BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — BROOKLYN HEIGHTS WILL become greener and shadier in 2026, with a plan to plant a new tree in every empty, viable tree bed, the Brooklyn Heights Association announced in their newsletter Thursday.
All of the neighborhood’s street tree beds will be inspected by the BHA’s volunteer Brooklyn Heights Tree Team this spring, and, in partnership with the New York City Parks Department, planting will begin in the fall. For more information, email [email protected].
The ambitious effort is in collaboration with Councilmember Lincoln Restler’s District 33 Street Tree Plan, which aims to fill every viable street tree bed from Greenpoint to Boerum Hill. Restler says his office has invested over $1.5 million in trees through capital allocations and donations to the District 33 Street Tree Fund. The goal is to plant more than 1,000 trees districtwide by the end of the year.