Extra Trash & Recycling Pickups Scheduled For Passover

Worried you won’t be able to get your Chometz, other trash and recycling out before Passover begins this Friday, April 2? Fear not! Community Board 12 and Community Board 14 have you covered.

For neighbors in Community Board 12:

CB 12, which covers Kensington, Midwood and Borough Park, announced that the Sanitation Department will pick up bulk trash items until Erev Pesach on Friday, April 3. Neighbors are asked to place these items at the curb as early as possible.

The entire district will get a recycling pickup from 12am midnight to 8am on Friday, April 3. Everyone should place their recycling on the curb on Thursday night.

Additionally, the district will get a regular garbage pickup that will start Friday morning at 6am and will run until the entire district is picked up. (Remember that, due to a new law that went into effect January 1, Sanitation will not pick up electronic items. For more information about getting rid of them, go here. You may also call the community board at 718-851-0800 to find an electronics recycling location.)

Bread burning will occur on Friday, April 3. All bread burning must be completed by 11:45am — a curfew that CB 12 said will be strictly enforced by the FDNY. As of Wednesday afternoon, CB 12 said the specific burn sites, which will be supervised by CB 12 volunteers and others, have not yet been announced by the city, but as soon as they are, they will be published on CB 12’s website.

For more information about the Passover schedules, go here. If you have questions about the extra trash pickup or recycling schedules, call CB 12 at 718-851-0800.
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For neighbors in Community Board 14:

CB 14 announced that Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia approved the board’s plan for additional sanitation services in the portion of Kensington that CB 14 covers, to help neighbors prepare for Passover, which begins at sundown on Friday.

For areas with regular pickup on Tuesday/Friday or Wednesday/Saturday, there is an additional collection on Thursday, April 2, and for those with regular pickup on Monday/Thursday there is an additional collection on Friday, April 3.

For a map showing where the extra collections will take place, click here.

There will also be additional recycling collection this Friday, April 3, from midnight to 8am. All recycling materials must be placed at the curbside on the evening of Thursday, April 2.

All Chometz and other refuse should be placed at the curbside no later than 11am on Friday, April 3. The use of plastic bags for these special collections is strongly suggested.

For non-regular refuse items like air conditioners, refrigerators, mattresses, paint, and electronics, please make use of the DSNY’s How do I dispose of…? tool.

If you have any questions about the Passover schedules, you can call the CB 14 District Office at 718-859-6357 during regular business hours.

And to all who celebrate, Chag Pesach Sameach!