Where to drop off fall leaves for compost
Though the city's compost program has been suspended due to financial cuts, a bunch of community groups have stepped up to collect leaves for local gardens. If you've got leaves you want to drop off, the following Brooklyn locations will gladly accept them this weekend:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, from 11 am to 1 pm
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)
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)
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)
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)
FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 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)
For more info, see NYCLeaves' Project LeafDrop
(Photo: Sarah Tilotta)
Thanks for putting the list together for this weekend! And there are more opportunities next weekend, 11/21 and 11/22.
Posted by: Xris (Flatbush Gardener) | November 11, 2009 at 07:35 PM