Community garden at the Brownsville Neighborhood Health Action Center (NYC Health Department)
Brooklyn (Brownsville), New York, United States · Operator: ニューヨーク市保健精神衛生局（NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene）
Overview
The NYC Health Department's first community garden, announced in April 2026 and opened to the public in May. It sits behind the Brownsville Neighborhood Health Action Center in Brooklyn and is designed so that residents can harvest food for free in the same place they access the department's health programming.
Citizen participation
Open to the public 9am–4pm on weekdays, with all produce free to take. Gardening classes started in May, and planting sessions and youth programming run with local schools and community partners. The garden is deliberately paired with the centre's other offerings — mental-health and stress-management classes, diabetes and hypertension self-management, and cooking and nutrition workshops.
Operating model
Run directly by the city Health Department on the grounds of its own facility. Free to use and free to harvest; no budget figure has been published.
Impact
Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin said: "In the heart of Brownsville, we're planting more than seeds: we're cultivating health, connection, and hope for our community." It is too new for published figures on visitors or produce distributed. What distinguishes it from a typical volunteer-run community garden is that a city health agency runs it directly as a food-access measure.
Land tenure
Sited on land the city health department already occupies.
Crops
- スイカ
- メロン
- ピーマン
- とうもろこし
- オクラ
- ミント
- セージ
- パセリ
Scale
ブラウンズビル地域保健アクションセンターの裏手。面積は公表されていない
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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