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New York Green Roofs LLC, 63 Meadow Street, Brooklyn, NY (2026)

05/04/2026

Gratitude to Center for Architecture for hosting The Fifth Facade: Green Roofs and the Future of Urban Comfort, and for inviting our founding partner, Amy Falder, to join this important conversation.

Organized by AIA New York’s Social Science and Architecture Committee, the conversation linked the topic to AIA New York’s 2026 presidential theme by Mark Gardiner, “Repair: Democracy and Urban Space,” and framed green roofs as tools for restoration of climate, community, and urban space.

Thoughtfully moderated by Melissa Marsh of PLASTARC, Amy spoke alongside fellow panelists Erik Olsen (Transsolar - Klima Engineering) and Sarah Kenny (Robert A.M. Stern Architects) to emphasize that these spaces don’t just perform ecologically and financially, they enhance human performance, shaping how people feel, focus, and function.

Roofs were framed not only as climate devices but also as human capital infrastructure that can support attention, well-being, and belonging.

By night’s end, one idea had crystallized: if New York is serious about climate resilience and democratic public space, the roof can no longer be treated as leftover real estate. It is essential infrastructure and shared civic ground.

05/01/2026

View of a Green Roof No. 90: Today the Empire State Building turns 95!

Opened May 1, 1931 after a blink-and-you-miss-it 410 days of construction, this 1,454-foot icon initially redefined the NYC skyline and has been beloved ever since.

In a lesser-known layer of its story, tucked into its setbacks are 9,100 square feet of green roofs, which New York Green Roofs has been caring for since 2013.

Of course, we’d like to think these living rooftops are the real reason the building is so universally legendary, but the official line is that they’re part of an enduring campaign that incorporates a broader energy-efficiency strategy, attracting world-class tenants, supporting healthier workplaces, and reinforcing the building’s sustainability leadership.

We’ll let you decide which story you like better.

Happy 95th to the world’s most famous office building—still relevant and ever evolving, one green roof at a time.

04/20/2026

Green Roof with a View # 89. There’s a rhythm out there. The planet spins. The seasons turn. The call of the wild renders life so alive it must be seen (and cared for by New York Green Roofs). Welcome spring!

12/09/2025

Checking back in on Green Roof with a View #18: Huge shoutout to our partner-in-green, Vicki Sando, who not only dreamed up the rooftop oasis at PS 41 and championed it for years, but has now written a beautiful piece (link in bio!) highlighting its powerful mental-health impact on the community. ✨💚✨

Unfortunately, PS 41’s green roof closed in fall 2024 for a two-year building renovation. But stay tuned because the comeback is growing…

And speaking of the comeback: In order to bring this sky-high sanctuary back to the students and teachers who rely on it, New York Green Roofs is now officially WBE-certified with NYC’s School Construction Authority! Because nothing says “women get things done” like navigating government certification paperwork and building a green roof while taking care of the kids, too. 🤣🌱🌼💪

11/06/2025

Green Roof with a View #88 — A sea of cosmos in East Harlem 🌸

At The Crossing, this 13,000 SF green roof is pure magic right now — a field of cosmos dancing over East Harlem. But beauty’s only part of the story.

When Hurricane Melissa’s moisture swept north last week, dropping nearly 2 inches of rain across NYC, this roof quietly did its job — managing stormwater and protecting the city below.

Designed and installed by New York Green Roofs, this project manages over a million gallons of rainfall each year and was made possible through a $395,000 grant from the NYC DEP Office of Green Infrastructure. 🌧️🌿

We love seeing these living systems at work — keeping NYC greener, cooler, and more resilient, one rooftop at a time.

09/26/2025

Green Roof with a View #86
Happy first FriYAY of fall, y’all!

Fresh from the field team: A sneak peek at a rooftop garden still in progress. This corner was just planted in June and it’s already thriving.

Monday at 2:19pm was the autumn equinox - a fresh start to a new season. By Friday the Aster cordifolium ‘Wood’s Blue’ and Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’ are in full bloom already - proof that investment in green roofs pays dividends in happiness, fast.

06/06/2025

Five years ago, this was a planting day on top of the Macy’s building in Downtown Brooklyn. Today, it’s an ecosystem that’s also part open-air lounge.
Designed by Perkins Eastman with HM White Site Architects, the 10,000 square foot space connects two historic buildings and a modern 10-story tower. We installed it with resilience and seasonality in mind: sweeping grasses, blooming perennials, sculptural Witch Hazel trees, and a sloped lawn ringed by custom corten edging.
But what’s happening here is more than just aesthetics.
Pollinators are active. Grasses are seeding. The space is buzzzzing with life.
This green roof isn’t just softening the city, it’s supporting it. Biodiversity isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s part of our mission. From street level, you’d never know what’s happening. But above the noise, something’s thriving.

06/06/2025

Five years ago, this was a planting day on top of the Macy’s building in Downtown Brooklyn. Today, it’s an ecosystem that’s also part open-air lounge.
Designed by Perkins Eastman with HM White Site Architects, the 10,000 square foot space connects two historic buildings and a modern 10-story tower. We installed it with resilience and seasonality in mind: sweeping grasses, blooming perennials, sculptural Witch Hazel trees, and a sloped lawn ringed by custom corten edging.
But what’s happening here is more than just aesthetics.
Pollinators are active. Grasses are seeding. The space is buzzzzing with life.
This green roof isn’t just softening the city, it’s supporting it. Biodiversity isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s part of our mission. From street level, you’d never know what’s happening. But above the noise, something’s thriving.

06/03/2025

Green Room+Roof #77: Layered around and above this historic brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, this carriage house landscape offered the perfect opportunity to do something special. A vine-covered patio, courtyard oasis, and street-facing planters extend the green footprint both vertically and horizontally, but the work didn’t stop there. We created a green room atop the structure, using custom containers and topped it all off with our green roof system, wrapping skylights and framing views with natural charm.
The result is a series of outdoor spaces that breathe with the building — integrated through drainage layers, planters, and lightweight media beneath sculpted plantings. The landscape feels born from the architecture, not added to it.
Gratitude to Liz Pulver, the landscape architect whose thoughtful design and collaboration helped shape the final product.
Small site. Big impact. Built to last — and easy to forget you’re still in the city.

05/20/2025

View of a Green Roof # 75.

First glance: classic NYC sidewalk planting — scrappy greenery doing its beautiful best between bricks and city grime.

Plot twist: this baby is not just curbside. It’s also vaulted above a boiler room, floating one story up over the basement, like the eco-conscious cousin of a magician’s assistant.

✨ Secret green roof life: looking like street-level realness, living that elevated plant-based fantasy. Truly the best-kept rooftop landscape secret in the borough of Manhattan— even the pigeons don’t know it’s a green roof.

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