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Queens Clean Up Crew Kick-Off Event

Kick off is at 10am in Astoria Park at 19th Street (between 23rd Ave and 22nd Drive). We invite ALL our neighbors to come out and volunteer to help clean up this beautiful community space! Hang out with your neighbors and enjoy.

Free

Life Along the Curb: Inside the Department of Sanitation of New York

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York

Anthropologist Robin Nagle explores some of the political, infrastructural, economic, and cultural complexities that shape the dynamics of solid waste management in North America's largest city.

Free

Trash: New York City’s Battle with Garbage

Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn

This class will trace New York City's protracted struggle to contain its solid waste burden, from the 19th century to the present.

Learn more at the Brooklyn Brainery!

$10