The Brooklyn Navy Yard is getting a new tenant- but this one won’t be inside the building, but up on the roof. Brooklyn Grange, a commercial organic farm located on New York City rooftops, will be the Yard’s newest tenant. Brooklyn Grange just signed a lease for a a 45,000 square foot rooftop farm that will be installed this spring, more than doubling the size of their total growing area. With over two acres of urban growing space between Brooklyn and Long Island City, they will have a lot of produce to make a more bountiful CSA.
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Infrastructure Grant Program paid for the bulk of the cost of their new farm.
They are now registering for their 2012 CSA program.
Here is what you you get:
24 weeks of produce. It begins in mid-May and continues through October.
A weekly bag of fresh seasonal produce from one or both of their two rooftop farms. From one week to the next you’ll get a variety of vegetables including greens, herbs, carrots, radishes, scallions, peppers, and of their “world-famous” rooftop tomatoes.
The cost of a subscription is $540, which breaks down to $22.50 per week.
2012 Pickup locations and dates:
LONG ISLAND CITY
Wednesdays, May 16th through October 24th
1pm – 6pm
Long Island City farm building lobby
37-18 Northern Blvd at 38th St
WILLIAMSBURG
Saturdays, May 19th through October 27th
10am – 4pm
Smorgasburg Market
N. 6th st at the waterfront
Membership slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis for these two locations. Please email with your location preference to confirm your spot before they all fill up: anastasia@brooklyngrangefarm.com.