Oko Farms, an urban farm in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, raising fish and growing vegetables for low-income residents, has six weeks to relocate as developers reclaim the site for a new skyscraper.
A group of urban farmers raising fish, growing vegetables and donating their harvest to low-income Brooklyn residents have about six weeks to find a new location before developers reclaim the site to break ground on a new Williamsburg waterfront skyscraper.
In August, Two Trees notified Oko Farms that it had until the middle of November — the tail-end of the harvest season — to leave the location so the developer could start work on the neighboring project. Perlmeter said Oko had been signing yearlong agreements before Two Trees activated a clause in the contract allowing them to evict the farm with three months' notice.
Two Trees spokesperson Jeremy Soffin said the company needs the lot as a staging area to store construction equipment and that it has already allowed Oko to use the site rent-free since 2021.
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