New Street Trees Coming to Hawthorne

It took a year or two but it looks like the Million Trees Project is finally delivering: several sidewalk cuts for street trees have appeared on the block between Flatbush and Bedford. If all goes according to plan, the trees should be planted this spring.

Requesting the trees was easy. The hard part is going to be keeping them alive. Most of the trees are located in spots where the building owners didn't actually approve them, so it's going to be up to others people on the block to help water and maintain them.

Keeping street trees alive generally isn't too tough -- the Parks Department picks particularly hardy species. But the stretch of Hawthorne on the north side, near Flatbush, is relentlessly sunny, with all the reflected concrete, and the trees there will need regular watering.

Want to help out? Come to the next block party meeting to discuss. Or email us at brooklynite282 at gmail and we'll follow up.