MulchFest 2016

Saturday and Sunday, January 9 and 10, 2016
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!

Join the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and GreeNYC to recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips. These wood chips are used to nourish trees and plants on streets and gardens citywide. Or, take home your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree. More than 30,000 trees were recycled last year. Help us top this number!

How to 'Chip In.'

This year, MulchFest will take place on January 9 and 10, 2016. It’s easier than ever to chip in! There are two ways you can help.

Chipping Locations

You can bring your tree to a chipping location on January 9 and 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We’ll chip your tree, and give you your very own bag of mulch!

Drop Off Locations

Or you can bring your tree to a drop-off site from Saturday, January 2 through Sunday, January 10. Leave your tree with us, and we’ll recycle it for you later! The NYC Department of Sanitation will also be conducting special curbside collections for mulching and recycling of Christmas trees from Monday, January 4, 2016 through Friday, January 15, 2016.

What to Bring

Please remember to remove all lights, ornaments, and netting before bringing the tree to a MulchFest site. Bags will be provided if you wish to take some free mulch home. Mulch is available at the sites marked with an asterisk (*) below.

Tree Stewardship

Help us spread mulch at parks throughout the city! Join us on Saturday, January 9 to help us spread mulch in parks and insulate our young trees from the cold weather. Find a site near you, and help give back! Register now

MulchFest Locations

Find a MulchFest location near you!

Chipping

Drop-off only

All MulchFest locations

The Bronx

Location	Address	Service
Brook Park*	East 141st Street & Brook Avenue	Chipping
Co-Op City	Co-Op Boulevard & Bellamy Loop	Drop-off only
El Flamboyan Community Garden	586 Tinton Avenue at East 150th Street	Drop-off only
Fort #4 Playground	Reservoir & Webb Avenues	Drop-off only
Kossuth Playground	Mosholu Parkway North / Kossuth Avenue	Drop-off only
Little Green Garden / Jardin La Roca - Rock Garden	422 E. 160th Street	Drop-off only
Metropolitan Oval Parkchester*	Metropolitan Avenue & Unionport Road	Chipping
Padre Plaza / Success Garden	541 E. 139th Street	Drop-off only
??Pelham Bay Park	Parking lot at Middletown Road & Stadium Avenue	Drop-off only
Poe Park	Grand Concourse between East Kingsbridge Road & East 192nd Street	Drop-off only
Soundview Park*	Story & Morrison Avenues	Chipping
St. James Park	West 192nd Street & Jerome Avenue	Drop-off only
Van Cortlandt Park*	Golf course at Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Park South	Chipping
Williamsbridge Oval Park	Reservoir Place & Reservoir Oval	Drop-off only

Mulch is available at the chipping sites marked with an asterisk (*).

Brooklyn

Location	Address	Service
Amazing Garden	261 Columbia Street	Drop-off only
Brower Park	Brooklyn Avenue at Prospect Place	Drop-off only
Cobble Hill Park*	Clinton Street & Verandah Place	Chipping
Coffey Park	Dwight & Verona Streets	Drop-off only
Fort Greene Park*	Washington Park & Myrtle Avenue	Chipping
Gowanus Canal Conservancy	Fifth Street & Second Avenue	Drop-off only
Green-Wood Cemetery	25th Street & Fifth Avenue	Drop-off only
Green Space @ President Street	222 Fifth Avenue	Drop-off only
Lincoln Terrace Park	Buffalo Avenue at East New York Avenue	Drop-off only
Maria Hernandez Park*	Suydam Street & Knickerbocker Avenue	Chipping
Marine Park*	East 33rd Street & Avenue U	Chipping
McCarren Park*	Lorimer Street & Driggs Avenue	Chipping
McGolrick Park	Monitor Street & Driggs Avenue	Drop-off only
Owl's Head Park*	68th Street & Colonial Road	Chipping
Prospect Heights Community Farm	254 St. Marks Avenue	Drop-off only
Prospect Park*	Third Street & Prospect Park West	Chipping
Prospect Park*	Park circle at Parkside Avenue	Chipping
Sunset Park	44th Street & 6th Avenue	Drop-off only
Sutter Ballfields	Barbey Street & Sutter Avenue	Drop-off only

Mulch is available at the chipping sites marked with an asterisk (*).

