To repeat: Last year, our NYC Council representatives cut the collection and compost of residential leaves out of the city’s budget.
So we – community gardeners, neighborhood associations, and concerned residents – are uniting to harvest and compost fallen leaves, and to document our efforts. We want to keep the compostables out of landfills and persuade the City Council and the Mayor to reinstate the Department of Sanitation’s compost project.
Saturday, Nov. 7, was our first day of collection — one garden reported getting almost 600 pounds!
Join the LeafDrop party! Bring your leaves to these gardens on Sunday, Nov. 8.
Click on borough titles for maps!
Brooklyn Bears Carlton Avenue Community Garden – 397-401 Carlton Ave., between Greene Ave. and Fulton St. 11238 (Ft. Greene)
Earth Matter Bushwick Composting Station – 9 Linden St. @ Broadway 11221 (Bushwick)
East 4th St. Community Garden – 179 East 4th St. between Ft. Hamilton Parkway & Caton Avenue 11218 (Windsor Terrace)
Flatbush CommUNITY Garden – 1550 Albemarle @ Buckingham Road 11226 (Ditmas Park)
Prospect Heights Community Farm – St. Marks Ave btw Vanderbilt and Underhill (Prospect Heights)
6/15 Green – 274 15th St. @ 6th Avenue 11215 (Park Slope)
St. Marks Ave/ Prospect Heights Community Garden – 525 St. Marks Ave., between Vanderbilt and Clermont 11238 (Prospect Heights)
Spencer St. Community Garden – 230 Spencer between DeKalb and Willoughby 11205 (Bed-Stuy)
THE BRONX
Friends of Brook Park– East 141st Street and Brook Avenue, 10454 (Mott Haven)
Full-screenAstoria Park/Astoria Park Alliance — 19th Street and Astoria Park South 11102 (Astoria)
Intersection of Astoria Blvd, 8th St., 30th Ave/Main Ave. 11102 (Hunter’s Point)
Brooklyn Bears Carlton Avenue Community Garden – 397-401 Carlton Ave., between Greene Ave. and Fulton St. 11238 (Ft. Greene)
Community Boerum Street Garden – Boerum btw Bushwick and White (East Williamsburg Industrial Park)
David Foulke Memorial Garden – 250 Bergen btw Bond and Nevins 11217 (Boerum Hill)
Eagle Street Rooftop Farms – 44 Eagle St. @ Franklin Avenue 11211 (Greenpoint)
East New York Farms! UCC Youth Garden — 613 New Lots Ave. @ Schenk Avenue 11207 (East New York)
Earth Matter Bushwick Composting Station – 9 Linden St. @ Broadway 11221 (Bushwick)
Flatbush CommUNITY Garden – 1550 Albemarle @ Buckingham Road 11226 (Ditmas Park)
Hart to Hart – 108 Hart St., between Marcy and Tomkins 11206 (Bed-Stuy)
North Brooklyn Compost Project – Opposite 228 N. 12th St. in McCarren Pk 11211 (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
Prospect Heights Community Farm – St. Marks Ave btw Vanderbilt and Underhill (Prospect Heights)
Red Shed Garden – 266 Skillman Avenue @ Kingsland 11211 (Williamsburg)
6/15 Green – 274 15th St. @ 6th Avenue 11215 (Park Slope)
Spencer St. Community Garden – 230 Spencer between DeKalb and Willoughby 11205 (Bed-Stuy)
Sunshine Community Garden – 99-100 McKibben, between Graham and Manhattan 11206 (Williamsburg)
St. Marks Ave/ Prospect Heights Community Garden – 525 St. Marks Ave., between Vanderbilt and Clermont 11238 (Prospect Heights)
Warren St. Marks Community Garden – 623 Warren St. over to 94 St. Marks between 4th and 5th Avenues 11217 (Park Slope)
Woodbine Block Association Garden – 146 Woodbine St. between Central and Evergreen 11221 (Bushwick)
Wyckoff-Bond Garden – 189-195 Wyckoff St., at southwest corner of intersection with Bond 11217 (Boerum Hill)
THE BRONX
East 141st Street and Brook Avenue, 10454 (Mott Haven)
The Little Green Garden
60 Elton Avenue 10451 (Morrisania/Melrose)
Astoria Park/Astoria Park Alliance
19th Street and Astoria Park South 11102 (Astoria)
Intersection of Astoria Blvd, 8th St., 30th Ave/Main Ave. 11102 (Hunter’s Point)
St Mark’s Garden
33-50 82nd St. @ 34th Avenue 11372 (Jackson Heights)
MANHATTAN
Clinton Community Garden — West 48th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues 10019 (Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen)
Morris-Jumel Community Garden 457 W. 162nd @ Amsterdam/St.Nicholas 10032 (Washington Heights)
mjcg in washington heights, manhattan is also accepting leaves:
http://morrisjumelcommunitygarden.wordpress.com/