NYC FOOD SCRAP WHAT TO BRING YES Fruit and vegetable scraps, non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta, bread, cereal, etc.), coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, egg shells, nut DROP-OFF SITES shells, pits, cut or dried flowers, houseplants, potting soil
Drop off your food scraps and NO Meat, fish, bones, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy, animal waste (including litter and bedding), coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or we’ll compost them locally! insect-infested plants/soil, biodegradable/compostable plastics
Note: Open hours are year-round unless otherwise noted. HOW TO STORE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS Site schedules are subject to change. Sites may be closed on holidays. In cases of severe weather, sites may be closed early or canceled. To reduce odor and prevent pests, store your food scraps in a paper bag or reusable container in your freezer or refrigerator.
BRONX
DROP-OFF SITES DATE/ TIME SERVICED BY 3rd Ave - 149th St Fridays: 7am-10:15am GrowNYC and Sanitation 149th St, Melrose, & 3rd Ave - N Corner
149th St - Grand Concourse Fridays: 7:15am-10:15am GrowNYC and Sanitation Grand Concourse, 149th Street - SE Corner
161st Street - Yankee Stadium Fridays: 7:30am-10:15am GrowNYC and Sanitation 161st, River Ave - NE Corner
Bainbridge Avenue Community Garden Thursdays: 4pm–7pm Volunteers from Bainbridge Avenue 2980 Bainbridge Avenue Seasonal, June–November Community Garden and Norwood CSA
Bronx Borough Hall Greenmarket Tuesdays: 8am–2pm GrowNYC & Community Partners Grand Concourse & 161st Street Seasonal Market, June–November
BronxWorks Fresh Food Box Wednesdays: 3:30pm–6:30pm GrowNYC & Community Partners 1130 Grand Concourse
Brook Ave Fridays: 6:45am-10am GrowNYC & Community Partners 138th, Brook Ave - NW Corner
Burnside Ave Fridays: 7:30am-10:30am GrowNYC & Community Partners Burnside Ave, Jerome Ave - SW Corner
Church of the Mediator/La Iglesia El Mediador Tuesdays: 8am–10am Volunteers from Church of the Mediator West 231st Street & Kingsbridge Avenue
Fordham Plaza Fridays: 7am-11am GrowNYC and Sanitation E Fordham Rd btw Webster Ave & Third Ave - S
Fordham Road Fridays: 7:15am-10:45am GrowNYC and Sanitation E Fordham Road & Jerome Ave - SE Corner
Hunts Point Ave Fridays: 6:30am-9:45am GrowNYC and Sanitation 163rd, Hunts Point Ave, Southern Blvd (Monsignor Del Valle Square) - W
Lehman College Mondays: 8am–10am Volunteers from Lehman College Lehman Quad near Shuster Hall
Learn It, Grow It, Eat It Youthmarket Wednesdays: 10am–3pm GrowNYC & Community Partners McKinley Square at 169th Street & Boston Road Seasonal Market, July–November
Parkchester Greenmarket Fridays: 8am–3pm GrowNYC & Community Partners White Plains Road & Westchester Avenue Seasonal Market, June–November
Poe Park Greenmarket Tuesdays: 8am–1:30pm GrowNYC & Community Partners Grand Concourse & East 192nd Street Seasonal Market, June–November
West Farms Sq - E Tremont Ave Fridays: 6:30am-9:30am GrowNYC and Sanitation E Tremont Ave & Boston Road - NE Corner
nyc.gov/organics | call 311 NYCsanitation • NYCzerowaste sanitation
CP-DF: COMPOST PROJECT DROPOFF FLYER-101017 NYC FOOD SCRAP WHAT TO BRING YES Fruit and vegetable scraps, non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta, bread, cereal, etc.), coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, egg shells, nut DROP-OFF SITES shells, pits, cut or dried flowers, houseplants, potting soil
Drop off your food scraps and NO Meat, fish, bones, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy, animal waste (including litter and bedding), coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or we’ll compost them locally! insect-infested plants/soil, biodegradable/compostable plastics
Note: Open hours are year-round unless otherwise noted. HOW TO STORE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS Site schedules are subject to change. Sites may be closed on holidays. In cases of severe weather, sites may be closed early or canceled. To reduce odor and prevent pests, store your food scraps in a paper bag or reusable container in your freezer or refrigerator.
