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# Need To Get Rid Of Those Bagged Leaves? Here’s Where You Can Find Composting Sites In Our Neighborhood
- URL: https://bklyner.com/need-get-rid-bagged-leaves-heres-can-find-composting-sites-neighborhood-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-12-04T21:00:25.000Z
- Updated: 2014-12-04T21:00:25.000Z
- Author: Anna Gustafson
- Tags: Church Avenue Communal Garden, Flatbush Community Garden, #API-Imported

![Compost for Brooklyn photo](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Compost-for-Brooklyn-photo.jpg)

Looking for somewhere in the neighborhood to drop those final bags of autumn leaves? Or maybe you want to get rid of some food scraps? You can do so at the following composting locations:

[**Compost for Brooklyn**](http://compostforbrooklyn.org/drop-off-hours/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**Where:** Newkirk Avenue & E. 8th Street  
**When:** Every Thursday from 2-4pm in December; Saturday, December 13; Saturday, December 27; Sunday, December 7; Sunday, December 21  
**Items accepted:** Leaves and garden trimmings (both of which need to be in a clear plastic or brown paper bags) and residential food scraps, such as potato peels, apple cores, coffee grinds, tea leaves, etc. They do not accept dairy, meat, bones, lawn clippings, coconut shells, or compostable dinnerware.

[**Cortelyou Greenmarket**](http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/cortelyou?ref=bklyner.com)  
**Where:** Cortelyou Road between Argyle and Rugby Roads  
**When:** Every Sunday, 8am-1pm  
**Items accepted:** Food scraps and leaves (leaves must be in clear plastic or brown paper bags).

[**Flatbush CommUNITY Garden**](http://flatbushcommunitygarden.blogspot.com/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**Where:** 1550 Albemarle Road, at Buckingham Road  
**When:** For members only onTuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, 7am-7pm  
**How to become a member:** Email [flatbushcommunitygarden@gmail.com](http://www.blogger.com/flatbushcommunitygarden@gmail.com?ref=bklyner.com).

[**Church Avenue Communal Garden**](http://sustainableflatbush.org/tag/church-avenue-communal-garden/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**Where:** Behind the [Flatbush Reformed Church](https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushReformedChurch) at Kenmore Terrace and East 21st Street  
**When:** Varies. Email [flatbushcommunitygarden@gmail.com](mailto:flatbushcommunitygarden@gmail.com) for more information.  
**Items accepted:** Leaves and food scraps.