Someone Planted a Bicycle Garden in Queens!

Posted by Scout on March 4th, 2010

I was driving along Vernon Blvd in Queens when I spotted something you don’t usually see under the 59th Street Bridge…

A bicycle garden!

Or, to be specific, a row of flowers made out of old bike parts:

Very inventive stuff – check out this sunflower…

The group responsible for this “Urban Garden” is the Recycle-A-Bicycle program, with help from a grant by the NY DOT. The Recycle-A-Bicycle program seems to have its hand in all sorts of New York programs, from salvaging old bikes to promoting bike use in the city.

A small collection of flowers…

Good use of bike sprockets…

Three more:

Very cool. Check out Recycleabicycle.org for more info!

-SCOUT

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March 5, 2010 at 6:45 am · Reply

What a great find!

I used to live in Brooklyn near where the BQE connects with Prospect highway and the Brooklyn Battery. For a split second, I thought this was an art space on Columbia street.

NYC is great for these little hidden art pieces made of dirty NY life.

Thanks for this!

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