Composting Guide in Manhattan
GrowNYC Compost Program is an initiative created by the Council on the Environment of New York City (CENY). Another Compost Program is led by Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESC). There is an abundant amount of these Compost drop-off sites throughout Manhattan and this is a guide.
Lower Manhattan
Starting from the underbelly, downtown Manhattan has several locations to compost at. Bowling Green Greenmarket is a popular compost site for compost drop-off serving battery park residents.
Broadway &, Whitehall St, New York, NY 10004
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/manhattan/bowling-green-tu
Tribeca Greenmarket located between Greenwich st. and Duane st. is another compost drop-off site serving the Tribeca area.
Greenwich St between Chambers and, Duane St, New York, NY 10013
Moving above Battery Park and Tribeca, we have Tompkins Square Greenmarket drop-off compost site located between E 7th st. & Ave A.
Ave A & Tompkins Square, E 7th St, New York, NY 10009
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/manhattan/tompkins-square
Slightly above that one, we have StuyTown Greenmarket located in the Southwest end of Stuyvesant Town Oval, near 14th Street Loop.
Avenue A &, 14th St Loop, New York, NY 10009
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/manhattan/stuyvesant-town
Additionally, Union Square Greenmarket also has a drop-off site located in the NE Section of Union Square Park. Next, we have Abingdon Square Greenmarket in W. 12th St and 8th Ave.
Union Square W &, E 17th St, New York, 10003
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/manhattan-union-square-m
Midtown Manhattan
Moving up, we have St. Vartans Park located in E 36th Street and First Avenue with a compost drop-off site run by LESC.
1st Avenue &, E 35th St, New York, NY 10016
https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/st-vartan-park-compost-drop-off/2021-05-22/
Next week we have Hudson River Park's Pier 76 at W. 34th St. with a compost site run by the Hudson River Park. Additionally we have Mathews-Palmer Park compost drop-off site.
353 West St, New York, NY 10011
Upper Manhattan
On the Upper West Side, we have 79th St. Greenmarket with their compost drop-off site run by GrowNYC.
Columbus Avenue &, W 77th St, New York, NY 10024
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/manhattan/79th-street
While on the Upper East Side, we have East 96th Street Food Scrap Drop-off also run by GrowNYC. In Manhattan Valley, we have 97th Street Greenmarket drop-off site.
W 97th St between Columbus & Amsterdam, Manhattan
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