Greenstreets No Match for Livingston and Flatbush

Greenstreets is a citywide program to convert paved traffic islands and medians into green spaces filled with shade trees, shrubs and groundcover.

But Greenstreets seems to have met its match at the junction of Livingston and Flatbush in Downtown Brooklyn. Here, the little bushes planted by the Parks Department are dwarfed by the relentless urban streetscape.

Photo by MK Metz