Update to the Update: The collection date has been changed again. Set your leaves out for collection at the curb after 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 18th. Collection will begin on Sunday, December 19th.
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Update: The collection date has been changed. Set your leaves out for collection at the curb after 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 11th.
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Raked-up leaves will be picked up curbside on Saturday, November 20th, and Saturday, December 4th, in Brooklyn community boards 7 and 12 (as well as in 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 and 9 through 18).
The Department of Sanitation will turn the leaves into compost to nourish street trees, soil, and parks.
Leaf set-out guidelines:
- Collect the leaves in paper lawn & leaf bags or in unlined rigid
containers. Don't put them in plastic bags.
- Set the leaves out for collection at the curb after 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 20th, and Saturday, December 4th.
- Don't put any leaves, grass, branches, and yard clippings generated by hired professionals out for curbside collection. They have to be disposed of by the hired professionals themselves.
Free leaf bags can be picked up in Brooklyn at these events, while supplies last:
- December 4th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, Prospect Park West and Flatbush Avenue
- December 4th, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., FAD Holiday Market at St. Paul’s Church, 190 Court Street
- December 4th, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Wyckoff-Bond Garden, 189-195 Wyckoff Street
- December 7th, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Red Hook Library, 7 Wolcott Street
- December 8th, noon to 2 p.m., 64 Street Community Garden, 373 64 Street
- December 11th, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Clinton Hill, CSA 345 Waverly Avenue
- December 11th, 10 a.m. to noon, Sunset Park BID, 44 Street and 7 Avenue
- December 11th, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Shore Road Park Clean-Up, 91 Street and Shore Road
- December 13th, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Bushwick Inlet Park, 86 Kent Avenue
If your home participates in the brown bin curbside composting collection
program, you already receive leaf collection service. Place your leaves at the curb in the brown
bins or in paper leaf bags or unlined rigid containers for pick-up on your usual curbside composting collection day.