SitemapNext Tuesday, demolition will begin on an abandoned gas station in Brookfield, not only because it's an eyesore but also because it's a health hazard.
But Brookfield isn't the only area in the Valley that has an issue with old gas stations.
What was once Palko's Mill Creek Service Station now sits an abandoned gas station at Bears Den Road and Schenley Avenue on Youngstown's west side.
Mark Ramahi, owner of the Mill Creek Deli next door, would love to see it gone.
"I'll be honest with you, it's a bad eyesore in this neighborhood. It's a clean neighborhood, we should keep it that way," he said.
"But it's a major problem. This is a major problem," said Ian Beniston, executive director of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.
Beniston has a map of all the potential underground storage tanks in the city, 331 of which are old gas stations, auto shops or even laundromats that stored chemicals underground.
"You don't want to go start digging in any of these lots and putting up a building and the next thing you know you got five 100-gallon tanks that you stumble upon and you're like, 'Oh crap,'" Beniston said.
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