How To Get Rid Of Your Christmas Tree In NYC

NEW YORK CITY — New year, new start: It's time to move that Christmas tree before it covers the floor with its dry needles.

New Yorkers can dump Christmas trees on the curb between Jan. 4 and Jan. 15 and the Sanitation Department will chip them up and use them for compost in city parks and gardens, officials said.

Only trees that have been cleaned of all their ornaments, lights, stands and any bags you used to get the thing out of your house will be taken.

New Yorkers can also drop their trees off at one of nearly 70 sites participating in Mulchfest, a Parks Department program that runs until January 9.

Here are the mulching sites across the five boroughs:
BRONX

• Brook Park Youth Farm: East 141st Street and Brook Avenue
• Co-Op City: Co-Op Boulevard and Bellamy Loop
• Metropolitan Oval Parkchester: Metropolitan Avenue and Unionport Road
• Pelham Bay Park: Parking lot at Middletown Road and Stadium Avenue
• Soundview Park: Story Avenue and Morrison Avenue
• St. James Park: West 192nd Street and Jerome Avenue
• Van Cortlandt Park: Golf course at Bailey Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South
• Williamsbridge Oval Park: Reservoir Place and Reservoir Oval

BROOKLYN

MANHATTAN

• Bennett Park: West 185th Street and Fort Washington Avenue
• Bowling Green: South Plaza between Broadway and Whitehall Street
• Carl Schurz Park: East 86th Street and East End Avenue
• Central Park: East 106th Street and Fifth Avenue, West 65th Street and Central Park West, West 81st Street and Central Park West, at the bridle path
• Corlears Hook Park: Jackson Street and Cherry Street
• Highbridge Park: Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue
• Inwood Hill Park: Isham Street and Seaman Avenue
• J Hood Wright Park: West 173rd Street near Haven Avenue
• Marcus Garvey Park: East 120th Street and Madison Avenue
• Morningside Park: West 123rd Street and Morningside Avenue
• Riverside Park: West 83rd Street and Riverside Drive
• Stuyvesant Town: East 20th Street at 20th Street Loop (east of First Avenue)
• Tompkins Square Park: East 7th Street between Avenue A and Avenue
• Union Square Park: East 14th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South
• Washington Square Park: Fifth Avenue and Washington Square North

QUEENS

• Astoria Park: 19th Street and Hoyt Avenue
• Brookville Park: Brookville Boulevard and 143rd Avenue
• Captain Mario Fajardo Playground: Kissena Boulevard at Booth Memorial Avenue
• Cunningham Park: 196th Place and Union Turnpike
• Forest Park: Forest Park Drive and Woodhaven Boulevard
• Francis Lewis Park: Third Avenue and Whitestone Expressway
• Hunter's Point South Park: 51st Avenue and Center Boulevard
• Juniper Valley Park: 80th Street between Juniper Boulevard North and South
• Queensbridge Park: Vernon Boulevard and Queensbridge Park Greenway
• Rockaway Beach: 94th Street and Shorefront Parkway
• Roy Wilkins Park: Park entrance at Merrick Boulevard and Foch Boulevard
• Travers Park: 78th Street and 34th Avenue
• Windmill Community Garden: 39-22 29th Street
• Windmuller Park at Lawrence Virgilio Playground: 34th Drive and 54th Street

STATEN ISLAND

• Clove Lakes Park: Cheshire Place and Clove Road
• Conference House Park: Parking lot at Hylan Boulevard and Satterlee Street
• Father Macris Park: Fahy Avenue and Lambert's Lane
• Midland Beach: Parking lot #8 at Father Capodanno Boulevard and Graham Boulevard
• Silver Lake Tennis House: Revere Street and University Place
• Tappen Park: Bay Street and Canal Street
• Westerleigh Park: Maine Avenue and Neal Dow Avenue
• Willowbrook Park: Richmond Avenue and Eton Place
• Wolfe's Pond Park: Cornelia Avenue and Hylan Boulevard