February 23, 2015 / Comments Off on Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Asks Mayor to Save Gardens / 596 Acres
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams wrote a letter on February 23 to Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been asking for active community gardens operating under “interim use agreements” to be removed from the lists sites offered to developers [...]
February 12, 2015 / Comments Off on Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Asks Mayor to Save Gardens, Preserve Land for Community Land Trust / 596 Acres
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer wrote a letter on February 10 to the Mayor and Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been. She supports gardens staying where they are and the use of precious public land to for community [...]
February 3, 2015 / Comments Off on Garden Oasis: 1100 Bergen Street Block Community Garden Now Protected In Perpetuity / 596 Acres
Today, a garden that has been an oasis in the Crown Heights neighborhood for over 34 years has found a permanent institutional home. The 1100 Bergen Community Garden, located on Bergen Street between Nostrand and New York Avenues, is [...]