Skip to content
Bushwick Daily

Community

A 36-Year-Old Bushwick Community Garden Was Razed for Condos

In recent years, the garden had fallen into disrepair.

By Magdalena Waz

June 30, 2017 · 2 min read

A 36-Year-Old Bushwick Community Garden Was Razed for Condos
Community

A 36-Year-Old Bushwick Community Garden Was Razed for Condos

In recent years, the garden had fallen into disrepair.

· 2 min read
A 36-Year-Old Bushwick Community Garden Was Razed for Condos

The garden on the corner of Linden Street and Broadway used to be called The Secret Garden. Now, it’s an empty lot recently sold to developers for $8.75 million.

DNAinfo reports that the garden was first started in 1981 by Avellar Hansley and her daughter Martha Coxson. But for the past five years…

The rest of this story is for members.

Enter your email to continue.

PrivacyMembership termsContact

Featured image courtesy of Google Maps.

Thanks for being a member.

Filed underBushwick / Construction / Garden / green spaces / new development / The Secret Garden

Magdalena Waz.

Written by Magdalena Waz View all posts

Read next

Food & Drink

Brooklyn’s political crowd has a favorite restaurant: Peaches in Bed-Stuy, 58 orders and $17,951 since July 2025

Eight campaigns paid Peaches and its sister restaurants $17,950.56 since July 2025, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries' and both in today's Bed-Stuy Assembly race.

Today’s governor vote decides whether the Working Families Party keeps the line 12 local candidates run on

News ·

Voters who used the Bushwick and Arlington libraries in June have new poll sites today

News ·

Election Day voter guide: every race, 5 charter questions and where to vote in North Brooklyn and Ridgewood

News ·

More in Community

Advertise with Bushwick Daily

Reach North Brooklyn, and the New Yorkers who read it.

Written in Bushwick, read across the city since 2009.

129K site visitors a month 1–2M Instagram impressions a month 24K email list members
Advertise with us →
Become a member of Bushwick Daily