Trash pickup in New York, NY

Who collects trash in New York, how trash day works, and which holidays move pickup. Checked against official city and hauler pages on Oct 15, 2026.

Next holiday to check: Election Day, Tue, Nov 3, 2026Not announcedSee every holiday

At a glance

Who collects
City crews
Hauler
NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY)
Recycling
Every week
Holiday schedule
2026 not posted yet, 2027 not posted yet
Last checked
Oct 15, 2026

The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) collects trash, recycling and curbside compost from residential buildings in all five boroughs. There is no private residential hauler. Your collection days depend on your address; look them up in DSNY's Find My Collection Schedule tool. Material in a lidded bin can go out after 6 PM the night before and bags after 8 PM, and bins must come back in by 9 PM on collection day. On recent holidays with no collection, DSNY told residents to set material out that evening, with pickup starting the next day and possible delays.

Who picks up trash in New York

City crews.

NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY)

City serviceTrashRecyclingOrganicsBulk
Area
Whole city
Phone
311 (from outside NYC: 212-639-9675 / 212-NEW-YORK)
Website
nyc.gov

Curbside compost is collected weekly on your recycling day. Since June 1, 2026, buildings with 1 to 9 units must put trash out in official NYC Bins, buildings with 31 or more units must use Empire Bins (on-street containers), and buildings with 10 to 30 units may choose either. Recyclables don't need to be in bins (clear bags are allowed), and bulk items go out with trash under DSNY rules.

Not covered

Businesses hire private carters licensed by the Business Integrity Commission / Commercial Waste Zones program, not DSNY. DSNY covers residential buildings of all sizes.

How trash day works in New York

By address. DSNY sets trash, recycling and compost days for each collection section. Look up your address in DSNY's Find My Collection Schedule tool, or call 311.

Find a trash day on nyc.gov

Recycling: every week. DSNY's composting flyer says 'Compost is collected weekly on your recycling day.' How many days a week trash is collected varies by address and is shown in the lookup tool.

Carts out: Bins (55 gallons or less, with a secure lid) can go out after 6:00 PM the night before, and bags placed directly at the curb after 8:00 PM. All waste must be out by midnight. Bring bins back in by 9:00 PM on collection day, or by 9:00 AM the next day if collection is after 4:00 PM. Source

DSNY's Empire Bins FAQ says, 'Bins containing trash, recycling, or compost may be set out at the curb as early as 6:00 PM.' Its recycling page says, 'To ensure collection, all recycling must be set out by midnight.'

New York trash pickup holiday schedule

Upcoming holidays in New York and what each does to pickup. New York hasn’t announced yet how these holidays change pickup.

DSNY recognizes these holidays: New Year's Day, MLK Jr. Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, July 4th, Labor Day, Columbus/Italian Heritage/Indigenous Peoples' Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The list doesn't say how pickup changes: DSNY posts service one holiday at a time, and its holiday page says 'Holiday service is subject to change.' The page currently shows only Oct 12, 2026 (no collection), and nothing is posted yet for the rest of 2026 or for 2027.

2026

  1. Election Day, Tue, Nov 3, 2026

    Not announced

    Trash, recycling and compost, citywide

    Not announced yet. DSNY announced no collection on Election Day in 2024 and 2025. On recent no-collection holidays, DSNY told residents to set material out that evening for pickup starting the next day. Check DSNY's holiday page closer to the date.

    Source: nyc.gov

  2. Veterans Day, Wed, Nov 11, 2026

    Not announced

    Trash, recycling and compost, citywide

    Not announced yet. DSNY announced no collection on Veterans Day 2025. On recent no-collection holidays, DSNY told residents to set material out that evening for pickup starting the next day. Check DSNY's holiday page closer to the date.

    Source: nyc.gov

  3. Thanksgiving Day, Thu, Nov 26, 2026

    Not announced

    Trash, recycling and compost, citywide

    Not announced yet. On recent no-collection holidays, DSNY told residents to set material out that evening for pickup starting the next day. Check DSNY's holiday page closer to the date.

    Source: nyc.gov

  4. Christmas Day, Fri, Dec 25, 2026

    Not announced

    Trash, recycling and compost, citywide

    Not announced yet. On recent no-collection holidays, DSNY told residents to set material out that evening for pickup starting the next day. Check DSNY's holiday page closer to the date.

