Thank you, New Yorkers! We already have thousands of pounds of leaves beginning to turn into fabulous compost as some two dozen gardens around the city do their part to make up for the loss of the Department of Sanitation’s leaf composting program. Here are your dropoff options for this week (click here for the full listing by date, through Dec. 5). And keep those leaves coming!
*In the event of rain, please stop by your local LeafDrop site to check availability*
FOR THURSDAY, NOV. 12
In Queens (check out the map of Queens LeafDrop gardens):
St Mark’s Garden — 33-50 82nd St. @ 34th Avenue 11372; 6-8 p.m. (Jackson Heights)
In the Bronx (here’s the map):
Friends of Brook Park — East 141st Street and Brook Avenue, 10454; when open, by appointment or leave at gate (Mott Haven)
The Little Green Garden — 60 Elton Avenue 10451; 2-4 p.m. (Morrisania/Melrose)
FOR SATURDAY, NOV. 14
(all hours 11-1 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
Brooklyn Bears Carlton Avenue Community Garden – 397-401 Carlton Ave., between Greene Ave. and Fulton St. 11238 (Ft. Greene)
North Brooklyn Compost Project – McCarren Park @ N12th st. (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
Community Boerum Street Garden – Boerum btw Bushwick and White (East Williamsburg Industrial Park)
Earth Matter Bushwick Composting Station – 9 Linden St. @ Broadway 11221 (Bushwick)
East 4th St. Community Garden, 10 a.m.-noon – 179 East 4th St. between Ft. Hamilton Parkway & Caton Avenue 11218 (Windsor Terrace)
Hart to Hart – 108 Hart St., between Marcy and Tomkins 11206 (Bed-Stuy)
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)
Sunshine Community Garden – 99-100 McKibben, between Graham and Manhattan 11206 (Williamsburg)
Warren St. Marks Community Garden – 623 Warren St. over to 94 St. Marks between 4th and 5th Avenues 11217 (Park Slope)
Wyckoff-Bond Garden – 189-195 Wyckoff St., at southwest corner of intersection with Bond 11217 (Boerum Hill)
In the Bronx:
Friends of Brook Park –when open, by appointment or drop leaves at gate — East 141st Street and Brook Avenue, 10454 (Mott Haven)
The Little Green Garden – 2-4 p.m.–60 Elton Avenue 10451 (Morrisania/Melrose)
St Mark’s Garden — 11 a.m.-3 p.m. — 33-50 82nd St. @ 34th Avenue 11372 (Jackson Heights)
Morris-Jumel Community Garden — noon-3 p.m. — 457 W. 162nd @ Amsterdam/St.Nicholas 10032 (Washington Heights)
FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 15
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)
Woodbine Block Association Garden – 146 Woodbine St. between Central and Evergreen 11221 (Bushwick)
In the Bronx:
Friends of Brook Park –when open, by appointment, or drop leaves at gate — East 141st Street and Brook Avenue, 10454 (Mott Haven)
Astoria Park/Astoria Park Alliance –19th Street and Astoria Park South 11102 (Astoria)