Greenest Block 2013
The Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest promotes streetscape gardening, tree stewardship, and community development in Brooklyn through block and merchant associations and other groups.
Prizes are awarded for residential and commercial blocks and for greenest storefront, best window box, and other greening efforts.
For more information, email [email protected] or call 718-623-7250.
2013 Residential Category Winners
1st Place
Sterling Street B&W Block Association
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
2nd Place
Sterling Place Block Association
Park Slope
3rd Place
8th Street Block Association (between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West)
Park Slope
2013 Commercial Category Winners
1st Place
Mid-Atlantic Block Association
Boerum Hill
2nd Place
Montague Street BID
Brooklyn Heights
2013 Greenest Storefront
1st Place
My Brooklyn Baby
Entered by the Brooklyn Love Building Merchant Association
Fort Greene
2013 Residential Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention
300 East 25th Street Block Association
Flatbush
Honorable Mention
Bainbridge Street Homeowners and Tenants Block Association
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Honorable Mention
Historic MacDonough Street Block Association
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Honorable Mention
Jefferson Village Block Association
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Honorable Mention
Lefferts Avenue Block Association (Nostrand/Rogers)
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
Honorable Mention
Lefferts Place Block Association
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Honorable Mention
Macon/MacDonough/Stuyvesant/Lewis Block Association
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Honorable Mention
Macon Street Ralph/Howard Block Association
Bedford Stuyvesant
Honorable Mention
Maple II Block Association
Lefferts Manor
Honorable Mention
Schenectady Avenue Block Association
East Flatbush
Honorable Mention
Vanderveer Place Block Association
Flatbush
National Grid Leadership in Sustainable Practices Award
1st Place
8th Street Block Association
Park Slope
2013 Best Street Tree Beds
1st Place
Macon Street Ralph/Howard Block Association
Bedford-Stuyvesant
2nd Place
Vanderveer Place Block Association
East Flatbush
3rd Place
East 49th & East 48th Street Block Association
East Flatbush
2013 Best Window Box
1st Place
Ms. Melita Shepard, 333 East 25th Street
Entered by 300 East 25th Street Block Association
2nd Place
Ms. Hazel Deane, 338 East 25th Street
Entered by 300 East 25th Street Block Association
2013 Best Community Garden Streetscape
1st Place
Bridge Plaza Community Garden
Bridge Plaza
2nd Place
Fulton Ferry Historic Gardens
Brooklyn Heights
Major Sponsor
A project of Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Borough President Marty Markowitz, with leadership support from Brooklyn Community Foundation.