    Source: nyc.gov
Not announced
The city hasn’t said yet. The note has what’s known, such as last year’s pattern.
Cleaning bins in New York?

Bins get cleaned right after pickup, so when a holiday moves trash day, your route moves with it. In Clean Bin System you give each zone its hauler and add the hauler’s holidays once: that week’s cleanings move with the pickup, and each customer gets a text. See how it works

New York neighborhoods

262 names from NYC Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (2020). Includes non-residential areas such as parks, cemeteries, airports and Rikers Island.

  • Greenpoint (Brooklyn)
  • Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
  • South Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
  • East Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
  • Brooklyn Heights (Brooklyn)
  • Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill (Brooklyn)
  • Fort Greene (Brooklyn)
  • Clinton Hill (Brooklyn)
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard (Brooklyn)
  • Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) (Brooklyn)
  • Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) (Brooklyn)
  • Bushwick (West) (Brooklyn)
  • Bushwick (East) (Brooklyn)
  • The Evergreens Cemetery (Brooklyn)
  • Cypress Hills (Brooklyn)
  • East New York (North) (Brooklyn)
  • East New York-New Lots (Brooklyn)
  • Spring Creek-Starrett City (Brooklyn)
  • East New York-City Line (Brooklyn)
  • Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South) (Brooklyn)
  • Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook (Brooklyn)
  • Park Slope (Brooklyn)
  • Windsor Terrace-South Slope (Brooklyn)
  • Sunset Park (West) (Brooklyn)
  • Sunset Park (Central) (Brooklyn)
  • Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn)
  • Prospect Heights (Brooklyn)
  • Crown Heights (North) (Brooklyn)
  • Lincoln Terrace Park (Brooklyn)
  • Crown Heights (South) (Brooklyn)
  • Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate (Brooklyn)
  • Bay Ridge (Brooklyn)
  • Dyker Heights (Brooklyn)
  • Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn)
  • Dyker Beach Park (Brooklyn)
  • Bensonhurst (Brooklyn)
  • Bath Beach (Brooklyn)
  • Gravesend (West) (Brooklyn)
  • Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) (Brooklyn)
  • Borough Park (Brooklyn)
  • Kensington (Brooklyn)
  • Mapleton-Midwood (West) (Brooklyn)
  • Gravesend (South) (Brooklyn)
  • Coney Island-Sea Gate (Brooklyn)
  • Brighton Beach (Brooklyn)
  • Calvert Vaux Park (Brooklyn)
  • Flatbush (Brooklyn)
  • Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville (Brooklyn)
  • Midwood (Brooklyn)
  • Gravesend (East)-Homecrest (Brooklyn)
  • Madison (Brooklyn)
  • Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach (Brooklyn)
  • Ocean Hill (Brooklyn)
  • Brownsville (Brooklyn)
  • East Flatbush-Erasmus (Brooklyn)
  • East Flatbush-Farragut (Brooklyn)
  • East Flatbush-Rugby (Brooklyn)
  • East Flatbush-Remsen Village (Brooklyn)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery (Brooklyn)
  • Flatlands (Brooklyn)
  • Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach (Brooklyn)
  • Canarsie (Brooklyn)
  • Marine Park-Plumb Island (Brooklyn)
  • McGuire Fields (Brooklyn)
  • Canarsie Park & Pier (Brooklyn)
  • Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
  • Barren Island-Floyd Bennett Field (Brooklyn)
  • Jamaica Bay (West) (Brooklyn)
  • Shirley Chisholm State Park (Brooklyn)
  • Mott Haven-Port Morris (Bronx)
  • Melrose (Bronx)
  • Hunts Point (Bronx)
  • Longwood (Bronx)
  • North & South Brother Islands (Bronx)
  • Morrisania (Bronx)
  • Claremont Village-Claremont (East) (Bronx)
  • Crotona Park East (Bronx)
  • Crotona Park (Bronx)
  • Concourse-Concourse Village (Bronx)
  • Highbridge (Bronx)
  • Mount Eden-Claremont (West) (Bronx)
  • Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park (Bronx)
  • Claremont Park (Bronx)
  • University Heights (South)-Morris Heights (Bronx)
  • Mount Hope (Bronx)
  • Fordham Heights (Bronx)
  • West Farms (Bronx)
  • Tremont (Bronx)
  • Belmont (Bronx)
  • University Heights (North)-Fordham (Bronx)
  • Bedford Park (Bronx)
  • Norwood (Bronx)
  • Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village (Bronx)
  • Kingsbridge-Marble Hill (Bronx)
  • Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil (Bronx)
  • Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River (Bronx)
  • Soundview-Clason Point (Bronx)
  • Castle Hill-Unionport (Bronx)
  • Parkchester (Bronx)
  • Soundview Park (Bronx)
  • Westchester Square (Bronx)
  • Throgs Neck-Schuylerville (Bronx)
  • Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island (Bronx)
  • Co-op City (Bronx)
  • Hart Island (Bronx)
  • Ferry Point Park-St. Raymond Cemetery (Bronx)
  • Pelham Parkway-Van Nest (Bronx)
  • Morris Park (Bronx)
  • Pelham Gardens (Bronx)
  • Allerton (Bronx)
  • Hutchinson Metro Center (Bronx)
  • Williamsbridge-Olinville (Bronx)
  • Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester (Bronx)
  • Wakefield-Woodlawn (Bronx)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx)
  • Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx)
  • Bronx Park (Bronx)
  • Pelham Bay Park (Bronx)
  • Financial District-Battery Park City (Manhattan)
  • Tribeca-Civic Center (Manhattan)
  • The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island (Manhattan)
  • SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square (Manhattan)
  • Greenwich Village (Manhattan)
  • West Village (Manhattan)
  • Chinatown-Two Bridges (Manhattan)
