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Help The Parks Department Count All The Trees In New York City

Photo via TreeKIT/NYC Parks Department.Have you ever wondered how many trees are in Bensonhurst, in Brooklyn, or in New York City? Now’s your chance to find out. The third decadal Trees Count [http://www.nycgovparks.org/trees/treescount] tree census is coming up and the city Parks

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The City’s Plans To Replace Our Fallen Trees

Source: David Shankbone via Wikipedia CommonsTo the dismay of nature lovers, many of our neighborhood’s oldest trees were uprooted and had to be cut down after Sandy. Residents who see these green giants as a major part of our neighborhood landscape wrote in asking what the city will do