2011 Post-Holiday Stop 'N' Swaps

Clear out all your unwanted, reusable items and bring them to the Stop 'N' Swap, where you can peruse items left by others and take home things that you can use. Free! Clean, working, portable items only, please (no furniture or other large items).

Staten Island - Saturday, January 8, 11am-2pm
St. George Library, 5 Central Ave at Hyatt St (one block from the Ferry Terminal!)

Manhattan (Inwood) - Saturday, January 22, 11am-2pm
I.S. 52 Cafeteria, 650 Academy St. b/t Broadway & Vermilyea

Bronx (Mott Haven) - Saturday, February 5, 11am-2pm
BronxWorks Betances Community Center, 547 E. 146th St at St. Ann’s Ave

Queens (Jackson Heights) - Saturday, February 12, 11am-2pm
Renaissance Charter School, basement cafeteria
35-59 81st St. b/t 37th & 35th Aves

Brooklyn (Ft. Greene) - Saturday, February 26, 11am-2pm
M.S. 113 lobby, 300 Adelphi Street b/t DeKalb and Lafayette


Tree Mulching and Curbside Pick-Up
On January 8 & 9, bring trees (cleaned of stands, tinsel and ornaments) to one of 70 MulchFest sites around the city. Trees will be recycled into mulch to nourish city trees, parks and gardens and will be available for the taking at select sites. If you miss MulchFest, the city will pick up trees (also stripped of ornaments, etc) curbside from January 3-15.


Electronics Recycling Collections
Responsibly recycle unwanted or broken electronics at one of these upcoming events (no appliances such as microwaves or refrigerators). Find a list of acceptable materials here.

MANHATTAN
Union Square Park: Sunday, January 2, 10am-4pm
Union Square Park North Plaza (Broadway at E. 17th St.)

Bowling Green Park: Saturday, January 8, 10am-4pm
East side of the park (Broadway at Beaver St.)

Tekserve: Saturday, January 15, 10am-4pm
119 West 23rd St. b/t 6th & 7th Aves
Washington Heights/Inwood: Saturday, January 22, 10am-4pm
RING Garden, Riverside Drive b/t Dyckman and Seaman Ave

Upper East Side: Sunday, January 23, 10am-4pm
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 East 70th St b/t 1st & 2nd Aves

Upper West Side: Sunday, January 23, 10am-4pm
W. 62nd St. b/t Columbus and Amsterdam Aves

BROOKLYN
Prospect Park: Sunday, January 16, 10am-4pm
Prospect Park West and 3rd Street

Habana Outpost: Saturday, January 22, 10am-4pm
Fulton Street b/t S. Portland Ave & S. Oxford St

BRONX
Longwood/Hunts Point: Saturday, January 8, 10am-4pm
East 163 Street b/t Southern Blvd and Hoe Ave

QUEENS
Queens Botanical Garden: Sunday, January 9, 10am-4pm
Parking lot entrance on Crommelin Street


Recycling & Composting at Greenmarket

*Clothing & Textiles
GrowNYC hosts weekly textile recycling drop-offs for residents at 8 Greenmarkets on 4 different days of the week.

*Rechargeable Batteries & Cell Phones
14 of our Greenmarkets accept cell phones and rechargeable batteries (no other batteries or electronics).

*Compost Drop-Off
Four of our Greenmarkets sponsor compost drop-off sites for fruit and vegetable scraps, non-greasy food scraps or leftovers (rice, pasta, bread, cereal etc.), coffee grounds & filters, tea bags, hair and nails (animal or human), egg and nut shells, cut or dried flowers, houseplants and potting soil. [Do not bring meat, chicken, fish, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy items, dog or cat feces, kitty litter, coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or insect-infested houseplants and soil.]

Participating Greenmarkets:
Union Square (Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat, 8am-6pm)
Ft. Greene (Saturdays, 8:30am-12pm)
Sunnyside (Saturdays, 9am - 12pm)
Long Island City (Wednesdays, 8am - 10am)


Thanks to the Lower East Side Ecology Center and Ft. Greene Compost Project and Western Queens Compost Initiative for providing this service!



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