Where to Buy a Christmas Tree in Park Slope

PTA Fundraiser on Eighth Avenue (between Seventh and Eighth Street)

This tree stand is all about giving back to the community. Tim Foley, who grew up in Park Slope when it used to be called “South Brooklyn,” is giving $10 to any public school that a patron chooses from his list of 14, all of which are within the Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensington area.

“I’m about doing the right thing for the neighborhood and its public schools,” Foley said, who is a father to three children who go to schools in the area, PS 230, MS 51 and Brooklyn Tech. “It’s a pay-it-forward mentality.”

He charges $10 a foot for his Balsam and Fraisher trees, which come straight from Canada and are cut at the last possible second, so they are as fresh as can be for Brooklynites. On Friday he had trees that were cut just six days ago.

Hi prices are good too. His smallest one costs $10 and is one and a half feet. His tallest one is nine feet for $90.   

He offers free deliver and will also set up the evergreen in your home.

He raised $2,600 dollars last year for the area’s schools and with his other stand on Smith and Butler streets, is hoping to raise $6,000 to $7,000 all together.

Tom Foley said his kids are products of Brooklyn’s school system and he wants to make sure his community keeps up its education.

“Our public schools is what makes Brooklyn what it is,” Foley said.

Ninth Street in Front of CVS (between Fifth and Sixth avenues)

If you want to get the biggest tree of them all, come to the CVS on Ninth Street. The girth comes with a price, but this tree stand has gained a lot of attention over the years. The tree mongers are strikingly handsome Canadians, and have an ode written about them in the Observer from a couple of years ago.

The French-speaking Louis Rondin and Nichola Dubois, bring their trees down to Park Slope from Nova Scotia, set up their 24/7 shop, sell as many trees as they can and high-tail back north to get home for Christmas morning.

They sell Balsam, Douglas and Fraisher firs. Their smallest tree is four feet and costs $40 and their tallest is a 12-foot Fraisher for $200.

They also charge $20 to deliver the tall and full pine.

Wind Swept Farm Stand on Union Street (between Sixth and Seventh avenues)

Outside of the Park Slope Food Co-Op the Wind Swept Farm, from Barton, Vermont, parks its organically grown Christmas trees on the sidewalk.

They also charge $10 a foot, but after 8 feet they charge $15 per foot. They sell Balsam firs and crosses between Balsams and Fraishers. This stand has the tallest tree in the neighborhood, a 15-footer for $225.

They have seven other lots around Brooklyn. They also sell Vermont maple syrup and wreaths.

They brought down about 4,200 trees and plan to sell them all.

“Last weekend was good,” said Bucky Shelton, who works at the stand on Union Street. “We still have a ways to go, but this weekend will be the tell tale.” 

DNY Natural Land (322 Flatbush Ave. between Park and Sterling)

These trees start at $30 for a 5- to 6-foot Balsam or a 4-5 foot Frasier to $80 to a 7- to 8-foot noble. They also have mini-trees and wreaths. Delivery might be possible on a case-by-case basis.  

In Front of Duane Reade (corner of Flatbush Ave. and Park Place)

These trees are fresh and convenient, and salesman Emmanuel, who hails from Marseilles, is one of the friendliest on the block (though Max, see below, is a close second). Trees are $30 for a 3-footer, $45-$70 for a 5- to 6-footer,  $100 for a 9-foot tree and $200 for an 11-foot Frasier fir. Wreaths are $10 plain and $15 decorated.