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COURIER L 14 IFE, JANUARY 8-14, 2021
It’s the mulch
wonderful time
of the year!
Where to mark ‘Mulchfest’ in BK
MULCH IT: Mulchfest is a yearly tradition in which thousands of Brooklynites ditch their
Christmas trees and turn them into mulch for city parks. File photo by Stefano Giovannini
BY BEN VERDE
The most wonderful time of year
has come and gone, and thousands of
Brooklynites are now left with a rotting
tree in their living room.
Thankfully, the tree-huggers at the
Parks Department are transforming
into tree-shredders for the fi rst two
weekends of January, offering Brooklynites
the chance to turn their Christmas
trees into nutrient-rich mulch
that helps nourish the city’s green
spaces, or bring home their own bag of
mulch if they are lucky enough to have
a green space of their own.
The Parks Department along with
the Department of Sanitation has collected
and mulched trees for over 20
years on the heels of the holidays during
a tradition now lovingly referred
to as “Mulchfest.” The city agencies
mulch an average of 25,000 to 30,000
trees annually, with Mulchfest 2020
setting records with over 50,900 trees
eradicated.
Mulchfest 2021 will take place on
Jan. 2 and 9. Here is where you can drop
off and mulch your tree in Brooklyn:
Drop-off only:
Amazing Garden (261 Columbia St.
in Columbia Waterfront)
Brooklyn Heights Promenade (Columbia
Heights and Cranberry Street
in Brooklyn Heights)
Brower Park (Brooklyn Avenue at
Prospect Place in Crown Heights)
Coffey Park (Dwight Street and Verona
Street in Red Hook)
Green Space at President Street (222
Fifth Ave. in Park Slope)
Herbert Von King Park (Marcy Avenue
and Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-
Stuyvesant)
McGolrick Park (Monitor Street and
Driggs Avenue in Greenpoint)
Prospect Park (Lincoln Road and
Ocean Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens)
Sunset Park (44th Street and Sixth
Avenue in Sunset Park)
Washington Park (Third Street and
Fifth Avenue in Park Slope)
Chipping services available:
Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 2 Parking
Lot in Brooklyn Heights)
Cobble Hill Park (Clinton Street and
Verandah Place in Cobble Hill)
Domino Park (River Street and
South Third Street in Williamsburg)
Fort Greene Park (Washington Park
and Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene)
Maria Hernandez Park (Suydam
Street and Knickerbocker Avenue in
Bushwick)
Marine Park (East 33rd Street and
Avenue U in Marine Park)
McCarren Park (Lorimer Street and
Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg)
Owl’s Head Park (68th Street and Colonial
Road in Bay Ridge)
Prospect Park (Park Circle at Parkside
Avenue in Windsor Terrace, and
Third Street at Prospect Park West in
Park Slope)
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