Wrap up your holiday season and say goodbye to your tree at Mulchfest. Join Brooklyn Bridge Park and NYC Parks in the NYC holiday tradition of recycling your Christmas tree!
After your holiday, bring your tree to Brooklyn Bridge Park, or any Mulchfest location, and we’ll chip your tree into wood chips that will be used to nourish trees and make NYC even greener. We’ll be accepting trees December 26 through January 11.
2026 DROP OFF LOCATIONS AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK (DEC. 26 – JAN. 11, VIEW MAP):
- Pier 5 – Near OddFellows Ice Cream
- Fruit Street Sitting Area near Squibb Park, Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Pier 3 Plaza (drop off and chipping location)
- Dock Street, between Empire Stores and St. Ann’s Warehouse
- Corner of Plymouth St. & Adams St. (follow signs for exact drop-off at the former dog run)
*Drop off you tree at any of these locations between December 26 – January 11. Please remember to remove all lights, ornaments, bases, or netting before bringing the tree to a Mulchfest site. Please remove any bags or plastic.
Join us on Chipping Weekend (Saturday, January 11 & Sunday January 12, 10am-2pm) at Pier 3 Plaza to take home a tree-mento! We’ll be chipping all the trees and giving out bags of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree.
For a list of all Mulchfest locations across the city, visit NYC Park’s page here. For information on curbside collection of Christmas trees, visit DSNY’s Curbside Composting website.
