Green Meadows Farm is located on Floyd Bennett Field, which is part of the Gateway National Park. The farm operates under a sublease from Aviator Sports Center. Aviator’s lease with the National Park Service is expiring this Spring, and they have told us that the National Park Service has directed them to terminate our sublease, which means that we will be required to close our doors to the public sometime this Spring. If that happens, we don’t know if we would ever be able to reopen. That would be heartbreaking, as we now serve over 500 schools and countless families throughout New York City. We have asked the National Park Service to issue us a permit to continue to operate the Farm so we can continue to serve children, schools and families, including many underserved communities.

We have asked Senator Charles Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries to use their influence with the National Park Service to help get this done. We are fortunate that, as the Senate Minority Leader and House Minority Leader, they are in fact very influential in Washington, DC, and we are hopeful that they will understand the important service that the Farm provides to the community.

Please, please, please contact the Park Service, Senator Schumer and Representative Jeffries and let them know what Green Meadows Farm has meant for you and your children, and how important you think it is for the Farm to remain open.

Our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/greenmeadowsfarmbrooklyn/ has links that
you can click to send emails to the National Park Service, Senator Schumer, Representative Jeffries and City Council Member Narcisse. Please send a message to at least one of the contacts.
Or you can use the following contact information:

National Park Service:  Email to daphne_yun@nps.gov.

Senator Schumer:  Go to his website at www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck For the message topic, choose OTHER.  Then write your message to Minority Leader Schumer.

Representative Jeffries:  Go to his website at https://jeffries.house.gov/contact/ Enter the ZIP code 11234, which is the Zip code for Aviator Sports and Green Meadows Farm, and click SUBMIT.  Then write your email to Minority Leader Jeffries.

City Council Member Narcisse: Email to District46@council.nyc.gov or call (718) 241-9330.

Thank you very much for your support.
Sincerely,
Dan Keyes