Overview

• The 2025 Greenest Block contest drew a record 101 entries, including 27 first-time participants from across Brooklyn
• Eastern Parkway between Franklin and Bedford avenues earned the residential title as the first mostly apartment-lined winner
• Ralph Avenue between Prospect Place and Park Place in Crown Heights won the commercial block category and received a $300 top prize
• Sugar’d Caribbean restaurant at 2614 Newkirk Avenue in Flatbush was named greenest storefront for its pollinator-friendly displays
• Judges comprised contracted horticulture experts and Brooklyn Botanic Garden staff with badges and monitors to ensure impartial evaluations