The greenest thumbs in Brooklyn can be found on stretches of MacDonough and Hoyt streets, according to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The organization named MacDonough between Stuyvesant and Lewis avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Hoyt between Atlantic Avenue and State Street in Boerum Hill the winners of its 13th annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest. MacDonough Street took top honors among residential blocks, while Hoyt was cited as the borough’s greenest commercial block. “Our hard work and commitment to keeping our block beautiful has had many positive results, including cars slowing down to take in all the surrounding beauty, said Wilma Atwell, MacDonagh Street’s Greening Coordinator. More than 230 blocks participated in the contest this year.
Bed-Stuy, Boerum Hill Have Brooklyn’s Greenest Blocks [Gothamist]