Lower East Side Ecology Center
Brooklyn, NY
Facility details
- Address
- 469 President St
Brooklyn, NY 11215 - Phone
- (718) 858-8777
- Website
- lesecologycenter.org
- 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
- Lower East Side Ecology Center E-waste Warehouse
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
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- Hamiliton Avenue Marine Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.9 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- My Battery Recyclers Recycling 1.0 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Wonderful Scrap Recycling 1.0 mi · New York, NY
- SIMS / Municipal Recycling Recycling 1.1 mi · Sunset Park, NY
- SIMS Metal Municipal Recycling LLC Metals 1.6 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Circular Services NYC Recycling 1.6 mi · New York, NY
- TechWaste Recycling - New York Recycling 1.7 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Chambers Paper Fibres Corporation Recycling 1.7 mi · New York, NY
- Emerson Recycling Recycling 1.8 mi · Brooklyn, NY
Nearest landfill: Pennsylvania Avenue LF, Brooklyn — 6.4 mi
Area served
Serves Brooklyn, New York, Jersey City, NJ, Long Island City, Hoboken, NJ, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Sunnyside, Middle Village, Woodside, Weehawken, NJ, Astoria.
County context
One of 14 transfer stations in Kings County, NY.
ZIP 11215 population 70,922.
New York solid-waste agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)