BROOKLYN
DROP-OFF SITES DATE/ TIME SERVICED BY 462 Halsey Community Farm Fresh Food Box Saturdays: 11:30am-3:30pm GrowNYC & Community Partners 462 Halsey Street Seasonal, June-November 7th Avenue B/Q Wednesdays: 8am–10am NYC Compost Project Park Place & Carlton Avenue Bay Ridge Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation 3rd Avenue & 95th Street (Walgreen’s parking lot) Seasonal Market, June–November Big Reuse Brooklyn Thursdays, Fridays: 10am–6pm NYC Compost Project & Gowanus Canal Conservancy 69 9th Street, Gowanus Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–4pm GrowNYC & Community Partners Court Street & Montague Street Thursdays: 8am–2pm Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Sundays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation Carroll Street between Smith Street & Court Street Cortelyou Greenmarket Sundays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation Cortelyou Road & Rugby Road Fort Greene Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–3pm GrowNYC & Community Partners Washington Park between Willoughby Avenue & Dekalb Avenue Franklin Avenue 2/3/4/5 Wednesdays: 8am–10am NYC Compost Project Franklin Avenue & Eastern Parkway Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–3:30pm GrowNYC & Community Partners Prospect Park West & Plaza Street West Irving Square Park Mondays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project Corner of Halsey Street & Knickerbocker Ave McCarren Park Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–2pm GrowNYC & Community Partners Union Avenue & Driggs Avenue Tuesdays: 8am–2pm (July–October Only) Parkside Greenmarket Saturdays: 9am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation Parkside Avenue & Ocean Avenue Seasonal Market, June–November Red Hook Community Farm Fridays: 9am–12pm NYC Compost Project Otsego Street & Beard Street Saturdays: 10:30am–1pm Sunset Park Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation 4th Avenue & 59th Street Seasonal Market, July–November
nyc.gov/organics | call 311 NYCsanitation • NYCzerowaste sanitation
CP-DF: COMPOST PROJECT DROPOFF FLYER-101017 NYC FOOD SCRAP WHAT TO BRING YES Fruit and vegetable scraps, non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta, bread, cereal, etc.), coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, egg shells, nut DROP-OFF SITES shells, pits, cut or dried flowers, houseplants, potting soil
Drop off your food scraps and NO Meat, fish, bones, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy, animal waste (including litter and bedding), coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or we’ll compost them locally! insect-infested plants/soil, biodegradable/compostable plastics
Note: Open hours are year-round unless otherwise noted. HOW TO STORE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS Site schedules are subject to change. Sites may be closed on holidays. In cases of severe weather, sites may be closed early or canceled. To reduce odor and prevent pests, store your food scraps in a paper bag or reusable container in your freezer or refrigerator.
MANHATTAN
DROP-OFF SITES DATE/ TIME SERVICED BY 1st Avenue & 1st Street Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project 1st Avenue between Houston & First Street (West Side) 23rd Street C/E Tuesdays, Thursdays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project West 23rd Street & 8th Avenue (SW corner) 57th Street Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation 10th Avenue & West 57th Street Seasonal Market, May–December 79th Street Greenmarket Sundays: 9am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation Columbus Avenue & 79th Street 82nd Street Greenmarket Saturdays: 9am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation 82nd Street between 1st Avenue & York Avenue 92nd Street Greenmarket Sundays: 9am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation 1st Avenue between 92nd Street and 93rd Street Seasonal Market, June–November 96th Street Wednesdays: 7:15am-10:30am GrowNYC and Sanitation 96th Street & Lexington Ave - SE Corner (Samuel Seabury Playground) 97th Street Greenmarket Fridays: 8am–2pm GrowNYC & Community Partners 97th Street between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenue 116th Street Wednesdays: 7:30am-10:30am GrowNYC and Sanitation 116th & Lexington Ave - NW Corner 127th Street & Malcolm X Food Scrap Drop-Off Site Wednesdays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project 127th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard 137th Street - City College Wendesdays: 7:15am-11am GrowNYC and Sanitation Broadway & Hamilton Place - N (Montefiore Square) 145th Street Wednesdays: 6:30am- 10am GrowNYC and Sanitation 145th & Edgecombe Ave - NE Corner (Jackie Robinson Park Entrance) 157th Street Wendesdays: 7am-11am GrowNYC and Sanitation 157th, Broadway, Riverside Drive (Ilka Tanya Payan Park) 175th Street Greenmarket Thursdays: 8am–2pm GrowNYC & Community Partners 175th Street between Wadsworth Avenue & Broadway Seasonal Market, June–November 181st Street Wendesdays: 6:45am-11:15am GrowNYC and Sanitation Fort Washington Ave btw. 183rd & 185th - W (Bennett Park Entrance) Abingdon Square Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation West 12th Street & 8th Avenue Bowling Green Greenmarket Tuesdays: 8am–2pm Battery Conservancy & GrowNYC Broadway & Battery Place Cathedral Parkway (110th St) Wednesdays: 6:45am-10:15am GrowNYC and Sanitation 110th & Central Park West - NW Corner Hudson Square Tuesdays, Thursdays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project 6th Avenue & Spring Street (NE corner)
continued ...
