El esperado Año Nuevo ya está aquí y es hora de retirar los árboles de Navidad de la sala de estar.
Los neoyorquinos pueden depositar los árboles naturales en la acera entre el 4 y el 15 de enero, plazo durante el cual el Departamento de Sanidad los triturará y los usará como abono en los parques y jardines de la ciudad.
El personal solo se llevará los árboles que estén limpios de todos los adornos, luces y soportes.
Asimismo, los neoyorquinos también pueden dejar sus árboles en uno de los casi 70 sitios que participan en Mulchfest, un programa del Departamento de Parques que se extiende hasta el 9 de enero.
Estas son las locaciones en los cinco condados:
EL BRONX
- Brook Park Youth Farm: East 141st Street and Brook Avenue
- Co-Op City: Co-Op Boulevard and Bellamy Loop
- Metropolitan Oval Parkchester: Metropolitan Avenue and Unionport Road
- Pelham Bay Park: Parking lot at Middletown Road and Stadium Avenue
- Soundview Park: Story Avenue and Morrison Avenue
- St. James Park: West 192nd Street and Jerome Avenue
- Van Cortlandt Park: Golf course at Bailey Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South
- Williamsbridge Oval Park: Reservoir Place and Reservoir Oval
BROOKLYN
- Amazing Garden: 261 Columbia Street
- Brooklyn Bridge Park: Plymouth Street and Adams Street
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Columbia Heights and Cranberry Street
- Brower Park: Brooklyn Avenue at Prospect Place
- Cobble Hill Park: Clinton Street and Verandah Place
- Coffey Park: Dwight Street and Verona Street
- Fort Greene Park: Washington Park and Myrtle Avenue
- Green Space at President Street: 222 Fifth Ave.
- Herbert Von King Park: Marcy Avenue and Lafayette Avenue
- Maria Hernandez Park: Suydam Street and Knickerbocker Avenue
- Marine Park: East 33rd Street and Avenue U
- McCarren Park: Lorimer Street and Driggs Avenue
- McGolrick Park: Monitor Street and Driggs Avenue
- Owl's Head Park: 68th Street and Colonial Road
- Prospect Park: Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue, Park circle at Parkside Avenue, Third Street and Prospect Park West
- Sunset Park: 44th Street and 6th Avenue
- Washington Park: Third Street and Fifth Avenue
MANHATTAN
- Bennett Park: West 185th Street and Fort Washington Avenue
- Bowling Green: South Plaza between Broadway and Whitehall Street
- Carl Schurz Park: East 86th Street and East End Avenue
- Central Park: East 106th Street and Fifth Avenue, West 65th Street and Central Park West, West 81st Street and Central Park West, at the bridle path
- Corlears Hook Park: Jackson Street and Cherry Street
- Highbridge Park: Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue
- Inwood Hill Park: Isham Street and Seaman Avenue
- J Hood Wright Park: West 173rd Street near Haven Avenue
- Marcus Garvey Park: East 120th Street and Madison Avenue
- Morningside Park: West 123rd Street and Morningside Avenue
- Riverside Park: West 83rd Street and Riverside Drive
- Stuyvesant Town: East 20th Street at 20th Street Loop (east of First Avenue)
- Tompkins Square Park: East 7th Street between Avenue A and Avenue
- Union Square Park: East 14th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South
- Washington Square Park: Fifth Avenue and Washington Square North
QUEENS
- Astoria Park: 19th Street and Hoyt Avenue
- Brookville Park: Brookville Boulevard and 143rd Avenue
- Captain Mario Fajardo Playground: Kissena Boulevard at Booth Memorial Avenue
- Cunningham Park: 196th Place and Union Turnpike
- Forest Park: Forest Park Drive and Woodhaven Boulevard
- Francis Lewis Park: Third Avenue and Whitestone Expressway
- Hunter's Point South Park: 51st Avenue and Center Boulevard
- Juniper Valley Park: 80th Street between Juniper Boulevard North and South
- Queensbridge Park: Vernon Boulevard and Queensbridge Park Greenway
- Rockaway Beach: 94th Street and Shorefront Parkway
- Roy Wilkins Park: Park entrance at Merrick Boulevard and Foch Boulevard
- Travers Park: 78th Street and 34th Avenue
- Windmill Community Garden: 39-22 29th Street
- Windmuller Park at Lawrence Virgilio Playground: 34th Drive and 54th Street
STATEN ISLAND
- Clove Lakes Park: Cheshire Place and Clove Road
- Conference House Park: Parking lot at Hylan Boulevard and Satterlee Street
- Father Macris Park: Fahy Avenue and Lambert's Lane
- Midland Beach: Parking lot #8 at Father Capodanno Boulevard and Graham Boulevard
- Silver Lake Tennis House: Revere Street and University Place
- Tappen Park: Bay Street and Canal Street
- Westerleigh Park: Maine Avenue and Neal Dow Avenue
- Willowbrook Park: Richmond Avenue and Eton Place
- Wolfe's Pond Park: Cornelia Avenue and Hylan Boulevard