Volunteer Opportunities From: Sanitation Foundation

Volunteer: Cleanup at Clarkson and Flatbush

We are cleaning Clarkson Ave between Flatbush and Bedford from 10-11AM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

We are cleaning Clarkson Ave between Flatbush and Bedford from 10-11AM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 1, 2025

Zip Code: 11226

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Community Cleanup!

We are happy to be partnering with South Queens Women's March to do a community cleanup along Liberty Ave. Leave Your Mark on the Community! Join us to clean Liberty Ave from 130th Street to Lefferts Blvd!  

Register to volunteer with us on Eventbrite here.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Abuela Neighborhood Maintenance

We are happy to be partnering with South Queens Women's March to do a community cleanup along Liberty Ave. Leave Your Mark on the Community! Join us to clean Liberty Ave from 130th Street to Lefferts Blvd!  

Register to volunteer with us on Eventbrite here.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Abuela Neighborhood Maintenance

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 1, 2025

Zip Code: 11419

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Textile Repair Fair

Textile Repair Fair
Sat. Nov.1st, 10:30am - 2:30pm

FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! NO REGISTRATION NEEDED.

Join our Textile Repair Coaches to skillshare:

Busted seams – Small Holes – Missing Buttons – Hems – Visible Mending

Bring 1-2 items for repair. First come first served.Join our mending circle to repair your own clothes and welcome to bring own supplies.*
*Mending circle will not have instruction

Have textiles beyond repair as well as e-waste to recycle?
E-Waste and Textile Collection Event

Same date and time! Powered by Lower East Side Ecology Center.


E-waste collected:

Household and office electronics (computers, laptops, keyboards, printers), smaller entertainment electronics (video game consoles, cell phones, MP3 players), and TVs, VCRs, DVDs, DVRs.)Textiles collected: clothing, shoes, accessories, linens, and all fabric items that are clean, dry, and unsoiled. Textile drop offs must be in bags!

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Neighborhood Cleanup Group: The Clean Bushwick Initiative

Textile Repair Fair
Sat. Nov.1st, 10:30am - 2:30pm

FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! NO REGISTRATION NEEDED.

Join our Textile Repair Coaches to skillshare:

Busted seams – Small Holes – Missing Buttons – Hems – Visible Mending

Bring 1-2 items for repair. First come first served.Join our mending circle to repair your own clothes and welcome to bring own supplies.*
*Mending circle will not have instruction

Have textiles beyond repair as well as e-waste to recycle?
E-Waste and Textile Collection Event

Same date and time! Powered by Lower East Side Ecology Center.


E-waste collected:

Household and office electronics (computers, laptops, keyboards, printers), smaller entertainment electronics (video game consoles, cell phones, MP3 players), and TVs, VCRs, DVDs, DVRs.)Textiles collected: clothing, shoes, accessories, linens, and all fabric items that are clean, dry, and unsoiled. Textile drop offs must be in bags!

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Neighborhood Cleanup Group: The Clean Bushwick Initiative

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 1, 2025

Zip Code: 11222

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Hook Creek Park Wetlands-Wildlife Community Cleanup 2025

Rosedale Preservation Society Community Cleanup
The mission and focus of the neighborhood wetlands-street cleanup is sanitation maintenance-care and education-attention to the wetlands environment at Hook Creek Park, a natural wetlands preservation and bird-fish-wildlife habitat.

Hook Creek Cleanup: This foundational community street cleanup will target the Hook Creek wetlands environment and sixty (60+) street tree beds which are exposed-prone to illegal commercial vehicles, excessive debris-garbage-trash disposal, and unsanitary dog walkers. -- (on Huxley Streets adjacent to wetlands and at the canoe-kayak launch).