nyc.gov/organics | call 311 NYCsanitation • NYCzerowaste sanitation
CP-DF: COMPOST PROJECT DROPOFF FLYER-101017 MANHATTAN CONT’D DATE/ TIME SERVICED BY Central Park North (110th St) Wednesdays: 7am-10:15am GrowNYC and Sanitation 110th, St. Nicholas, & Malcolm X - NW Corner (Public Plaza) Columbia University Greenmarket Sundays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC, Sanitation, & Broadway & West 114th Street Thursdays: 8am–3pm Community Partners Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket Wednesdays: 8am–3pm GrowNYC & Community Partners East 47th Street & 2nd Avenue Dyckman Street Wendesdays: 6:30am-11:30am GrowNYC and Sanitation Broadway, Riverside Drive, Dyckman Street (Anne Loftus Playground/Fort Tyron Park Entrance) Earth Matter, Compost Learning Center Saturdays and Sundays: 12pm–4pm NYC Compost Project Urban Farm, Governors Island Seasonal June–September East Broadway & Rutgers Street Wednesdays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project East Broadway & Rutgers Street (SE corner) East River Park Compost Yard (Registration Required) Daily: 24/7 NYC Compost Project East River Park Compost Yard (coordinates: 40.711055, -73.978847) Fort Washington Greenmarket Tuesdays: 8am–3pm GrowNYC & Community Partners 168th Street & Fort Washington Seasonal Market, June–November Governors Island’s ‘Zero Waste Stations’ Daily: 10am–5pm NYC Compost Project Several locations throughout Governors Island Seasonal June–September Grand Street & Clinton Street Mondays, Fridays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project Grand Street & Clinton Street (SW corner) Hudson River Park’s Pier 25 at N. Moore St. Daily: 7am-7pm Hudson River Park Pier 25 at N. Moore St. near kid's playground Hudson River Park’s Pier 40 at W. Houston St. Daily: 7am-7pm Hudson River Park Pier 40 at Houston St. near dog park Hudson River Park’s Pier 51 at Horatio St. Daily: 7am-7pm Hudson River Park Pier 51 at Horatio St. near comfort station Hudson River Park’s 14th Street Park at 10th Ave. Daily: 7am-7pm Hudson River Park 14th Street Park at southwest corner of 15th St. and 10th Ave Hudson River Park’s Chelsea Waterside Park at W. 23rd St. Daily: 7am-7pm Hudson River Park Chelsea Waterside Park at 23rd St. and 11th Ave entrance Hudson River Park’s Pier 76 at W. 34th St. Daily: 7am-7pm Hudson River Park Pier 76 at 34th Street and 12th Ave in Hudson River Park’s Compost Center Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 at W. 44th St. Daily: 7am-7pm Hudson River Park Pier 84 at W. 44th St. near dog park Inwood Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–12pm New York Restoration Project & GrowNYC Isham Street & Cooper Street Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Fresh Food Box Tuesdays: 3:30pm–6:30pm GrowNYC & Sanitation 1st Avenue Between 70th St and 71st St Mount Sinai Greenmarket Wednesdays: 8am–2pm GrowNYC & Community Partners East 99th Street & Madison Avenue Seasonal Market, June–November Roosevelt Island under the Helix Saturdays: 9am-2:30pm NYC Compost Project Main Street under the Helix Tompkins Square Greenmarket Sundays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation East 7th Street & Avenue A Tribeca Greenmarket Saturdays (year round), Wednesdays GrowNYC, Sanitation, & Greenwich Street & Chambers Street (March–December): 8am–1pm Community Partners Tucker Square Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation Columbus Avenue & West 66th Street Union Square Greenmarket Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays: Lower East Side Ecology Center East 17th Street & Union Square East 8am–5pm Uptown Grand Central Fresh Food Box Wednesdays: 3pm–7pm GrowNYC & Community Partners 125th St at Park Ave, outside the Metro-North Station
nyc.gov/organics | call 311 NYCsanitation • NYCzerowaste sanitation
CP-DF: COMPOST PROJECT DROPOFF FLYER-101017 NYC FOOD SCRAP WHAT TO BRING YES Fruit and vegetable scraps, non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta, bread, cereal, etc.), coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, egg shells, nut DROP-OFF SITES shells, pits, cut or dried flowers, houseplants, potting soil
Drop off your food scraps and NO Meat, fish, bones, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy, animal waste (including litter and bedding), coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or we’ll compost them locally! insect-infested plants/soil, biodegradable/compostable plastics
Note: Open hours are year-round unless otherwise noted. HOW TO STORE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS Site schedules are subject to change. Sites may be closed on holidays. In cases of severe weather, sites may be closed early or canceled. To reduce odor and prevent pests, store your food scraps in a paper bag or reusable container in your freezer or refrigerator.
