Carmen  Pabón Garden

Carmen Pabón, Mother of Loisaida, Puerto Rican community activist, gardener, poet and actress, founded this garden as an urban sanctuary for children, local artists, Nuyorican poets and the elderly. Carmen helped thousands to create a better life for themselves and fed multitudes of Lower East Siders experiencing homelessness. Today, Carmen’s legacy lives on in this historic garden of the Lower East Side.