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Bed-Stuy Blocks Reach Semis in BBG’s 2008 Greenest Block Contest

By The Changeling | August 6, 2008

Bed-Stuy is really representin’ in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest! A whopping TWELVE Bed-Stuy blocks have made it to the semifinal round! Let’s congratulate all of the residents who have worked so hard to make their blocks beautiful. Oh how I wish I lived on your street…

Bainbridge Homeowners & Tenant Block Association (Bainbridge Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Stuyvesant Avenue)

Bainbridge St./Stuyvesant Heights Block Association (Bainbridge Street between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues)

Hancock Street Block Association (Hancock Street between Throop Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard)

MacDonough Street Block Association (MacDonough Street between Ralph and Howard Avenues)

Macon/Reid/Patchen Block Association (Macon Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Patchen Avenue)

Macon Street Block Association (Patchen/Ralph) (Macon Street between Patchen and Ralph Avenues)

Macon/Ralph/Howard Block Association (Macon Street between Ralph and Howard Avenues)

Macon/MacDonough/Stuyvesant/Lewis Block Association (Macon Street between Stuyvesant and Lewis Avenues)

700 Putnam Avenue Block Association (Putnam Avenue between Malcolm X Boulevard and Stuyvesant Avenue)

Stuyvesant Avenue Block Association (Stuyvesant Avenue between Fulton and Chauncey Streets)

Stuyvesant North Block Association (Stuyvesant Avenue between Putnam and Jefferson Avenues)

And last but not least:

In the commercial category SoLa, the Shops of Lewis Avenue (Lewis Avenue between Decatur and MacDonough Streets), is a semifinalist.

Congratulations to all of the semifinalists!

To see a list of the other semifinalists in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest click here.

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3 Responses to “Bed-Stuy Blocks Reach Semis in BBG’s 2008 Greenest Block Contest”

1. Morgan Says:
   August 6th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

   GOOD for Bedford Stuyvesant again… maybe this can effect other blocks in the neighborhood that need a little greening.

2. The Changeling Says:
   August 6th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

   I knew you’d appreciate this, Morgan.

3. Key from the City Says:
   August 15th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

   I live on on of these blocks and I didn’t know this. Great news!