About the Garden

Originally a residential block, then vacant for decades and used for fly-dumping, for the past 13 years the open land along 65th Place and Blackstone Avenue has been developed as an informal but actively maintained community garden/park.

Neighbors from the surrounding blocks steered the development of the lot, and make use of it in various ways: family celebrations, neighborhood gatherings, Juneteenth parties, a play area for small children, a safe gathering spot for older children, a place for people working nearby to have lunch, an outdoor office for people working remotely, etc.

The hope is that the site can continue to serve the neighborhood as it already has for more than a decade.