Three stories up in the air, the power of an idea and fresh food is growing! The Eagle Street Rooftop Farm is an internationally acclaimed greenroof and commercially operated vegetable farm atop a three story warehouse in Brooklyn, New York.  

On the shoreline of the East River and with a sweeping view of the Manhattan skyline, Eagle Street Rooftop Farm is a 6,000 square foot green roof organic vegetable farm located atop a warehouse rooftop owned by Broadway Stages in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Visit our Facebook page for a listing of our upcoming classes, events and open hours for volunteers.  Our upcoming markets are also announced on Facebook. And you can check out rooftopfarms.org/volunteer/

In the meantime, it’s easy to learn more:

  1. Start by reading our new book, The Rooftop Growing Guide: How to Transform Your Roof into a Garden or Farm.

2. You can download our Factsheet.

3.  Read about New York City guide to greenroof/whiteroofs

4.  For you visual learners, you can download our illustrated map and accompanying text. Or watch this neat clip on how a green roof works.

BCTV – Rooftop Farm from Ali Hashemi – producerNY on Vimeo.

 

Owned by Broadway Stages and built by Goode Green, the farm was made possible by the generous support of Gina Argento and family. Learn more about Broadway Stages’ green work in Greenpoint here!

        

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