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Oct
11
Q Gardens Awarded NYC Parks GreenThumb “Sustainability” Award 

Q Gardens Awarded NYC Parks GreenThumb “Sustainability” Award 

Q Gardens. Nathan Thompson/BklynerIn 1978, the NYC Parks Department established GreenThumb to support a thriving movement of neighbors beautifying
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Oct
11
960 Franklin: A Bad Deal for the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and for Crown Heights

960 Franklin: A Bad Deal for the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and for Crown Heights

A hanging scrim shows the proposed towers and their size relative to the conservatory buildings. Via BBG website.In July
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Oct
11
Outdoor Events In Brooklyn: October 11-13

Outdoor Events In Brooklyn: October 11-13

We’re halfway through October and have a couple of weeks before we turn our clocks back an hour on
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Sep
12
Celebrate Brooklyn’s Spectacular Community Gardens This Saturday

Celebrate Brooklyn’s Spectacular Community Gardens This Saturday

At a community garden tour last year. (Photo via BQLT).Often, you need a key to get in. Some, have
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Sep
12
Make Art This Weekend For The Global Youth Climate Strike

Make Art This Weekend For The Global Youth Climate Strike

GOWANUS/RED HOOK – Bring the kids to Thomas Greene Park this weekend and create art for the upcoming Global Youth
2 min read
Aug
29
Homeless in Brooklyn

Homeless in Brooklyn

Gary. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON – The Kensington Plaza is a small, triangular space created by Church Avenue and Beverly
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Aug
15
Brooklyn Grange Debuts NYC’s Largest Rooftop Farm In Sunset Park

Brooklyn Grange Debuts NYC’s Largest Rooftop Farm In Sunset Park

SUNSET PARK – The rooftop farmers of Brooklyn Grange [https://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/] will open their third and largest outpost this
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Jul
31
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Presents Exhibit Protesting Sun-Blocking Towers

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Presents Exhibit Protesting Sun-Blocking Towers

CROWN HEIGHTS – On Tuesday, July 30, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) debuted Fight for Sunlight [https://www.bbg.org/visit/
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Jul
09
City Debuts Temporary Green Space At Future Site Of Willoughby Square Park

City Debuts Temporary Green Space At Future Site Of Willoughby Square Park

[UPDATED: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 4pm] A representative for American Development Group contacted Bklyner stating that the company “had
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Jul
03
Shirley Chisholm State Park Opens In East New York

Shirley Chisholm State Park Opens In East New York

EAST NEW YORK – On Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the opening of the first section of the new Shirley Chisholm
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