Localize has an analysis of which boroughs have the most proximate community gardens:
https://www.localize.city/blog/5-green-spaces-that-capture-nyc-community-garden-history/
Their map shows how bereft of community gardens Queens is:
Here in Harlem we are blessed with a number of community gardens in relative proximity to many of us. The garden I manage is an East Harlem jewel, Lydia’s Magic Garden:
https://www.facebook.com/lydiasmagicgarden/
Come and visit. Park Avenue (east side) between 117/118.
National Grant Winner
Lydia’s Magic Garden has won a Pure Growth Project grant for 2021/2022.
This national grant contest will help Lydia’s Magic Garden in our 2021/2022 Dirty GoGo project.
Dirty GoGo is a root vegetable project where each gardener commits to Growing One, Giving One of the root vegetables in 2022. We want to share our produce with the community and some give to neighbors in need, some give to local pantries, and some give to other nearby not-for-profits that support food-stressed East Harlem residents.
Congratulations, Lydia’s Magic Garden:
https://www.facebook.com/lydiasmagicgarden/