The best road to progress is freedom's road. - JFK
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This is a list of community gardens in New York City, sorted by borough. There are over 500 public community gardens, including numerous urban farms, across the five boroughs of the city.[1] Since the 1960s, community gardens have been developed and maintained on vacant lots throughout the city.[2]
In 1983, a group of Korean immigrants leased a 5.1-acre space in Kissena Park and established the garden. It was intended for recreational purposes and growth of vegetables and flowers, though for-profit farming was prohibited.[9][10] Ownership of the garden was transferred from the Korean American Senior Center to the Parks Department in 2012,[10] though this sparked a years-long dispute.[11][12]
The Smiling Hogshead Ranch was originally a guerrilla garden on a freight spur of the abandoned Montauk Cutoff.[13] In 2013, its founders obtained permission from the MTA to operate on the abandoned right-of-way.[14]