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Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe invites you to the eighth annual MulchFest on Saturday, January 3 and Saturday, January 10, 2004. This citywide service allows New Yorkers to drop off their holiday trees and wreaths at designated parks for mulching. Parks & Recreation will use that mulch in parks and gardens and you will be helping the environment.

For citywide locations, see below.

  • Trees must be dropped off at the designated locations listed below between the hours of 10AM and 2PM on January 3rd or 10th.
  • All lights, ornaments, and decorations must be removed from the trees prior to drop-off.
  • Chipping/mulch sites:
    Participants will be able to take wood chips and/or mulch
    home from designated chipping mulch/sites.

Citywide MulchFest Locations

Bronx | Brooklyn | Manhattan | Queens | Staten Island

BRONX

Bissell Gardens E. 241st St., Baychester to Bruner Aves., Bissell St.
(chipping from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
Brook Park
 E. 141st St., Brook Ave, St. Ann's Ave.
(chipping from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)
Shoelace Park
 E. 211th St. & Bronx Blvd.
(chipping from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
Van Cortlandt Park Parade Grounds Van Cortlandt Nature Center - Broadway at W. 246th St.
(chipping from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)
Vidalia Park W. 180th St. & Vyse Ave.
(chipping from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)

BROOKLYN
Drop-off sites

Carroll Park
 Carroll & Smith Sts.
East New York Success Garden
 Livonia & Alabama Aves.
McGolrick Park
 Monitor St. & Driggs Ave. (center of park)

Chipping/Mulch Sites

Amazing Garden
(1/10/04 Only)
Carroll & Columbia Sts.
Cobble Hill Park
 Veranda Pl. & Clinton St.
Marine Park
 Ave. U parking lot and E. 32nd St.
McCarren Park Lorimer St. and Bedford Ave.
Owl's Head Park
 Shore Rd & 68th St.
Prospect Park
 Third St. & Prospect Park West
Redhook KAN Garden (1/10/04 Only)
 King & Van Brunt Sts.
Von King Park
 Lafayette & Marcy Aves.

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MANHATTAN
Drop-off sites:

Central Park
(1/10/04 only)		 W. 63rd St. & Central Park West
Central Park
(1/10/04 only)		 W. 79th St. & West Dr.
Central Park
(1/10/04 only) 		E. 106th & Fifth Ave.
DeWitt Clinton Park W. 52nd St. & 11th Ave.
Father Fagan Square 6th Ave. between Prince & Spring Sts.
Marcus Garvey Park E. 123rd St. & Madison Ave. inside the park
Inwood Hill Park Isham & Seaman Ave.
Jefferson Market Garden 6th Ave. & Greenwich Ave.
Anne Loftus Playground Broadway & Dyckman St.
Morningside Park W. 123rd St. & Morningside Ave.
Playground 70 W. 70th St. between Amsterdam & West End Aves.
Riverside Park W. 72nd, 83rd, 89th, 97th, 106th Sts. & Riverside Dr.
Riverside Park 111th, 120th, Tiemann Place, 138th, 142nd, 145th, and 153rd Sts. & Riverside Dr.
Sara D. Roosevelt Park Broome St. between Chrystie & Forsyth Sts.
Jackie Robinson Park W. 155th St. & Bradhurst Ave.
Samuel Seabury Playground E. 95th St. & Lexington Ave.
St. Vartan E. 35th St. & Second Ave.
Stuyvesant Square E. 16th St. & Second Ave.
Tribeca Park West Broadway & Beach St.

Chipping/Mulch Sites

Thomas Jefferson Park E. 112th St. & First Ave.
Riverside Park
(1/3/04, 1/4/04 & 1/10/04)		 W. 89th St. & Riverside Dr.
Carl Schurz Park E. 89th St. & East End Ave.
Tompkins Square Park
(1/3/04 only)		 E. 7th St. between Aves. A & B
Union Square Park
(1/10/04 only)		 E. 17th St. & Union Square West (north plaza)
Washington Square Park Fifth Ave. & Washington Square N.
J. Hood Wright Park W. 173rd St. & Fort Washington Ave.


QUEENS
Drop-off Sites

Baisley Pond Park Baisley Blvd & Lakeview La.
Beach 94th Street Shore Front Pkwy. & Beach 94th St.
Juniper Valley Park Asphalt ballfield, 80th Street between N. Juniper & S. Juniper Blvds.
Springfield Park 76th Ave. Parking Lot off of Springfield Blvd.
Kissena Park Parsons Blvd. & Booth Memorial Ave.

Chipping/Mulch Sites

Addabbo Playground 82nd St. & N. Conduit Ave.
Astoria Park 19th St. & Hoyt Ave.
Cunningham Park Parking lot #2 at Union Tpke & Francis Lewis Blvd
Forest Park Forest Park Dr., west of Woodhaven Blvd. (Bandshell)
Kissena Park Parsons Blvd & Booth Memorial Ave.



STATEN ISLAND
Drop-off Sites

Blue Heron Park Puillon Ave. between Amboy Rd. & Hylan Blvd.
Father Macris Fahy Ave. & Lamberts Lane
Lemon Creek Park Johnston Terrace & Seguine Ave.
Silver Lake Tennis House Parking Lot University Pl. & Revere St.
Willowbrook Park Richmond Ave. & Eton Pl.

Chipping/Mulch Sites

Clove Lakes Park Cheshire Pl. & Clove Rd.
Midland Beach Father Capodanno & Graham Blvds. (parking lot)
Snug Harbor Richmond Terrace & Snug Harbor Rd.
Wolfe's Pond Park Cornelia Ave. & Hylan Blvd.

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