A block in Crown Heights has been named the 2025 Greenest Block in Brooklyn, by the Brooklyn Botanical Backyard.
The residential block, Japanese Parkway between Franklin and Bedford Avenues in Crown Heights, is maintained by the Crown Heights Keepers block affiliation.
It’s the first-ever residential winner that’s predominantly composed of condominium buildings, that has managed to combine greenery right into a quite concrete-based metropolis.
Residential winner 2025, Japanese Parkway between Franklin and Bedford Avenues. Photograph by Peter Slattery, Courtesy Brooklyn Botanic Backyard
Winners obtain money prizes and winner-recognition certificates that may be displayed on the block. All Greenest Block contributors can also obtain a fall bulb reward and participation certificates.
For nearly 30 years, the competition has been part of the Brooklyn neighborhood’s greening initiatives, selling not solely streetscape gardening but in addition neighborly connection.
Photograph by Peter Slattery, Courtesy Brooklyn Botanic Backyard
Photograph by Peter Slattery, Courtesy Brooklyn Botanic Backyard Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2025 first-place residential block winner
Japanese Parkway between Franklin and Bedford Avenues. Photograph by Peter Slattery, Courtesy Brooklyn Botanic Backyard
Record of Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2025 winners:
Residential Class
1st Place
- Crown Heights Keepers, Japanese Parkway between Franklin Avenue and Bedford Avenues, Crown Heights.
2nd Place
- L&S Jefferson Ave Block Affiliation, Jefferson Avenue between Lewis & Stuyvesant Avenues, Bedford Stuyvesant
third Place (TIE)
- Bay Ridge Blooms, Ridge Boulevard between 71st Road and Ovington Avenue, Bay Ridge
- M.U.L.C.H., MacDougal Road between Thomas S. Boyland Road and Rockaway Avenue, Ocean Hill
“For practically 30 years, the Greenest Block in Brooklyn has united our neighbors and impressed generations of plant lovers throughout our borough. It has been an honor to witness a lot arduous work bloom into dwelling masterpieces. To all our contributors, your ardour and experience ignite civic delight and present us all how gardening can deliver folks collectively to make Brooklyn greener—one block at a time!” Adrian Benepe, President and CEO of Brooklyn Botanic Backyard, stated in an announcement.
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