Parks Department employees take Christmas trees and grind them up to wood chips.
Those chips are then used at parks across the five boroughs.
New Yorkers can even take home a bag for their own use.
The event lasts throughout the weekend.
Here is a list of locations:
THE BRONX
Brook Park* East 141st Street and Brook Avenue Chipping
Co-Op City Co-Op Boulevard and Bellamy Loop Drop-off only
El Flamboyan Community Garden 586 Tinton Avenue at East 150th Street Drop-off only
Fort #4 Playground Reservoir Avenue and Webb Avenue Drop-off only
Kossuth Playground Mosholu Parkway North / Kossuth Avenue Drop-off only
Metropolitan Oval Parkchester* Metropolitan Avenue and Unionport Road Chipping
Padre Plaza / Success Garden 541 East 139th Street, between St. Ann's Avenue and Brook Avenue Drop-off only
Pelham Bay Park Parking lot at Middletown Road and Stadium Avenue Drop-off only
Poe Park Grand Concourse between East Kingsbridge Road and East 192nd Street Drop-off only
Soundview Park* Story Avenue and Morrison Avenues Chipping
St. James Park West 192nd Street and Jerome Avenue Drop-off only
Van Cortlandt Park* Golf course at Bailey Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South Chipping
Williamsbridge Oval Park Reservoir Place and Reservoir Oval Drop-off only
BROOKLYN
Amazing Garden Columbia Street and Carroll Street Drop-off only
Brooklyn Bridge Park* Plymouth Street and Adams Street Chipping
Brower Park Brooklyn Avenue at Prospect Place Drop-off only
Cobble Hill Park* Clinton Street and Verandah Place Chipping
Coffey Park Dwight Street and Verona Street Drop-off only
Fort Greene Park* Washington Park and Myrtle Avenue Chipping
Gowanus Canal Conservancy* Fifth Street & Second Avenue Chipping - Sunday only
Green Space at President Street 222 Fifth Avenue and President Street Drop-off only
Herbert Von King Park Marcy Avenue and Lafayette Avenue Drop-off only
Linden Park Linden Boulevard and Vermont Street Drop-off only
Maria Hernandez Park* Suydam Street and Knickerbocker Avenue Chipping
Marine Park* East 33rd Street and Avenue U Chipping
McCarren Park* Lorimer Street and Driggs Avenue Chipping
McGolrick Park Monitor Street and Driggs Avenue Drop-off only
Owl's Head Park* 68th Street and Colonial Road Chipping
Prospect Heights Community Farm 254 St. Marks Avenue, between Underhill Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue Drop-off only
Prospect Park* Third Street and Prospect Park West Chipping
Prospect Park* Park circle at Parkside Avenue Chipping
Red Hook Park Lorraine Street and Henry Street Drop-off only
St. John's Recreation Center Bergen Street between Troy Avenue and Schenectady Avenue Drop-off only
Sunset Park 44th Street and 6th Avenue Drop-off only
Transmitter Park Greenpoint Avenue between West Street and the East River Drop-off only
Washington Park Third Street and Fifth Avenue Drop-off only
MANHATTAN
Bennett Park West 185th Street and Fort Washington Avenue Drop-off only
Carl Schurz Park* East 86th Street and East End Avenue Chipping
Central Park West 65th Street and Central Park West Drop-off only
Central Park* West 81st Street and Central Park West, at the bridle path Chipping
Central Park East 106th Street and Fifth Avenue Drop-off only
Corlears Hook Park Jackson Street and Cherry Street, at the FDR Drive Drop-off only
Fort Tryon Park* Anne Loftus Playground at Dyckman Street and Broadway Chipping
Inwood Hill Park Isham Street and Seaman Avenue Drop-off only
Jackie Robinson Park West 145th Street and Edgecombe Avenue Drop-off only
J Hood Wright Park West 173rd Street, close to Haven Avenue Drop-off only
Marcus Garvey Park 122nd Street and Madison Avenue Drop-off only
Morningside Park West 123rd Street and Morningside Avenue Drop-off only
Riverside Park* West 83rd Street and Riverside Drive Chipping
Sherman Creek Center 3725 10th Avenue, north of Dyckman Street Drop-off only
Stuyvesant Town * 20th Street at 20th Street Loop east of First Avenue Chipping
Tompkins Square Park* East 7th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B Chipping
Union Square Park East 14th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue Drop-off only
Washington Square Park* Fifth Avenue and Washington Square North Chipping
QUEENS
Astoria Park* 19th Street and Hoyt Avenue Chipping
Brookville Park* Brookville Boulevard between Caney Road and 144th Avenue Chipping
Captain Mario Fajardo Playground Kissena Boulevard at Booth Memorial Avenue Drop-off only
Cunningham Park* 196th Place and Union Turnpike Chipping
Forest Park* Forest Park Drive and Woodhaven Boulevard Chipping
Hunter's Point South Park* LIC Landing Events Space at 51st Avenue and Center Boulevard Chipping
Juniper Valley Park* 80th Street between Juniper Boulevard North and South Chipping
Queensbridge Park Vernon Boulevard and Queensbridge Park Greenway Drop-off only
Rockaway Beach Beach 94th Street and Shore Front Parkway Drop-off only
Rockaway Beach Parking lot at Beach 11th Street Drop-off only
Roy Wilkins Park Park entrance at Merrick Boulevard and Foch Boulevard Drop-off only
Travers Park* 78th Street at 34th Avenue Chipping
Windmuller Park Lawrence Virgilio Playground at 39th Drive and 54th Street Drop-off only
Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND
Clove Lakes Park* Cheshire Place and Clove Road Chipping
Conference House Park* Parking lot at Hylan Boulevard and Satterlee Street Chipping
Father Macris Park Fahy Avenue and Lambert's Lane Drop-off only
Midland Beach* Parking lot #6 at Father Capodanno Boulevard and Graham Boulevard Chipping
Silver Lake Tennis House University Place and Revere Street Drop-off only
Summit Avenue Parking Lot Across from 105 Summit Avenue Drop-off only
Tompkinsville Park* Bay Street and Victory Boulevard Chipping
Tappen Park Bay Street and Canal Street Drop-off only
Willowbrook Park Richmond Avenue and Eton Place Drop-off only
Wolfe's Pond Park Cornelia Avenue and Hylan Boulevard Drop-off only
Mulch is available at the chipping sites marked with an asterisk (*).
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