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The Greenest Blocks In Brooklyn Announced!
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Published Aug 4, 2010
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The winners have been announced for the 16th annual Greenest Block contest run by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Drum roll please: the Greenest Blocks in Brooklyn this year are in Flatbush and Boerum Hill! The residential first-place winner went to Vanderveer Place between Flatbush Avenue and East 23rd Street in Flatbush; the 2010 commercial first-place winner was declared Hoyt Street between State Street and Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill. The winners were announced at a press conference this morning held at Vanderveer Place, where those who received top place in the other categories were also on hand.
Click through the find out the big green winners (and there are more photos of all the finalists here).
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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