Here's Where To Drop Your Christmas Tree In Greenwich Village

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — 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 — including in the Greenwich Village area.

This year, "Mulchfest" runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 8. It includes tree drop-off sites around Manhattan, 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.

Here are the Mulchfest sites around Greenwich Village.

• Washington Square Park: Fifth Avenue and Washington Square North (Drop-off only)
• Tompkins Square Park: East 7th Street between Avenue A and B (Chipping)
• Union Square Park: Union Square East between East 16h Street and East 17th Street (Drop-off only)

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.