A lush stretch of Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights has been named Brooklyn’s greenest block. On Tuesday, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) awarded the title to the block between Franklin and Bedford Avenues as part of its free annual Greenest Block competition. The block—the first winner in the residential category to be made up primarily of apartment buildings—was praised for creating a “remarkable community space centered around plants and urban gardening.”

BBG launched the contest in the 1990s to promote block beautification and community building, as 6sqft previously reported . Unique among gardening competitions, it’s tied to a major botanical garden and emphasizes public greening, ecological stewardship, and block-wide participation—making it as much about civic participation as

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