‘Amazing!’: Teen gardening star stunned by Staten Island rooftop farm
High above Staten Island on a sunny Friday afternoon, he cheered: “It’s the best farm on Staten Island.”
By Ann Marie Barron
Silive
Oct 19, 2026
Excerpt:
The Great Kills 13-year-old gardener routinely chronicles his backyard vegetable garden with humorous observations about everything gardening, from his pepper crop to the New York accent he uses to describe his “tomatas,” and “cucumbas.”
Steiner has a following of more than 186,000 on TikTok and Instagram, and he said he’s wanted to visit Nicotra Grown: Organic Rooftop Farm, ever since he became aware of its location atop Nicotras’ Corporate Commons Three at 1441 South Ave., in Bloomfield.
Steiner was treated to a tour of the one-acre urban organic agricultural project by Lois and Richard Nicotra, owners of The Nicotra Group and stewards of the rooftop farm. It is run in partnership with Brooklyn Grange, a pioneering rooftop farming group in New York City, and is open to the community through scheduled tours, class visits and special events.
Steiner is a quiet charmer in person but bursts at the seams with enthusiasm in his TikTok and Instagram posts about his garden successes. His Instagram post about the visit was no exception.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/amazing-teen-gardening-star-stunned-by-staten-island-rooftop-farm/
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