Advocates say Downtown Brooklyn’s rapid housing growth has outpaced the creation of new parks and green space in surrounding neighborhoods.
Sunset Park Greenway recently opened along Third Avenue to improve safety, green space and neighborhood connectivity.
NYC Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura joined a Seth Low Park cleanup, highlighting upgrades and strong support for community volunteers.
NYC DEP and The Doe Fund launched a $4.5M program training workers to maintain over 1,000 rain gardens across Brooklyn and Queens.
M.S. 407 students created a Bay Ridge pollinator garden, promoting hands-on learning, environmental awareness and community engagement.
The Green-House public opening coincides with the 188th anniversary of the Cemetery, which was founded April 18, 1838.
M.S. 407 students will create a pollinator garden at John J. Carty Park in Bay Ridge as an Earth Day project funded by a $5,000 grant.
Friends of Mount Prospect Park oppose a planned skateboard facility, citing loss of green space, cost concerns and environmental impact.
The top prize for the greenest residential and commercial blocks is $300, with other prizes and categories getting $100 to $200.
Two Bay Ridge areas won the 2025 Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
THE BROOKLYN BOTANICAL GARDEN’S ANNUAL Greenest Block in Brooklyn competition is back with prizes and certificates for nine
Big Reuse, a Gowanus-based environmental nonprofit, and Councilmember Lincoln Restler (D-33) have launched a do-it-yourself tree guard.
Forest for All NYC started in 2021 with a goal to expand New York City’s tree canopy up to 30% by 2035 while maintaining the city’s coverage.
Green-Wood Cemetery will host four free workshops, panel discussions and interactive gatherings to provide participants with the opportunity.
The Green-Wood Cemetery and Printique launched a photography contest themed, “A Moment in Time,” to celebrate the iconic space.
BUSHWICK INLET PARK — North Brooklyn Parks Alliance began the first of a series of spring garden initiatives in the key open spaces of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick last weekend.
BUSHWICK INLET PARK — The Garden Club initiative at Bushwick Inlet Park gathered volunteers and horticulturists from the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance to revive the diverse waterfront space on May
In a move applauded by environmentalists and sustainability advocates, the New York City Council passed on Thursday a groundbreaking bill aimed at expanding the city’s tree canopy cover from its
The Big Apple may soon be greener. Department of City Planning (DCP) Director and City Planning Commission (CPC) Chair Dan Garodnick this week celebrated the City Planning Commission’s vote in
On Thursday, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s (BBG) annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn award was announced. The press conference took place at the winning residential block, East 25th Street between Clarendon
BROOKLYN EAGLE: What was your role in creating the greenest block in Brooklyn? CAROL RENEAU: I am the co-chair of the block’s Garden Club. And we’ve been a club for
Armed with little more than a knife, an old Herschel backpack, and generally inexplicable footwear — flip flops or flats no matter the terrain — Brooklynite Marie Viljoen points out
Coyotes have become practically ubiquitous across the lower 48 United States, and they’re increasingly turning up in cities. The draws are abundant food and green space in urban areas. At
You could be forgiven for thinking you’re not in Brooklyn. A true respite from the noise and bustle common across many other parts of the borough, the Marine Park Nature
More than two dozen statewide advocates and business leaders are cautioning lawmakers against hastily-written legislation introduced at the 11th hour that would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory when it
New York Harbor was once filled with billions of oysters, providing a feast for the native Lenape people — and then the Dutch, the English and New Yorkers of all
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Greenest Block in Brooklyn competition. First place for Best Overall Window Box—Residential was a tie between Althea Joseph representing Preserving Lincoln’s
The Board of Trustees of Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Wednesday announced the selection of former New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe as the Garden’s new president and CEO. He
Thousands of trees were uprooted across New York City in Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4. The city’s Parks Department received more than 21,000 service requests for street and park
The Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District has tapped Kate Chura as executive director to lead their efforts to support the local businesses of the downtown Brooklyn commercial stretch. Chura, who
The the fortress-like compound will be bursting with blossoms when spring arrives.
I’m thoroughly charmed by the new public green space at NYC Ferry’s South Williamsburg stop — and the big, fat flowers are to blame. They are bright red and big
Neighbors have turned a Crown Heights block into a veritable Garden of Eden. Their months of watering, composting and mulching were honored on Thursday with the title of Greenest Block
Officials discreetly roamed the streets of Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, green clipboards and cameras in hand. It was just a day and a half after a massive power outage struck
The hoped for fall, 2014 opening of Bush Terminal Piers Park has been pushed back at least a couple of months and likely won’t occur until the end of the
The giant sunflower could be seen from helicopters above the crowd of over 400,000 people who came from all over New York City and the world to participate in the