East Bed Stuy Block Wins Greenest Block!
The block of Macon Street between Ralph and Howard avenues has won the Greenest Block in Brooklyn award. Competition for this honor is fierce every year, with hundreds of block associations all over Brooklyn participating. The block of Bainbridge Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Stuyvesant Avenue in Bed Stuy and the block of East…
The block of Macon Street between Ralph and Howard avenues has won the Greenest Block in Brooklyn award. Competition for this honor is fierce every year, with hundreds of block associations all over Brooklyn participating.
The block of Bainbridge Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Stuyvesant Avenue in Bed Stuy and the block of East 25th Street between Clarendon Road and Avenue D in Flatbush tied for second place.
Lincoln Road between Bedford and Rogers Avenues in Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Sterling Place between Flatbush and 7th Avenues in Park Slope tied for third place. For more information on the contest, check out the website of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
On Macon Street, we noticed a huge variety of plants and unusual plant combinations. Click through to the jump to see a few more snaps of Macon Street.
Congrats everyone on that block. It truly is one of the prettiest in the neighborhood. Good Job!
Wow! I thought Bainbridge between Stuyvesant and Malcolm X (placed #2) had this award won this year. A truly beautiful block itself. I took a casual stroll to Macon this morning and was equally impressed. Drop dead gorgeous block. Very impressive! It had to be very close finals. Congrats to all!
I’m always amazed that communities that get vilified so much in the media for being “lawless and depraved” have such beautifully intact historic communities, strong middle class bases and repeatedly place in the top 10 of all the relevant BBG “greenest block in bk” categories. From Bed-Stuy to Crown Heights to PLG to Flatbush, these nabes always put out an amazing effort year in and year out! Again, congrats to everyone who participated this year! Awesome job!
This is one of Brooklyn’s nicest blocks in architecture, and how its well kept. They once won the reward already I recall.
Walked down this block last week and was transported to a little slice in heaven, congrats to the block association, very well deserved!!
Love this block!