News Toxic air in Brooklyn – American Lung Association gives borough poor grade By Gary Buiso Posted on May 2, 2008 Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Brooklyn might be a hip place to live, but its air quality isn’t exactly happening, a recent report showed. In the American Lung Association’s State of the Air Report, the borough received a ‘D’ grade for its short term particle pollution