Ground at Roebling Oil Field Still Oozing Black Slime

We stopped by site of the development called McCarren Park Mews at N. 11th and Roebling--AKA The Roebling Oil Field--and found to our horror that the west end of the site, which has yet to gain a foundation, is oozing even more oil than the east end, which has already gained concrete. The site still gives off the stench of petroleum products, which looked a little like black sorbet in frigid temperatures that had clearly increased its viscosity. At some point, this will all be covered over remediated and things will go on as though nothing awful was ever down there. For the time being, however, it's interesting to note that oil is oozing up through the entire site. We'll let the photos below do the rest of the talking.