Update on Poplar Street Community Garden: It’s 25 Years Old Now!

By on June 10, 2019 10:48 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Gardening

Last week we posted about a party this coming Saturday, June 15 from noon to 3:00 p.m. at the Poplar Street Community Garden, located at the northwest corner of Poplar and Hicks streets. What we didn’t know at the time was that this year marks the Garden’s 25th anniversary. The photo above shows it in 2010. Poplar BeforeThe photo above shows what it looked like in 1983, before the gardeners went to work. Note the “Wrong Way” sign in both photos.

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  • Andrew Porter

    How will the proposed plans for the BQE reconstruction affect the garden? Note that it’s right next to the off-ramp from the BQE.