Kingsland Wildflowers is a 25,000 square foot green roof pollinator garden set on top of an active film studio in Greenpoint Brooklyn’s industrial zone. Overlooking the City’s largest wastewater treatment plant, the maritime activities on the Newtown Creek, and above the country’s largest terrestrial oil spill, the green roofs provide an invaluable oasis for plants, pollinators and humans alike.
Kingsland Wildflowers is used for environmental education and public programming presented by the project partners. Plan your visit at the link below and check out our gallery to see more photos of the green roof.
8th Annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival
Come join us for the 8th Annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival; a free family-friendly event July 27th 2-8pm.
Press Quotes:
“The green roof in Brooklyn, Kingsland Wildflowers at Broadway Stages, draws endangered monarch butterflies, a panoply of birds and wild bees that are native to New York City but threatened by what scientists have called an “insect apocalypse.””
“A mini neighborhood oasis in a neglected pocket of industrial sites and gritty corners.”
“A special but very different garden setting is Kingsland Wildflowers in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The rooftop garden, which is currently in bloom, sits within a manufacturing neighborhood. It is an amazing juxtaposition of the soft wildflowers blowing in the wind against the industrial buildings surrounding it.”
Funding for the development of Kingsland Wildflowers green roofs was provided by the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.