GROWNYC'S COMPOST PROGRAM IS ENDING DUE TO CITY BUDGET CUTS!
Please see final days of collection below!
Established in 2011, the bg视讯 Compost Program strives to make composting second-nature for all New Yorkers by operating residential Food Scrap Drop-off sites and partnering with community composting facilities to make compost locally. Part of a larger network of over 200 Food Scrap Drop-off sites in NYC, the bg视讯 Compost Program currently operates 47 food scrap drop-off sites serving 7 thousand regular weekly participants, diverting over 25 tons of food scraps from landfills each week.
See below for updates on bg视讯 locations, and check the citywide map for more options.
Please see our list of what to bring and adhere to the drop-off schedule at each location (do not bring food scraps to closed sites). Food scraps cannot be accepted outside of stated open hours.
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BOROUGH ![]() |
LOCATION ![]() |
DAY ![]() |
COLLECTION SCHEDULES | OPERATED BY ![]() |
PROCESSING SITE ![]() |
FLYER |
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Bronx | BronxWorks Carolyn McLaughlin Community Center 1130 Grand Concourse |
Thursdays |
9am-1:30pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Bronx | Fordham Plaza Food Scrap Drop-off E Fordham Rd & 3rd Ave |
Fridays |
8:30am-11:30am | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Bronx | Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket 149th St b/t Park and Morris Aves |
PERMANENTLY CLOSED | N/A | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer coming soon |
Bronx | Morrisania Farmstand McKinley Square at 169th St & Boston Rd |
Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24 |
8:30am-1pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Bronx | Mott Haven Food Scrap Drop-off 541 E 139th St |
PERMANENTLY CLOSED | N/A | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Bronx | New Roots Community Farm 670 Grand Concourse |
Fridays |
8am-12pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Bronx | Norwood Farmstand E Gun Hill Rd & Dekalb Ave |
Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24 |
9:30am-2pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Bronx | Parkchester Food Scrap Drop-off Virginia Ave & Hugh Grant Circle |
Fridays |
7:30am-12:30pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | 7th Ave Sunset Park Greenmarket 7th Ave & 44th St |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
8am-12:30pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Bay Ridge Greenmarket 3rd Ave & 95th Street |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
8am-1pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Bed-Stuy Farmstand Decatur St and Lewis Ave |
Fridays |
7am-10:30am | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Bensonhurst Greenmarket 18th Ave & 81st St |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
9am-1:30pm | bg视讯 | Earth Matter NY | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket Court St & Montague St |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
7:30am-12pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Smith St and 1st Pl |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
8am-12pm | bg视讯 | Earth Matter NY | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Cortelyou Greenmarket Cortelyou Rd & Rugby Rd |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
9am-1pm | bg视讯 | Queens Botanical Garden | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Crown Heights Farmstand Nostrand Ave and Crown St |
Fridays |
8am-1pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Crown Heights Franklin Ave Food Scrap Drop-off Eastern Parkway & Franklin Ave |
Fridays |
8:30am-12:30pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Flatbush Junction Food Scrap Drop-off Hillel Pl & Flatbush Ave |
PERMANENTLY CLOSED |
N/A | bg视讯 | Queens Botanical Garden | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Ft. Greene Greenmarket Washington Park & Willoughby Ave |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
8am-1pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn |
Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
7:30am-3pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Kensington Food Scrap Drop-off McDonald Ave & Albemarle Rd |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
8:30am-12pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Leif Ericson Park Food Scrap Drop-off Ft. Hamilton Parkway b/t 66 & 67th Sts. |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
8:30am-12:30pm | bg视讯 | Earth Matter NY | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | McCarren Park Greenmarket N 12th St and Driggs Ave |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
8am-12pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Newkirk Ave - Little Haiti Food Scrap Drop-off Newkirk Ave & Nostrand Ave |
Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24 |
7:30am-1:30pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Brooklyn | Wilson Ave Food Scrap Drop-off Wilson Ave & Moffat St |
Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24 |
7:30am-11am | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | 58th Street Library Food Scrap Drop-off E 58th St b/t Park Ave and Lexington Ave |
Wednesdays Final Day of Collections: 05/15/24 |
7:30am-12:30pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | 79th St Greenmarket 77th St between Columbus Ave & Central Park West |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
9am-3pm | bg视讯 | Earth Matter NY | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | E 96th Street Food Scrap Drop-off East 96th St & Lexington Ave |
Fridays |
7:30am-11am | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | 97th Street Greenmarket W 97th & Amsterdam |
Fridays |
8am-11:30am | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | 145th St Food Scrap Drop-off 145th St & Edgecombe Ave |
Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24 |
8:30am-1pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | 181st Street Food Scrap Drop-off 181st St & Fort Washington Ave |
Thursdays |
8am-1:30pm |
bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Abingdon Square Greenmarket W12th St & 8th Ave |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
