Recycle Tomorrow
In response to complaints from residents, Community Board 2 contacted the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) about the impact of back-to-back Monday holidays this month. We learned something we hadn’t heard before: When there are back-to-back holidays, like today, recyclables will be collected after the second holiday.
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) suspends garbage and recycling pick up on certain holidays, including Lincoln’s Birthday and President’s Day this month. Generally, residents are instructed to set out garbage after 5pm (4pm from October 1 to March 31) on the holiday for collection beginning the next day, which may occur earlier or later than normal collection.
Residents are also instructed to hold their recyclables until the following week. This had in the past presented a bit of a hardship when there are back-to-back holidays on the same day of the week, as is the case in February and sometimes at Christmas and New Years. Some residents had been required to hold their recycling for up to three weeks.
That rule has changed. When there are back to back holidays, recyclables will be collected after the second holiday.
For questions about Sanitation services and holiday schedules, contact 311 or visit the DSNY website at www.nyc.gov/sanitation.
Useful Links
Read the press release about recycling collection tomorrow
Learn the DSNY holiday schedule
Look up the refuse and recycling days for an individual address
Find out what and how to recycle in New York City
Bike Share Community Planning Workshop
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Sessions will begin at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
St. Francis College - Callahan Center
180 Remsen St. (bet. Court & Clinton Sts.)
Join Brooklyn Community Board 2, local residents and business owners at a roundtable planning workshop to help decide how bike share should work and where stations should go in Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Heights and Clinton Hill. The planning workshop is in partnership with Community Board 2, NYC Council Members Letitia James and Stephen Levin, and NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery.
Visit www.nyc.gov/brooklyncb2 to learn more about Community Board 2.
The Fort Greene Association (FGA) is devoted to historic preservation, neighborhood and park enhancement, as well as cultural, economic and housing advancement throughout the neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. We are an all-volunteer organization operating as a non-profit 501(c) (3) charitable organization that supports and works in concert with the many other fine organizations that make our community so special and vital. If you are not a current member of the Fort Greene Association please visit our website to learn how you can contribute to your community.
