BROOKLYN, NY — Despite the odds, a zucchini plant is absolutely thriving on the roof of a Bensonhurst subway station, Mark Hanna, a District Leader for Assembly District 64, posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Thursday.
He said his significant other, Bensonhurst local Dr. Dominique Reminick, found the ripe green vegetable during her commute, dangling off of the roof of the Manhattan-bound platform at the 18th Avenue train station in Bensonhurst.
“With its rich history of Italian immigrant heritage, Bensonhurst, or at least the 18th Ave subway station apparently, is a great place to forage for some monstrous zucchini,” Hanna said in the initial post, which got nearly 100 likes and several comments from local electeds, including Park Slope City Councilmember Shahana Hanif, who said she’s “obsessed.”
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It is not known who is growing the zucchini plant or how long it has been sprouting above the train station, but it certainly looks ready to harvest.
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“I just thought it was a hilarious thing to spot hanging off a subway platform and wanted to share it,” Hanna told Patch.
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