The stench seemed most concentrated in Sheepshead Bay<\/a>, though some residents have caught a whiff as far south as Manhattan Beach and Coney Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n As reports kept rolling in, officials launched an inter-agency investigation spearheaded by the state\u2019s Department of Environmental Conservation with assistance from the FDNY, and the city\u2019s Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.\u00a0<\/p>\n Late last month, DEC requested inventory records from several local gas stations as part of the investigation, said agency spokesperson Adanna Roberts, including the Mobil at 3003 Coney Island Ave., which is owned by Bolla EM Realty LLC. Inventory monitoring is used to detect leaks, and is required for most gas stations, she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n Several days after the request was made, Bolla EM Realty\u2019s environmental consultant reported a leak to DEC. The agency confirmed evidence of a leak on the property on Oct. 19 and ensured it was stopped, Roberts said. It is not clear how long the leak had been active, or how much gas had leaked out of the faulty tank. <\/p>\n Bolla did not respond to request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n Officials believe the malodorous fumes from the faulty tank were entering the sewer system and traveling through the area, Vernikov said in an Oct. 22 update, though it\u2019s possible there are multiple sources of the stink.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAt this time, DEC cannot conclusively determine whether this leak was the main cause or contributed to the cause of the odors reported and will continue to investigate other facilities and businesses in the impacted area,\u201d Roberts said.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Oct. 30, DEC hit Bolla EM Realty with several violations, including failure to report and investigate suspected leak,\u00a0 failure to empty the tank system, and failure to report and contain the spill. The agency \u201cwill continue to closely oversee the facility to make sure that they are in compliance with State Environmental Conservation Law and regulations,\u201d Roberts said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vernikov, who organized an interagency meeting with DEC, DEP, the federal Environmental Protection Agency and other city agencies last month, said the discovery was \u201cjust the type of breakthrough we were hoping for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m glad that my constituents finally have some answers, but the job is not done. My office will not stop until the problem is fully resolved and the odor fully removed from our neighborhood,\u201d she said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n The smell may persist while the larger investigation continues, the council member said, though reports have decreased since the Mobil leak was addressed. Approximately 42 complaints were sent to the community tracker between Oct. 19-26, while just 12 were made between Nov. 3-10. FDNY has been monitoring gas levels and is not concerned about fire or explosions, she told CBS New York<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vernikov and DEC encouraged Brooklynites who smell gas to call 911, and report spills to DEC\u2019s 24-hour hotline at 1-800-457-7362.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long-suffering southern Brooklyn residents may finally get a breath of fresh air after officials found the suspected cause…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[143434,143435,98,100,99,61648,301,1882,119,137282,2586,32451,10297,3242,194,21845,78966,143436,10643,33165,745,143437,143438,22697,9,24,63,143439,8193,26785,19459,77845,85424],"class_list":["post-400012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bolla","tag-bolla-em-realty-llc","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-citation","tag-city-council","tag-community","tag-coney-island","tag-coney-island-avenue","tag-dec","tag-dep","tag-department-of-environmental-conservation","tag-environment","tag-fdny","tag-gas","tag-gas-leak","tag-gas-odor","tag-gasoline","tag-inna-vernikov","tag-investigation","tag-leak","tag-mobil","tag-neighborhood","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-odor","tag-sheepshead-bay","tag-smell","tag-southern-brooklyn","tag-tank","tag-violation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"gas](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gas-odor-map.jpg\")
The community-created map of gas odors across southern Brooklyn. Image courtesy of South Brooklyn Gasoline Odor Tracker<\/p>\n![\"inna](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/55577356206_e372b2c81a_k.jpg\")
Council Member Inna Vernikov has spearheaded the response to the odor.Photo courtesy of Emil Cohen\/NYC Council Media Unit<\/p>\n