And the Winner of the Greenest Block in Brooklyn is...

In the residential category.... (drumroll)... East 25th Street, between Clarendon Road and Avenue D in East Flatbush!

Bainbridge Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Stuyvesant Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant tied for second place with Lincoln Road between Bedford Avenue and Rogers Avenue in Lefferts Garden.

The winners were announced yesterday, August 3.

The Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest is an annual event of BBG’s GreenBridge, promoting streetscape gardening, tree stewardship, and community development in Brooklyn. The contest is free to enter, and all participants are awarded a recognition certificate.

The other first-place winners of the 17th Annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest were announced. East 25th Street won first prize in the coveted residential category. Other first-place winners included Atlantic Avenue between Bond Street and Nevins Street in the commercial category. The Greenest Storefront category went to Habana Outpost, located at 757 Fulton Street. Winner of the Best Street Tree Beds was 8th Street between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West. Best Window Box was awarded to Joyce Rooney of 430 8th Street as entered by the 8th Street Block Association.

Several Honorable Mentions were given, including:

• 200 Decatur Street/Stuyvesant Avenue Block Association: Decatur Street between Lewis Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant
• Citizens for a Better Community; East 39th Street between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road, East Flatbush
• 8th Street Block Association: 8th Street between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue, Park Slope
• 8th Street Block Association: 8th Street between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West, Park SlopeFenimore Street Block Association
• Fenimore Street between Bedford Avenue and Rogers Avenue, Lefferts Manor
• Fiske Terrace Neighborhood Association, Glenwood Road between East 16th Street and East 17th Street, Flatbush
• Fulton Fifteen Block Association, Fulton Street between Carlton Avenue and Cumberland Street, Fort Greene
• Lefferts Avenue Block Association: Lefferts Avenue between Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue, Lefferts Gardens
• Macon Street Ralph/Howard Block Association: Macon Street between Ralph Avenue and Howard Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant
• Maple II Block Association: Maple Street between Bedford Avenue and Rogers Avenue, Lefferts Manor
• Macon/MacDonough/Stuyvesant/Lewis Block Association: MacDonough Street between Stuyvesant Avenue and Lewis Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant
• Schenectady Avenue Block Association, Inc.: Schenectady Avenue between Avenue D and Foster Avenue, East Flatbush
• Sterling Place Block Association: Sterling Place between Flatbush Avenue and 7th Avenue, Park Slope

For a complete list of winners with pictures, visit 2011 Winners. For more information about the contest and how you can get involved next year, visit Greenest Block in Brooklyn.