At our Bushwick thrift store on 378 Troutman St, we gladly accept donations of:
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Clothing, accessories, and shoes
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Home goods including vases, lamps, glasses, utensils, plates, and pans
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Books, CDs, DVDs, records, and cassette tapes
(No encyclopedias, dictionaries, periodicals, or textbooks) -
Toys and games
Please make sure all donated items are clean and in working condition.
Some items cannot be accepted at our Bushwick location, including:
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Furniture
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Appliances
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Building materials
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Paint
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Medical equipment
Furniture, appliances, building materials, and paint can instead be donated at Big Reuse’s Gowanus location at 1 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY.
We’re located at 378 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY, accessible by the Jefferson Avenue L train stop and the B38 bus stop at DeKalb Avenue/Irving Avenue. Before donating, please review our full Bushwick Reuse Center Donation Guidelines in English and Spanish. You can also stop by our Bushwick thrift store to shop secondhand, discover unique finds, and support reuse in your neighborhood.
If you’re hoping to make a little more space at home and want your things to be useful to someone else, we’d love to help. At our Bushwick thrift store, we welcome all kinds of secondhand donations. Each item you bring in helps us build a more sustainable, connected community right here in New York City.
As our Bushwick Reuse Center Manager, John Martin, recently shared, “Sometimes it’s an object from 40 years ago that someone remembers growing up with, and it’s just exactly what that person needs at that time. Everything can find another home and our job is to do our best to make that happen.”
When you donate your items to our Bushwick Reuse Center, you’re helping keep good things out of the landfill and making sure they stay in the neighborhood, ready for a new story.
New to Big Reuse? Check out more of Big Reuse’s work to fight climate change through reuse, composting, caring for street trees, planting trees, environmental education, and zero waste programs.
Written by NYSERDA Fellow Tatiana Guerra