Here’s everything you need to know about Mulchfest in Brooklyn, where you can drop-off your tree to be recycled, or take home your own bag of mulch during Chipping Weekend! Tree drop-offs will be accepted from December 26, 2025 through January 11, 2026 at various locations in Brooklyn Bridge Park and around New York City. Plus, information about NYC Sanitation collection of Christmas trees in Brooklyn this year!
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Chipping Weekend
All tree chipping will take place on Chipping Weekend, Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11 from 10am to 2pm each day. Locations include:
- Pier 3 Plaza | Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Fort Greene Park | Fort Greene
- Park Circle at Parkside Avenue | Prospect Park
- Third Street and Prospect Park West | Prospect Park
- Domino Park | Williamsburg
- McCarren Park | Williamsburg
- McGolrick Park | Greenpoint
- Maria Hernandez Park | Bushwick
- Owl’s Head Park | Bay Ridge
- Marine Park | Marine Park
Attendees can take home a bag of mulch to use in their own gardens or yards, or to make a winter bed for local street trees.
Brooklyn Bridge Park drop-off locations
- Dock Street & Water Street, between Empire Stores and St. Ann’s Warehouse
- Jay Street & John Street in DUMBO
- Pier 3 Plaza, both a drop-off and Chipping Weekend location
- Pier 5 Uplands, near OddFellows Ice Cream
- Fruit Street Sitting Area (Columbia Heights & Cranberry Street) near Squibb Park and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Curbside collection
The Department of Sanitation will collect clean, non-bagged trees left on the curb weather permitting on curbside composting collection days any time. City residents should remove all tree stands, tinsel, lights and ornaments from trees before they are put out for collection. Trees and wreaths that still have items attached cannot be composted. All details here. Trees will be chipped, mixed with leaves, and recycled into rich compost for the city’s parks, institutions, and community gardens. Those wishing to dispose of artificial Christmas trees should remove all lights and ornaments and disassemble them to recycle the base and trunk (pole) with metal, glass, plastic, and cartons on your recycling day.
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Updated: December 25, 2025. Main Image: 12th Annual Flatfoot Flatbush on Flatbush Avenue.
