The Curbside Composting Outreach team at Big Reuse is working all over Queens to spread the word about the city’s free, borough-wide food scrap collection. If you need compost for your houseplants or a new scrap bin for your kitchen, come find us at one of our upcoming Queens events!* We’re also attending the Bay Ridge 5th Avenue festival on June 4 in Brooklyn!
(*Weather permitting; some events will only have scrap bins available)
We’re excited to attend some open garden days in Brooklyn and Queens this weekend as well (June 3 & June 4)! Check out our instagram story for the list of locations and times.
Friday, June 2
- 12pm-2pm | King Manor Museum KC Giveaway | 150-03 Jamaica Ave, Queens
- 11:30am-3:30pm | Queens Public Library at Jackson Heights | 35-51 81st St, Queens
Saturday, June 3
- 11am-2pm | Partnership for Parks event at Ehrenreich-Austin Playground | 7633 Austin St, Queens
- 12pm-3pm | RISE Rockaway Stop N Swap | Rockaway Freeway & Beach 60th St, Queens
- 1pm-4pm | Captain Tilly Family Day | 165-42, 165-92 85th Ave, Jamaica
- 2pm-5pm | Family Earth Fair at MacNeil Park | Poppenhusen Ave, College Point
Sunday, June 4
- 10am-5pm | Bay Ridge 5th Ave Festival | 5th Ave from Bay Ridge Ave to 85th St (exact Big Reuse table location to come) Brooklyn
- 11am-2pm | Partnership for Parks event at Travers Park | 76-9 34th Ave, Queens
- 11am-6pm | Queens Pridefest | 37th Rd between 75th St & 76th St, Jackson Heights
- 1pm-4pm | Mauro Playground Family Day | 73-2 Park Dr E, Flushing
Wednesday, June 7
- 12pm-5pm | Laguardia Community College Open Street | 29th St between Skillman Ave & 47th Ave, Queens
Thursday, June 8
- 11am-2pm | Commonpoint Queens Health Fair at PS/MS 200 | P.S./M.S. 200, 70-10 164th St, Queens
- 6pm-8pm | African American Music Appreciation Month series at Langston Hughes Library | 100-01 Northern Blvd, Queens
Friday, June 9
- 6pm-7:30pm | Movies Under the Stars Elmhurst Park | Elmhurst Park, 57th Avenue &, Grand Ave, Queens
Saturday, June 10
- 9am-1pm | Paradise Community Garden Annual Seed & Compost Giveaway | 107-29 Inwood St, Jamaica
- 10am-1pm | Partnership for Parks Yellowstone Park | 106-21 68th Ave, Queens, NY 11375
- 10am-2pm | Ridgewood E-waste Disposal | Rosemary Playground, Woodward Ave. &, Woodbine St, Ridgewood
- 12pm-3pm | Stop N Swap: PS17/300 Astoria | 28-37 29th St, Astoria
- 1pm-4pm | Pomonok Playground Family Day | Kissena Blvd. &, 65th Ave, Flushing
Sunday, June 11
- 11am-6pm | Forest Hills Festival of the Arts | Austin St between 72nd Ave & 71st Rd, Forest Hills
- 12pm-4pm | Transportation Alternatives 50th Anniversary Block Party | 34th Ave between 76th & 79th Streets, Jackson Heights
- 12pm-4pm | Hoover-Manton Playground Family Day | 8353 Manton St, Queens
Learn more about the curbside composting program at nyc.gov/curbsidecomposting.
Have ideas for community events in Queens we should be attending? Want us to speak to your Queens-based organization? Contact us at compostoutreach@bigreuse.org