  • Lower East Side (Manhattan)
  • East Village (Manhattan)
  • Chelsea-Hudson Yards (Manhattan)
  • Hell's Kitchen (Manhattan)
  • Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square (Manhattan)
  • Midtown-Times Square (Manhattan)
  • Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village (Manhattan)
  • Gramercy (Manhattan)
  • Murray Hill-Kips Bay (Manhattan)
  • East Midtown-Turtle Bay (Manhattan)
  • United Nations (Manhattan)
  • Upper West Side-Lincoln Square (Manhattan)
  • Upper West Side (Central) (Manhattan)
  • Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley (Manhattan)
  • Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island (Manhattan)
  • Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill (Manhattan)
  • Upper East Side-Yorkville (Manhattan)
  • Morningside Heights (Manhattan)
  • Manhattanville-West Harlem (Manhattan)
  • Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill (Manhattan)
  • Harlem (South) (Manhattan)
  • Harlem (North) (Manhattan)
  • East Harlem (South) (Manhattan)
  • East Harlem (North) (Manhattan)
  • Randall's Island (Manhattan)
  • Washington Heights (South) (Manhattan)
  • Washington Heights (North) (Manhattan)
  • Inwood (Manhattan)
  • Highbridge Park (Manhattan)
  • Inwood Hill Park (Manhattan)
  • Central Park (Manhattan)
  • Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway (Queens)
  • Old Astoria-Hallets Point (Queens)
  • Astoria (Central) (Queens)
  • Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) (Queens)
  • Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills (Queens)
  • Rikers Island (Bronx)
  • Sunnyside Yards (North) (Queens)
  • St. Michael's Cemetery (Queens)
  • Astoria Park (Queens)
  • Long Island City-Hunters Point (Queens)
  • Sunnyside (Queens)
  • Woodside (Queens)
  • Sunnyside Yards (South) (Queens)
  • Calvary & Mount Zion Cemeteries (Queens)
  • Jackson Heights (Queens)
  • East Elmhurst (Queens)
  • North Corona (Queens)
  • Elmhurst (Queens)
  • Corona (Queens)
  • Maspeth (Queens)
  • Ridgewood (Queens)
  • Glendale (Queens)
  • Middle Village (Queens)
  • Mount Olivet & All Faiths Cemeteries (Queens)
  • Middle Village Cemetery (Queens)
  • St. John Cemetery (Queens)
  • Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (North) (Queens)
  • Rego Park (Queens)
  • Forest Hills (Queens)
  • College Point (Queens)
  • Whitestone-Beechhurst (Queens)
  • Bay Terrace-Clearview (Queens)
  • Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing (Queens)
  • East Flushing (Queens)
  • Queensboro Hill (Queens)
  • Flushing-Willets Point (Queens)
  • Fort Totten (Queens)
  • Kissena Park (Queens)
  • Kew Gardens Hills (Queens)
  • Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest (Queens)
  • Fresh Meadows-Utopia (Queens)
  • Jamaica Estates-Holliswood (Queens)
  • Jamaica Hills-Briarwood (Queens)
  • Mount Hebron & Cedar Grove Cemeteries (Queens)
  • Cunningham Park (Queens)
  • Kew Gardens (Queens)
  • Richmond Hill (Queens)
  • South Richmond Hill (Queens)
  • Ozone Park (North) (Queens)
  • Woodhaven (Queens)
  • South Ozone Park (Queens)
  • Ozone Park (Queens)
  • Howard Beach-Lindenwood (Queens)
  • Spring Creek Park (Queens)
  • Auburndale (Queens)
  • Bayside (Queens)
  • Douglaston-Little Neck (Queens)
  • Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills (Queens)
  • Alley Pond Park (Queens)
  • Jamaica (Queens)
  • South Jamaica (Queens)
  • Baisley Park (Queens)
  • Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village (Queens)
  • St. Albans (Queens)
  • Hollis (Queens)
  • Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park (Queens)
  • Bellerose (Queens)
  • Queens Village (Queens)
  • Cambria Heights (Queens)
  • Laurelton (Queens)
  • Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville (Queens)
  • Rosedale (Queens)
  • Montefiore Cemetery (Queens)
  • Far Rockaway-Bayswater (Queens)
  • Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere (Queens)
  • Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel (Queens)
  • Rockaway Community Park (Queens)
  • LaGuardia Airport (Queens)
  • Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (Queens)
  • Forest Park (Queens)
  • John F. Kennedy International Airport (Queens)
  • Jamaica Bay (East) (Queens)
  • Jacob Riis Park-Fort Tilden-Breezy Point Tip (Queens)
  • St. George-New Brighton (Staten Island)
  • Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills (Staten Island)
  • Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill (Staten Island)
  • West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill (Staten Island)
  • Westerleigh-Castleton Corners (Staten Island)
  • Port Richmond (Staten Island)
  • Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville (Staten Island)
  • Snug Harbor (Staten Island)
  • Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills (Staten Island)
  • New Dorp-Midland Beach (Staten Island)
  • Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights (Staten Island)
  • New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis (Staten Island)
  • Freshkills Park (North) (Staten Island)
  • Oakwood-Richmondtown (Staten Island)
  • Great Kills-Eltingville (Staten Island)
  • Arden Heights-Rossville (Staten Island)
  • Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow (Staten Island)
  • Tottenville-Charleston (Staten Island)
  • Freshkills Park (South) (Staten Island)
  • Fort Wadsworth (Staten Island)
  • Hoffman & Swinburne Islands (Staten Island)
  • Miller Field (Staten Island)
  • Great Kills Park (Staten Island)

