In the news

• Kelly Street Garden Wins Innovative Initiative Award from Real Food Media(Real Food Media, May 2, 2016)
• New Garden in the Bronx 'Creates a Community' 
  (Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2014)
  
• Using Baseball History to Teach Children Big Lessons
  (New York Times, August 7, 2013)
  
• Renovations and Hope on a Block Once Marked by Blight
  (New York Times, April 5, 2013)
  
• With help from City, development group lands dollars to renovate five horrible slums on Kelly St. in Bronx 
  ​(NY Daily News, January 6, 2012)

KELLY STREET

916, 920, 924, 928 & 935 Kelly Street, Bronx, NY

Before and during construction

"Thanks to the garden, the neighborhood is stronger because we’ve become undivided."

- Kelly Street resident

The new Kelly Street Garden is "Double Green", producing fresh food for residents while diverting up to 250,000 gallons of stormwater runoff annually. Between July and September 2014, residents harvested over 345 pounds of fresh vegetables and herbs. Read the press release here.

See the transformation at the Kelly Street garden

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Overview

• Status: Completed Spring 2013
  
• ​Description: 81 low-income units, 5 buildings. Buildings were severely distressed; upon acquisition, 3 of 5 buildings were in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program​
• Financing: Morgan Stanley, HPD loan, HUD NSP Funds, JP Morgan Chase, 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credits
  
• Development Partners: Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Inc. and Monadnock Construction
  
• Amenities: Community garden with ongoing programming, green roof and grey water filtration system in partnership with GrowNYC
  
• Programs: Kelly Street Garden, Kelly Street Initiative in collaboration with The Laundromat Project, and additional programs with Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Inc. and other local organizations
  

After construction