Thursday, August 7, 2008

GREENEST BLOCK IN BROOKLYN CONTEST 2008


1st. place winner of the Greenest Block Contest in Brooklyn 2008
goes to 8th Street Block Association for 8th Street btwn: 8th Ave
and Prospect Park West in Park Slope. Above are some pictures of
the press conference that took place on Aug. 6,2008 on the winning
block.

Also, if you didn't know... Bedford Stuyvesant produced a total of 9 out of 38
winners in this years contest. Below are some winners from our area.

Best Window Box
2nd Place Winner -- Edwin & Donna Drakes, 417 Stuyvesant Avenue, btwn Fulton Street and Chauncey Street -- entered by Stuyvesant Heights Block Association.


Greenest Block
4th Place: Bainbridge Homeowners and Tenants Block Assoc. for Bainbridge St. btwn. Malcolm X Blvd and Stuyvesant Ave.


Residential Honorable Men
tions:
- Macon/Ralph/Howard Block Assoc - btwn: Malcolm X & Patchen Ave
- Macon/Ralph/Howard Block Assoc - btwn: Ralph & Howard Ave
- Macon/MacDonough/Stuyvesant/Lewis Block Assoc. - btwn: Stuyvesant & Lewis
- Stuyvesant North Block Assoc. - btwn: Putnam & Jefferson


Commercial Honorable Mentions
- Shops of Lewis Ave - btwn: MacDonough & Decatur St, East

Best Street Tree Beds
- 1st Place Winner -- Macon/MacDonough/Stuyvesant/Lewis Block Assoc. - btwn: Stuyvesant & Lewis


- 3rd Place Winner -- Macon/Reid/Patchen Block Assoc - btwn: Malcolm X & Patchen Ave

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