With Light-Blocking Tower Plan Dead, Spice Factory Owners Plan Mid-Rise...
The controversial Spice Factory site in Crown Heights could someday hold a modest six-story residential development, according to plans filed by the current factory owner. The surprise move follows an...
View ArticleAnticipating Cold Weather, Ticket Sales Launch for Return of Lightscape to...
It is months away, but perhaps thinking about an illuminated cold-season walk through the crisp air at Brooklyn Botanic Garden will get you through the rest of the summer heat. The glimmering...
View ArticleCrown Heights Block on Lincoln Place Takes Top Prize in Greenest Block in...
It’s official: Lincoln Place between New York and Nostrand Avenues in Crown Heights is the Greenest Block in Brooklyn. The winner of the annual competition, hosted by Brooklyn Botanic Garden, was...
View ArticleDo Some Leaf Peeping Close to Home with a Brooklyn Botanic Garden Fall Color...
Embrace the fall without a hike outside the borough with a tour of the changing colors of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The tour, which is free with garden admission, will take a stroll past golden...
View ArticleBrooklyn Botanic Garden Dazzles With Light and Sound as Lightscape Returns
A seasonally crisp evening greeted the return of Lightscape on Wednesday night as visitors sipped hot chocolate and meandered through the light and sound spectacular transforming the grounds of the...
View ArticleGet Your Gardening Tools Ready and Enter the Annual Greenest Block in...
Show off your neighborhood's community spirit and horticultural know-how with an entry in the annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest. The plant-filled competition aims to bring communities together...
View ArticleBrooklyn Botanic Garden Sculpture Show Inspired by Plants Set to ‘Hypnotize’...
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden will present a treat for visitors this summer with new sculptural installations. The garden will host artist Jean-Michel Othoniel’s “The Flowers of Hypnosis” exhibition –...
View ArticleRich With Tropical Plants, Flatbush’s East 25th Street Named Greenest Block...
Lined with lush front gardens, tropical flowers, manicured hedges, and leafy overhead trees, it’s clear why a block of Flatbush’s East 25th Street - between Clarendon Road and Avenue D - has been named...
View ArticleBrooklyn Botanic Garden Set to Shimmer With the Return of ‘Lightscape’
By Kirstyn Brendlen, Brooklyn Paper The sprawling lawns and lush gardens of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden will become a glittering winter wonderland with the return of Lightscape on November 17. Now in...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Get Your Garden Tools Ready for the Annual Greenest Block in...
The spring blooms are starting to burst forth, which means it is time to show off your green thumb and community spirit with an entry in the annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest. The plant-filled...
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