaza | Syracuse |
| Procter & Gamble | Norwich |
| Proctor & Gamble Paper Mill | Albany |
| Psychiatric Center | Albany |
| Queensboro Dairy | Canastota |
| Queensbury School | Queensbury |
| Radio City Music Hall | Manhattan |
| Ragu Warehouse | Rochester |
| Ravenswood Power House | Long Island City |
| Ravenswood Powerhouse | Ravenswood |
| Ravenswood Powerhouse | Queens |
| Refined Syrups & Sugar, Inc. | Yonkers |
| Remington Rand | Ithaca |
| Renaissance Apt | Rochester |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rensselaer |
| Republic Steel | Buffalo |
| Revere Copper & Brass, Inc. | Rome |
| Reynolds Metals/St. Lawrence Reduction Plant | Massena |
| Rochester Electric & Gas | Rochester |
| Rochester Institute | Rochester |
| Rochester Power And Gas Bee Bee Station | Rochester |
| Rochester Power And Gas Russell Station | Rochester |
| Rochester Products | Rochester |
| Rochester Transit System | Rochester |
| Rockefeller Center | New York City |
| Rome Hospital | Rome |
| Rome State School | Rome |
| Roosevelt School | Yonkers |
| RPI | Troy |
| Rush Henrietta School District | Henrietta |
| Russell Power Station | Rochester |
| S.U.N.Y. @ Canton | Canton |
| S.U.N.Y. @ Cobleskill | Cobleskill |
| S.U.N.Y. @ Oneonta | Oneonta |
| S.U.N.Y. @ Potsdam | Potsdam |
| Sacred Heart Church | Massena |
| Salada-Schirriff- Horsay Inc. | Little Falls |
| Salmon River High School | Fort Covington |
| Samaritan Hospital | Troy |
| Saranac School | Saranac Lake |
| Saunders Trade Schools | Yonkers |
| Schaefer Brewery | Albany |
| Schaefer Brewery | Brooklyn |
| Schenectady Chemical Plant | Rotterdam Junction |
| Schenectady Community College | Schenectady |
| Schenectady County Courthouse | Schenectady |
| Schenectady County Family Court | Schenectady |
| Schenectady County Home | Schenectady |
| Schenectady County Home | Scotia |
| Schenectady County Nursing Home | Schenectady |
| Schenectady County Office Building | Schenectady |
| Schlitz Brewery | Baldwinsville |
| Scott Paper Mill | Fort Edward |
| Sealright Plant | Fulton |
| Seatrain Shipbuilding Corporation | New York City |
| Seneca Ordinance Depot | Seneca |
| Shenango Memorial Hospital | Norwich |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga |
| Skidmore College Campus | Saratoga Springs |
| Solvay Process | Syracuse |
| South Souhans Knitting Mill | Seneca |
| Spargo Wire Co. | Rome |
| Special Metals Corporation | New Hartford |
| Speer Carbon | Niagara Falls |
| St. Francis Hospital | Poughkeepsie |
| St. Joseph’s Home | Latham |
| St. Lawrence Seaway | Massena |
| St. Lawrence University | Canton |
| St. Luke’s Hospital | Utica |
| St. Luke’s Memorial Hospital | New Hartford |
| Star Textile | Albany |
| State University Of New York (S.U.N.Y.) At Oneonta | Oneonta |
| State University Of New York (SUNY) | Syracuse |
| Stauffer Chemical | Lewiston |
| Steam Generating Station | Dresden |
| Sterling Winthrop | East Greenbush |
| Subway | New York City |
| Suncrest Bakeries Inc | Long Island City |
| Superior Steel company | Carnegie |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse |
| Temple Beth Zion | Buffalo |
| Ten Eyck Hotel | Albany |
| Thompson Memorial Hospital | Canadaigu |
| Three Mile Nuclear Power Plant | New York |
| Thruway Authority Building | Albany |
| Ticonderoga Hospital | Ticonderoga |
| Tompkins Cove Powerhouse | Stony Point |
| Torrington Industries | Massena |
| Town Hall | Massena |
| Travis Powerhouse (Con Edison) | Staten Island |
| Trico Plant - Washington Street | Buffalo |
| Twin Rivers School | Massena |
| U.S. Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn |
| Union Carbide | Niagara Falls |
| Union Carbide Corporation | East View |
| Union College | Schenectady |
| Union Fork & Hoe Company | Frankfort |
| United Nations Building | New York |
| University Of Buffalo | Buffalo |
| University Of Rochester | Rochester |
| University Of Rochester - Dorms | Rochester |
| University Of Rochester - Interfaith Chapel | Rochester |
| University Of Rochester - Power Plant | Rochester |
| University Of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester |
| Utica Knitting Co. | Utica |
| Valley Paper | Little Falls |
| Van Rensselaer Manor | North Greenbush |
| Vanwick School | Hopewell Junction |
| Vassar College | Poughkeepsie |
| Vassar College | Unknown |
| Wadham Hall | Odgensburg |
| Water Treatment Plant | Canton |
| Water Treatment Plant | Hemlock |
| Waterside Power House | Manhattan |
| Watervliet Arsenal | Watervliet |
| Wells High School | Wells |
| West End Brewery | Utica |
| West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company | Mechanicville |
| Westchester County Prison | Valhalla |
| Westchester Medical Center | Valhalla |
| Western Electric | New York City |
| Western Electric | Buffalo |
| Whitesboro School | Marcy |
| Willard State Hospital | Willard |
| Woodborne Prison Powerhouse | Woodbourne |
| Woodburn Prison | Woodburn |
| World Trade Center | New York City |
| Xerox | Webster |
| Xerox Corporation | Webster |
| Yonkers Hospital | Yonkers |
| Yonkers Sugar House | Yonkers |
| Zerox building | Rochester |
