‘Unknown Oil Substance’ Leaked Into Manhasset Bay: Coast Guard

GREAT NECK, NY — An unknown oil substance was found leaking from a storm drain in the parking lot of a BMW dealership on East Shore Road into Manhasset Bay in Great Neck on Tuesday, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Anthony Pappaly said.

Nassau County police were notified about the “substance” at about 3:15 p.m. and the Marine Bureau responded, a police spokesman said. The nearby coast guard command was notified by someone who saw what looked like a “rainbow sheen” in the water, Pappaly said.

Firefighters from Great Neck Alert Fire Company “found the leak was coming from a storm drain” in the parking lot of a nearby BMW dealership and it was determined to be an “unknown oil substance,” Pappaly said. The leak was stopped with absorbent pads, he said.

The coast guard’s pollution team will return to follow up at the location tomorrow, he said.