The Third River runs quietly through this corner of Bloomfield, and in April the ground near it greens a week ahead of everything else. Algieri Boys Landscaping starts the season right there — first cuts of the year, edging back the winter creep along curbs and walks, trimming the corners a mower was never going to fit. Spring in Brookdale comes fast and wet, and the lawns that get attention early are the ones that look right all the way to September. There is a plain pleasure in the smell of a first mowing on a warm Saturday morning. The rest of the year gets built on top of it.