Here's Where Bed-Stuy Can Drop Their Christmas Trees

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN— Instead of leaving your Christmas tree on the sidewalk after the holidays this year, there is a less wasteful way to dispose of the used-up conifer — drop it at one of the city's dozens of mulch sites.

This year, "Mulchfest" runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 8. It includes tree drop-off sites around Brooklyn, where the Parks Department will take each tree and break it into wood chips to nourish city parks.

A few of the sites will also offer free mulch for New Yorkers to take home and nourish their own gardens.

Trees can be dropped off at any Mulchfest location during park hours until Jan. 8, while the "chipping" sites will have their mulch giveaways the weekend of Jan. 7-8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days.

Here are the Mulchfest sites around Bed-Stuy.

• Myrtle Village Green: 638 Myrtle Ave. (Drop-off only)
• Herbert Von King Park: 670 Lafayette Ave. (Drop-off only)
• Fort Green Park: 312 Myrtle Ave (Chipping)

Remember to take off all lights, ornaments and netting before bringing a tree to a Mulchfest site, the Parks Department asks.

In 2020, Mulchfest collected 48,230 trees for recycling, from residents as well as tree vendors who dropped off their unsold trees. The event has run for more than 20 years.

View the full list of Mulchfest sites around New York here.