Sonny Vereen Park has closed for four weeks as the Environmental Protection Agency addresses a lead contamination problem. The project near Dickinson St. includes the installation of clean soil, grass, and mulch following an EPA discovery of elevated levels of surface soils at Sonny Vereen and Breunig Ave. parks. On Thursday, Sept. 26, the EPA completed remediation at Breunig where some parts of the park will remain fenced off to allow grass growth. The Sonny Vereen Park project includes installation of new soil and mulch. (L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)A lead remediation project has completed at a park on Breunig Avenue (L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)The Sonny Vereen Park project includes installation of new soil and mulch. (L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)Sonny Vereen Park has closed for four weeks as a lead remediation project started on Sept. 30. (L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)A lead remediation project has completed at a park on Breunig Avenue (L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)Show Caption1 of 5The Sonny Vereen Park project includes installation of new soil and mulch. (L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)Expand In April, high lead levels were found at three Trenton parks which prompted city officials to close several playgrounds. Parents were cautioned about giving children access to the high-level lead areas. An outdoor area of Grant Intermediate School received remediation during the summer of 2024. The EPA is proposing to add the Historic Potteries site in Trenton, New Jersey to the National Priorities List, or NPL, based on the results of an extensive investigation that began in 2018. This means that the site is eligible for federal funding to pay for extensive, long-term cleanup actions under the EPA’s Superfund program. The EPA is also testing soil at residential properties in East Trenton for free. If you would like the EPA to test the soil at your property, please call Jonathan Byk at (347) 899-6210.