636 Myrtle Avenue between Kent and Franklin
Bedford Stuyvesant
Myrtle Village Green
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Overview
Myrtle Village Green is a neighborhood association that has gained access to the closed Department of Environmental Protection Water Tunnel 3 shaft site. Myrtle Village Green is increasing their community compost collection by building a three bin compost system in their garden. 2013 Winner of First-Ever Manhattan Community Scale Composting Contest.
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