DeCostole Recycling and Transfer Station
Brooklyn, NY
Facility details
- Address
- 1481 Troy Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11203 - Phone
- (718) 241-6428
- Website
- decostole.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station, Recycling
- County
- Kings County
- EPA Region
- 2
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- DeCostole Carting Inc
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110019079389
Programs on file: FIS 2-6104-00079 · NPDES permit NYR11Q236
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, STORM WATER CONSTRUCTION
EPA record updated 2013-06-27
About this facility
A transfer station is a staging point in the solid-waste system. Collection trucks, roll-off haulers and in many places residents with a pickup load drop waste on a tipping floor, where it is consolidated into larger transfer trailers or rail containers and moved to a landfill, waste-to-energy plant or recycling facility. Haulers use transfer stations to keep route trucks working locally instead of driving to a distant disposal site. Some transfer stations are open to the public, while many municipal sites are restricted to residents with a permit or sticker. Larger sites weigh loads and charge by the ton; smaller ones charge per bag or per item. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead, especially for bulky items, construction debris, tires, appliances or anything that may be restricted.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Brooklyn Resource Recovery Recycling 0.8 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Plakos Scrap Processing Inc-Brooklyn 2 Metals 1.3 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Plakos Scrap Processing MetalsRecycling 1.6 mi · New York, NY
- Irving Scrap Metal Recycling 1.6 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Sarik Auto Center Inc Metals 2.7 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Gershow Recycling of Brooklyn Recycling 2.9 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- WALT Electronics Recycling Recycling 3.0 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- 26th Ward WPCP Recycling 3.1 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Pennsylvania Avenue LF Landfill 3.1 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Class A Cars Metals 3.5 mi · Brooklyn, NY
Nearest landfill: Pennsylvania Avenue LF, Brooklyn — 3.1 mi
Area served
Serves Brooklyn, Howard Beach, Ridgewood, Ozone Park, Breezy Point, Woodhaven, New York, Rockaway Park, Maspeth, Middle Village, South Ozone Park, Far Rockaway.
County context
One of 14 transfer stations in Kings County, NY.
ZIP 11203 population 76,853.
New York solid-waste agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)