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Summit Street Community Garden

Summit St. bet. Columbia St. and Hicks St.

Brooklyn

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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

Summit Garden is a symbol of the spirit of this neighborhood’s residents. In the 1950s, this maritime community bustled with pier activity and shopping, but it suffered after the loss of much shipping industry to New Jersey. Moreover, the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, or BQE, from 1946 to 1964 cut it off from the larger community to the east and north, including much of Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill.

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Summit Street Community Garden Weather

  • Sat
    Showers Likely
    60°F
  • Sun
    Breezy
    71°F
  • Fri
    Sunny
    74°F
  • Tue
    Mostly Sunny
    72°F

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