For years, the fenced-off, 12 acres of land that runs along Linden Place in College Point has been home to phragmites, an invasive species of sea grass. But before that, it was the site of the former Flushing Airport, which closed in 1984 and is known to have left behind some harmful material in the soil and in the asphalt that has remained there.
College Point environmentalists James and Kathryn Cervino have been advocating that those issues be attended to for some time. And in recent weeks, the New York City Economic Development Corp. has begun work on wetland mitigation efforts at the site, and is cutting down the phragmites in the process so native grasses can be replanted.
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