QUEENS
DROP-OFF SITES DATE/ TIME SERVICED BY 21st Street F Station Tuesdays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project NW Corner of 21st Street at 41st Avenue Big Reuse Queens Monday through Friday: 10am–6pm NYC Compost Project 3-17 26th Avenue, Astoria Saturday through Sunday: 10am–5pm Briarwood E/F Tuesdays: 7:30am–9:30am NYC Compost Project 8512 Main Street Broadway N/Q Tuesdays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project 32-15 31st Street Corona Greenmarket Fridays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Community Partners Corona Plaza, Roosevelt Avenue at 103rd Street Seasonal Market, July–November Flushing Greenmarket Wenesdays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Community Partners Kissena Boulevard & Maple Avenue Seasonal Market July–November Forest Hills Greenmarket Sundays: 8am–2pm NYC Compost Project South side of Queens Boulevard & 70th Avenue Glen Oaks Thursdays: 10am–12pm NYC Compost Project North Side of Union Turnpike and 257th Street Jackson Heights Greenmarket Sundays: 8am–2pm NYC Compost Project 34th Avenue & 77th Street Jamaica-179th Street F Thursdays: 7am–9am NYC Compost Project SE Corner of Hillside Avenue & 179th Street Junkluggers Mondays and Tuesdays: 10am–6pm NYC Compost Project 33-56 11th Street, Queens Kew Gardens E/F Tuesdays: 7:30am–9:30am NYC Compost Project Kew Gardens Road & 81st Avenue Queens Library at Broadway Mondays: 1pm–7pm NYC Compost Project 40-20 Broadway Queens Library at Flushing (Closing 11/1/17) Wednesdays: 11am–1pm NYC Compost Project 41-17 Main Street Queens Library at Peninsula Saturdays: 10am- 12pm NYC Compost Project 92-25 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Seasonal: November-July Queens Library at Steinway Tuesdays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project 21-45 31st Street Rockaway Youthmarket Saturdays: 10am–12pm NYC Compost Project 58-14 Beach Channel Drive Seasonal Market July–November Socrates Sculpture Park Daily: 9am-Sunset NYC Compost Project Broadway & Vernon Boulevard Sunnyside Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–2pm NYC Compost Project Skillman Avenue & 43rd Street Vernon Jackson 7 Mondays: 8am–11am NYC Compost Project Vernon Boulevard & 50th Avenue
nyc.gov/organics | call 311 NYCsanitation • NYCzerowaste sanitation
CP-DF: COMPOST PROJECT DROPOFF FLYER-101017 NYC FOOD SCRAP WHAT TO BRING YES Fruit and vegetable scraps, non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta, bread, cereal, etc.), coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, egg shells, nut DROP-OFF SITES shells, pits, cut or dried flowers, houseplants, potting soil
Drop off your food scraps and NO Meat, fish, bones, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy, animal waste (including litter and bedding), coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or we’ll compost them locally! insect-infested plants/soil, biodegradable/compostable plastics
Note: Open hours are year-round unless otherwise noted. HOW TO STORE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS Site schedules are subject to change. Sites may be closed on holidays. In cases of severe weather, sites may be closed early or canceled. To reduce odor and prevent pests, store your food scraps in a paper bag or reusable container in your freezer or refrigerator.
STATEN ISLAND
DROP-OFF SITES DATE/ TIME SERVICED BY Compost Demonstration Site at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden Daily: Dawn-Dusk NYC Compost Project 1000 Richmond Terrace St. George Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation St. Marks Place & Hyatt Street Year Round Staten Island Mall Greenmarket Saturdays: 8am–1pm GrowNYC & Sanitation Marsh Avenue and Ring Road (Parking Lot) Seasonal Market, June–December
nyc.gov/organics | call 311 NYCsanitation • NYCzerowaste sanitation
CP-DF: COMPOST PROJECT DROPOFF FLYER-101017