Questions about trash pickup in New York

Who picks up trash in New York?

The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) collects trash, recycling and curbside compost from residential buildings in all five boroughs. There is no private residential hauler. Your collection days depend on your address; look them up in DSNY's Find My Collection Schedule tool. Material in a lidded bin can go out after 6 PM the night before and bags after 8 PM, and bins must come back in by 9 PM on collection day. On recent holidays with no collection, DSNY told residents to set material out that evening, with pickup starting the next day and possible delays.

How do I find my trash day in New York?

By address. DSNY sets trash, recycling and compost days for each collection section. Look up your address in DSNY's Find My Collection Schedule tool, or call 311.

Is recycling picked up every week in New York?

Yes, every week. DSNY's composting flyer says 'Compost is collected weekly on your recycling day.' How many days a week trash is collected varies by address and is shown in the lookup tool.

When do trash carts go out in New York?

Bins (55 gallons or less, with a secure lid) can go out after 6:00 PM the night before, and bags placed directly at the curb after 8:00 PM. All waste must be out by midnight. Bring bins back in by 9:00 PM on collection day, or by 9:00 AM the next day if collection is after 4:00 PM.

Is trash picked up on Thanksgiving in New York?

Thanksgiving is Thu, Nov 26, 2026. Not announced yet. On recent no-collection holidays, DSNY told residents to set material out that evening for pickup starting the next day. Check DSNY's holiday page closer to the date.

Is trash picked up on Christmas in New York?

Christmas is Fri, Dec 25, 2026. Not announced yet. On recent no-collection holidays, DSNY told residents to set material out that evening for pickup starting the next day. Check DSNY's holiday page closer to the date.

Sources

Official city and hauler pages, checked Oct 15, 2026. Schedules change, especially around holidays: check the city’s page before you plan routes. Something out of date? Email taylor@bincleanmarketing.com.

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