Macon St. in Bed-Stuy deemed Brooklyn’s ‘Greenest’ block
Brooklyn is famous for its tree-lined blocks — especially Macon Street between Howard and Ralph avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Greenbridge, the community environmental horticulture program of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, named that block the 2014 Greenest Block in Brooklyn winner, which also won for Best Street Tree Beds.
“It’s not only about the color green,” Borough President Eric Adams said. “It’s about a place where you know there is an infusion of growing, healthy children and families. When you walk through this block, sit on the various porches and talk to the various people you realize that there is something special that is growing on this block. There is more than a tree is growing in Brooklyn.”
More than 200 blocks from all over the borough, from Brooklyn Heights to Coney Island and Canarsie, entered the 20-year-old contest, for a chance at a $300 prizes.
“This is personal, this is from the heart — I really, really love my block,” said Felicia Kinscy, Macon Street, Ralph and Howard Block Association president. “My husband and I bought a house on this block after we got married and I cannot imagine living anywhere else.”