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BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ HONORS WINNERS OF 2004 GREENEST BLOCK IN BROOKLYN CONTEST

Photographs by Joe Frizzell In photo: Borough President Markowitz, Brooklyn Botanic Garden President Judith Zuk, Independence Community Foundation Executive Director Marilyn Gelber and Council Member Yvette Clarke present a plaque to Hazel Foster and the rest the gardeners of E. 25th Street Block between Clarendon and Avenue D who are the winners in the residential category of this year’s Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest.

On Tuesday, October 12, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Botanic Garden President Judith D. Zuk, Independence Community Foundation Executive Director Marilyn Gelber, and Senior Vice President of Consumer Banking of Independence Community Bank Michael Raimonde honored the winners of the 10th Annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest in an awards ceremony at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Council Member Yvette Clarke and State Assembly Member Joan Millman also attended the event.

“Stoop by stoop, window by window, block by block, and neighborhood by neighborhood — together we are cultivating a brighter future for Brooklyn,” said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. “The greenest block awards are right up there with the Oscars or the Emmys when it comes to prestige and distinction in our great borough. So just like at the Oscars or the Emmys, simply being part of the Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest makes you a winner - because it means your community cares about making its quality of life the best it can possibly be.”

E. 25th Street Block between Clarendon and Avenue D won first place in the residential category and the AANT Association of the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation (Atlantic between Nevins and Third Avenue) in Boerum Hill won first place in the commercial category. For a full list of winners and for more info about the contest, visit www.bbg.org/greenbridge.

The Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest is a project of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Brooklyn GreenBridge Program in cooperation with Borough President Marty Markowitz, and is sponsored by Independence Community Foundation.
This year’s program set the record with 224 blocks registered and more than 110,000 Brooklyn residents and businesses participating.