Manhattan

Location	Address	Service
Battery Park City	Between the Hudson River & South End Avenue, south of Liberty Street	Drop-off only
Bennett Park	West 185th Street & Fort Washington Avenue	Drop-off only
Bogardus Garden	Reade and Chambers Streets	Drop-off only
Carl Schurz Park*	East 86th Street & East End Avenue	Chipping
Central Park	West 63rd Street & Central Park West	Drop-off only
Central Park	West 65th Street & Central Park West	Drop-off only
Central Park*	West 81st Street & Central Park West, at the bridle path	Chipping
Central Park	East 106th Street & Fifth Avenue	Drop-off only
Chenchitas' Group Garden	1687 Madison Avenue at 112th Street	Drop-off only
Corlears Hook Park	Jackson & Cherry Streets, at the FDR Drive	Drop-off only
Harlem Valley Green	197 W. 134th Street	Drop-off only
Inwood Hill Park	Isham Street & Seaman Avenue	Drop-off only
Jackie Robinson Park	West 145th Street & Edgecombe Avenue	Drop-off only
J Hood Wright Park	West 173rd Street, close to Haven Avenue	Drop-off only
Marcus Garvey Park	122nd Street & Madison Avenue	Drop-off only
Morningside Park	West 123rd Street & Morningside Avenue	Drop-off only
Pleasant Village Community Garden	355 Pleasant Avenue between East 118th and 119th Streets	Drop-off only
Riverside Park*	West 83rd Street & Riverside Drive	Chipping
Sherman Creek Park*	Sherman Creek Center at 3725 10th Avenue, north of Dyckman Street	Chipping
Stuyvesant Town*	20th Street at 20th Street Loop, east of First Avenue	Chipping
Tompkins Square Park*	East Ninth Street between Avenues A & B	Chipping
Union Square Park (Sunday, January 10 only)	17th Street and Park Avenue	Drop-off only
Washington Square Park*	Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North	Chipping

Mulch is available at the chipping sites marked with an asterisk (*).

Queens

Location	Address	Service
Astoria Park*	19th Street & Hoyt Avenue	Chipping
Brookville Park*	Brookville Boulevard / Caney Road / 144th Avenue	Chipping
Captain Mario Fajardo Playground	Kissena Boulevard at Booth Memorial Avenue	Drop-off only
Cunningham Park*	196th Place & Union Turnpike	Chipping
Forest Park*	Forest Park Drive & Woodhaven Boulevard	Chipping
GreenThumb and Land Restoration Project Compound	10th Street & Queens Plaza South	Drop-off only
Hunter's Point South Park*	LIC Landing Events Space at 51st Avenue and Center Boulevard	Chipping
Juniper Valley Park*	80th Street between Juniper Boulevards North & South	Chipping
Oakland Playground (PS 203)*	Springfield Boulevard & 56th Avenue	Chipping
Rockaway Beach	Beach 94th Street & Shore Front Parkway	Drop-off only
Rockaway Beach	Parking lot at Beach 11th Street	Drop-off only
Rockaway Beach Neponsit Nursing Home parking lot	Rockaway Beach Boulevard - West of 149th Street	Drop-off only
Roy Wilkins Park	Park entrance at Merrick and Foch Boulevards	Drop-off only
Travers Park*	78th Street & 34th Avenue	Chipping

Mulch is available at the chipping sites marked with an asterisk (*).

Staten Island

Location	Address	Service
Clove Lakes Park*	Cheshire Place & Clove Road	Chipping
Conference House Park*	Parking lot at Hylan Boulevard & Satterlee Street	Chipping
Father Macris Park	Fahy Avenue & Lambert's Lane	Drop-off only
Midland Beach*	Parking lot #6 at Father Capodanno & Graham Boulevards	Chipping
Silver Lake Tennis House	University Place & Revere Street	Drop-off only
Tappen Park	Bay & Canal Streets	Drop-off only
Willowbrook Park	Richmond Avenue & Eton Place	Drop-off only
Wolfe's Pond Park	Cornelia Avenue & Hylan Boulevard	Drop-off only

Mulch is available at the chipping sites marked with an asterisk (*).