by Emma Davey Some much welcome news for these hot summer days—in the past couple of weeks, the NYC Department of Parks planted 200 new trees in Greenpoint.
City Council Member Lincoln Restler shared the news in a recent newsletter to constituents, thanking Parks “for partnering with us to make our streets greener, our neighborhoods cooler, and our air cleaner.”
It’s part of Restler’s wider initiative to plant trees in District 33 (of which Greenpoint and Williamsburg…
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When I checked the map of newly planted trees it semed mostly in the least populated or industrial areas of the neighborhood – where they will benefit the fewest Greenpointers, and where there will likely be no one to adequately care for them in our increasingly erratic climate.. We especially need the cooling, calming and beautifying effects of trees where the most people are, where they live, where they shop. There are still plenty of empty tree street beds in the area just waiting to be filled without extra digging or disruption. I understand that stretches of Manhattan Ave. are not suitable for planting because of the G train tunnels just under the surface, but we could do far better in choosing where to plant trees.