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May
14
A Community Garden Grows in Bushwick

A Community Garden Grows in Bushwick

Volunteers worked to plant, build and paint the new community farm on Gates Avenue last Friday (Paul Stremple/BKLYnER)BUSHWICK
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May
09
Enter The Greenest Block In Brooklyn Competition

Enter The Greenest Block In Brooklyn Competition

Think your block is the greenest and most beautiful in Brooklyn? Prove it by entering the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [https:
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May
08
Gowanus Tree Network: Keeping Street Trees Healthy

Gowanus Tree Network: Keeping Street Trees Healthy

GOWANUS – This past Saturday The Nature Conservancy [https://www.nature.org/?redirect=https-301] and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy [https://gowanuscanalconservancy.
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May
08
Monumental: A Community Celebration In Fort Greene Park

Monumental: A Community Celebration In Fort Greene Park

FORT GREENE – The Fort Greene Park Conservancy [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/fort-greene-park/] (FGPC) will celebrate its 20th anniversary by hosting
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May
08
Dredging Resumes At Gowanus Canal 4th Street Turning Basin

Dredging Resumes At Gowanus Canal 4th Street Turning Basin

GOWANUS – The removal of the “black mayonnaise” from the bottom of the Gowanus Canal’s 4th Street Turning Basin resumed
2 min read
May
02
Shaping The New Brooklyn: These Architects Are “healing urban wounds”

Shaping The New Brooklyn: These Architects Are “healing urban wounds”

205 Water © S9 ArchitectureOn a bright morning late last month, I visited the Manhattan offices of S9 Architecture [http://s9architecture.
12 min read
Apr
30
Brooklyn Celebrates Spring—And The Selfie—At Sakura Matsuri

Brooklyn Celebrates Spring—And The Selfie—At Sakura Matsuri

PROSPECT PARK – The sun was out and the blossoms in full bloom for the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s 37th annual
3 min read
Apr
30
Getting Ready To BBQ? McCarren Park Is!

Getting Ready To BBQ? McCarren Park Is!

McCarren Park BBQ areas map, via NYC ParksWILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT – NYC Parks has created three new barbecue areas in McCarren Park,
2 min read
Apr
24
Floating Forest Coming to Brooklyn Army Terminal

Floating Forest Coming to Brooklyn Army Terminal

SUNSET PARK – Swale [http://www.swaleny.org/], a floating forest built on a barge housing a 5,000-square-foot edible garden,
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Apr
23
In Other News – Harbor Seals, Q Train Obsessions, Anti-Semitism, Murals and Junk

In Other News – Harbor Seals, Q Train Obsessions, Anti-Semitism, Murals and Junk

2,500 people via McWatters [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] * Harbor Seal Spotted Sunbathing In Gowanus This Past Week-End [https:
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