7:30am-12pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Abyssinian Tot Lot Food Scrap Drop-Off 130 W 139th Street |
Saturdays | 7:30am-12pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer |
Manhattan | Asphalt Green Food Scrap Drop-off East 91st St & York Ave |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
7:30am-12:30pm | bg视讯 | Earth Matter NY | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Columbia University Greenmarket 116th St & Broadway |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
8am-12pm | bg视讯 | Earth Matter NY | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket E 47th St & 2nd Ave. |
Wednesdays |
8am-12:30pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Inwood Greenmarket Seaman Ave & Isham St (N corner) |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
7:30am-11:30am | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Madison Square Park Food Scrap Drop-off Madison Ave & E 25 Street |
Wednesdays Final Day of Collections: 05/15/24 |
7:15am-1pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | St. Mary's Harlem 521 West 126th St |
Fridays |
8:30am-12pm |
bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Tompkins Square Greenmarket E 7th St & Ave A |
Sundays | 8am-5pm | LESEC | LESEC | LESEC |
Manhattan | Tribeca Greenmarket Greenwich St & Duane St |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
8am-11:30am | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Tucker Square Greenmarket 66th St & Columbus Ave |
Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24 |
9am-12pm |
bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Manhattan | Union Square Greenmarket NE Section of Union Square Park |
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat |
8am-5pm | LESEC | LESEC | LESEC |
Queens | Commonpoint Queens in partnership with The Forest Hills Green Team 67-09 108th St, Forest Hills, NY 11375 |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
10am-1pm | Forest Hills Green Team | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer N/A |
Queens | Corona Food Scrap Drop-off Roosevelt Ave & 103 St |
PERMANENTLY CLOSED |
N/A | N/A | N/A | Visit nyc.gov/compost for alternative options |
Queens | Forest Hills Greenmarket 70th Ave & Austin St |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
9am-12pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Queens | Jackson Heights Greenmarket 79th St and Northern Blvd |
Sundays |
7:30am-2pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Queens | Kew Gardens Food Scrap Drop-off Metropolitan Ave & Audley St |
Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24 |
9am-12pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Queens | Ridgewood Food Scrap Drop-off Myrtle Ave & Cypress Ave |
Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24 |
8am-11:30am | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Queens | Sunnyside Greenmarket Skillman Ave & 42nd St |
Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24 |
9am-1pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Queens | Terraza 7 Food Scrap Drop-off 40-19 Gleane St |
Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24 |
8am-1:30pm | bg视讯 | Staten Island Compost Facility | Flyer | Last Day Info |
Key:
LESEC = Lower East Side Ecology Center
Frequently Asked Questions
Why compost?
Composting is one of the easiest things that everyone can do to improve the environment, with benefits including:
- Sending Zero Waste to Landfills - over ⅓ of New York City’s residential waste stream is made up of organic waste that could be composted, including food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste.
- Fighting Climate Change - making compost locally cuts down on carbon emissions from hauling trash long distances, and methane emissions generated by anaerobic decomposition of food waste in landfills.
- Turning Waste into a Resource - compost is a valuable fertilizer that returns nutrients to soil and helps plants thrive. Food scraps dropped-off with bg视讯 become compost that is distributed for free to community gardens, urban farms, neighborhood parks, street tree beds, and members of the public.
- Keeping it Local - food scraps collected by bg视讯 are processed locally in partnership with Earth Matter, Queens Botanical Garden, the NYC Department of Sanitation, and Waste Management.
What can I compost with bg视讯?
- Accepted Materials: fruit & vegetable scraps, non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta, bread, grains, cereal), coffee grounds & filters, tea bags, egg shells & nuts, cut flowers & houseplants, soiled brown paper products, potting soil.
- Do Not Bring: meat, fish, bones, dairy, fat, oil, greasy food scraps, animal waste, charcoal, coconuts, plastics, twist ties, rubber bands, receipts, insect-infested plants, vines, excavated soil.
How should I store my food scraps?
Food scraps can be collected in reusable containers, paper bags, or plastic bags. To reduce odors at home and at the collection sites, store items in the freezer or refrigerator. A layer of shredded newspaper at the bottom of your storage container also helps.
How can I enroll in Curbside Composting?
Curbside Composting is currently available to select Community Boards in the Bronx and Manhattan, and ALL Brooklyn and Queens residents. Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island will receive service beginning in October 2024. Curbside Composting service is year-round, and every week on your recycling day. No enrollment is required, find out how to participate here: http://www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/collection/residents/curbside-composting.page
How can I make compost at home?
We recommend reading the NYC Compost Project's Outdoor Composting Guide and Indoor Composting Guide for an introduction on the art and science of making compost. If you want to dig deeper, check out the Master Composter Manual.
Can businesses drop off materials to compost?
No. Commercial food scraps are not accepted at these sites. Businesses should contact a hauler who can handle commercially-generated organic waste.
How has participation in the bg视讯 Compost Program changed over time?
The bg视讯 Food Scrap Drop-off Program is a partnership between the City of New York, the NYC Department of Sanitation, bg视讯, and community partners.