Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roofs

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Credit: Newtown Creek Alliance

Kingsland Wildflowers is a 25,000 square-foot green roof, home to an abundance of native flowering plants and insects. The roofs provide incredible views of Manhattan and the heavy industrial zones both next door and in the distance. This unique setting creates an opportunity for education about New York City’s conservation efforts, green infrastructure initiatives and policy, and our role in the growing climate crisis. Beginning in 2015 with funds from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF), the roof is a space for community, education and ecological discovery. Come see the beautiful rooftop gardens, learn about the neighboring Newtown Creek and its role in the industrial zone, and visit our Native Plant Nursery to bring home a plant of your own! NCA staff members will be available to talk with visitors and answer questions. Staff will also be selling plants from our native plant nursery. **_From Urban Omnibus: _**_From 2014 to 2020, the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund awarded grants for environmental projects as part of remediation efforts stemming from a massive oil spill discovered in the late 1970s. Urban Omnibus highlighted a wide range of these projects, including Kingsland Wildflowers, in “[Seed Money](https://urbanomnibus.net/2022/01/seed-money/).”  _ _See also: Creating rooftop green spaces in “[What’s Growing?](https://urbanomnibus.net/2024/01/whats-growing/)” and “[Up on the Roof](https://urbanomnibus.net/2020/03/up-on-the-roof/),” and living in, building on, and designing for a city of pervasive toxicity in “[Cleaning Up?](https://urbanomnibus.net/series/cleaning-up/)” _

Kingsland Wildflowers is a 25,000 square-foot green roof, home to an abundance of native flowering plants and insects. The roofs provide incredible views of Manhattan and the heavy industrial zones both next door and in the distance. This unique setting creates an opportunity for education about New York City’s conservation efforts, green infrastructure initiatives and policy, and our role in the growing climate crisis.

Beginning in 2015 with funds from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF), the roof is a space for community, education and ecological discovery. Come see the beautiful rooftop gardens, learn about the neighboring Newtown Creek and its role in the industrial zone, and visit our Native Plant Nursery to bring home a plant!

NCA staff members will be available to talk with visitors and answer questions. Staff will also be selling plants from our native plant nursery.

From Urban Omnibus: From 2014 to 2020, the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund awarded grants for environmental projects as part of remediation efforts stemming from a massive oil spill discovered in the late 1970s. Urban Omnibus highlighted a wide range of these projects, including Kingsland Wildflowers, in “Seed Money.”  

See also: Creating rooftop green spaces in “What’s Growing?” and “Up on the Roof,” and living in, building on, and designing for a city of pervasive toxicity in “Cleaning Up?” 

To access the community space and the lower meadow (both located on the 4th floor) there are 3.5 flights of stairs or an elevator in the lobby. The elevator can also reach the top floor where the upper meadow is located (5th floor), however, there is a step up once the elevator opens in order to get to the upper meadow. Pathways across the green roofs are made of large slabs of stone that at times can be uneven. No pets allowed.

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520 Kingsland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222

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