Special Waste Drop-Off, Queens (College Point)
DSNY’s Queens Special Waste Drop-Off is at the corner of its Queens District 7 garage on 30th Avenue, College Point.
The Special Waste Drop-Off, Queens (College Point) is on 30th Avenue between 120th and 122nd Streets, at the northwest corner of DSNY’s Queens District 7 garage. Its hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed on legal holidays and in severe weather. It is the one DSNY drop-off site in Queens.
Serves: New York City trash pickup and drop-off rules.
About this site
College Point refuses household chemicals, gasoline, fire extinguishers, medications and sharps. Queens residents can bring those to any DSNY SAFE Disposal event; the ones still ahead in 2026 are on October 11 (Brooklyn), October 17 (Staten Island) and October 24 (the Bronx).
Rules at every DSNY drop-off
All five Special Waste Drop-Off sites work the same way: you unload yourself with DSNY staff on hand, the sites are for New York City residents only, proof of residency may be requested, and businesses and commercial vehicles are turned away. The accepted list and per-visit limits are the same everywhere; see the NYC Department of Sanitation listing.
- Type
- Household hazardous waste site
- State
- New York
- City
- New York City
- Address
- 30th Avenue between 120th and 122nd Streets, College Point, Queens, NY
- Hours
- Tuesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed legal holidays and in severe weather
- Who can use it
- New York City residents only; staff may ask for a New York State driver license or utility bill; no businesses or commercial vehicles
- Takes
- Aerosols, all batteries, e-waste, vapes, fluorescent bulbs, skin lightening products, and per visit up to 10 quarts of motor oil or transmission fluid, two motor oil filters, 5 gallons of paint, four passenger car tires and two mercury devices
- Does not take
- Household cleaners, pesticides, gasoline, gas cylinders, fire extinguishers, medications and sharps, which go to SAFE Disposal events; business waste
- Run by
- New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY)
- Phone
- 212-639-9675
- Official website
- nyc.gov
- Primary source
- nyc.gov
- Last verified
Questions
Where is the Queens Special Waste Drop-Off in College Point?
Where do Queens residents take items the College Point site refuses?
Does the College Point drop-off take household trash?
Sources
- New York City Department of Sanitation, Special Waste Drop-Off: site location and entrance, hours, accepted items and limits, rules.
- New York City Department of Sanitation, SAFE Disposal Events: upcoming borough events and what they take.
Sources and corrections
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