Event Meeting Location
HOOK CREEK PARK, Huxley Streets at Craft Avenue - 149th Avenue, Rosedale (Queens), New York 11422

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Ongoing Projects

* Hook Creek Park (HCP) Wetlands-Wildlife Walking Tour ... (30-45-minutes, area preference)
* DSNY-SF-Sanitation "Community Cleanup" (sidewalks-streets, street tree beds, wetlands)
* NYC-DPR-Parks "Street Tree Care" (street tree beds, aeration-mulch, wood chips)
* NYC-DPR "Greenstreets Care" (garden bed planting-weeding, 5-street intersections)
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**Citizen Scientist Research** ... (ongoing, monthly)
* NYC-DPR-Parks "Street Tree Habitats" Project ... (pollinator plants tree beds, ground preparation)

 * New York Sea Grant + SRIJB | Community Coastal Flooding ... (advocacy, monitoring, training)


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Community Clean-Up Walkthrough-Outreach.
The neighborhood wetlands-street cleanup will include a community walkthrough to outreach to property owners, community members-residents, and our supportive volunteer visitors.  The plan is for one to three (1-3) hours of community stewardship on the weekends (Friday-Saturday-Sunday), on an as needed basis.  The plan is to recruit-engage additional volunteers through community canvassing, targeting the property owners who live near and community members who frequent higher profile areas, including local businesses.

This is a community call-to-action for environmental impact awareness. Inquire about being a community 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) steward for your block-community-neighborhood.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Rosedale Preservation Society

Rosedale Preservation Society Community Cleanup
The mission and focus of the neighborhood wetlands-street cleanup is sanitation maintenance-care and education-attention to the wetlands environment at Hook Creek Park, a natural wetlands preservation and bird-fish-wildlife habitat.

Hook Creek Cleanup: This foundational community street cleanup will target the Hook Creek wetlands environment and sixty (60+) street tree beds which are exposed-prone to illegal commercial vehicles, excessive debris-garbage-trash disposal, and unsanitary dog walkers. -- (on Huxley Streets adjacent to wetlands and at the canoe-kayak launch).

Event Meeting Location
HOOK CREEK PARK, Huxley Streets at Craft Avenue - 149th Avenue, Rosedale (Queens), New York 11422

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Ongoing Projects

* Hook Creek Park (HCP) Wetlands-Wildlife Walking Tour ... (30-45-minutes, area preference)
* DSNY-SF-Sanitation "Community Cleanup" (sidewalks-streets, street tree beds, wetlands)
* NYC-DPR-Parks "Street Tree Care" (street tree beds, aeration-mulch, wood chips)
* NYC-DPR "Greenstreets Care" (garden bed planting-weeding, 5-street intersections)
- - - - - - - - - -
**Citizen Scientist Research** ... (ongoing, monthly)
* NYC-DPR-Parks "Street Tree Habitats" Project ... (pollinator plants tree beds, ground preparation)

 * New York Sea Grant + SRIJB | Community Coastal Flooding ... (advocacy, monitoring, training)


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Community Clean-Up Walkthrough-Outreach.
The neighborhood wetlands-street cleanup will include a community walkthrough to outreach to property owners, community members-residents, and our supportive volunteer visitors.  The plan is for one to three (1-3) hours of community stewardship on the weekends (Friday-Saturday-Sunday), on an as needed basis.  The plan is to recruit-engage additional volunteers through community canvassing, targeting the property owners who live near and community members who frequent higher profile areas, including local businesses.

This is a community call-to-action for environmental impact awareness. Inquire about being a community 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) steward for your block-community-neighborhood.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Rosedale Preservation Society

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 11422

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Pineapple Plaza by the Sea Clean Up November 8th 2025

Date: November 8th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: 9100 Bay Parkway (dead end by the bay)

Join us for our Pineapple Plaza Open Street event while we kick off day by cleaning up! We aim to clean up and prepare the dead end by the water and the adjacent sidewalks. We'll start at the dead and clean up towards the Belt Parkway.

Afterwards there will be Pineapple Bike Cafe, a free bike repair, snacks, refreshments, and Street Lab children's programming, imagination stations, games, floor mural drawings,

(This location is the dead end of Bay Parkway adjacent to Ceasar's Bay shopping center and MatchPoint Sports complex, where the greenway begins.)

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Pineapple

Date: November 8th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: 9100 Bay Parkway (dead end by the bay)

Join us for our Pineapple Plaza Open Street event while we kick off day by cleaning up! We aim to clean up and prepare the dead end by the water and the adjacent sidewalks. We'll start at the dead and clean up towards the Belt Parkway.

Afterwards there will be Pineapple Bike Cafe, a free bike repair, snacks, refreshments, and Street Lab children's programming, imagination stations, games, floor mural drawings,

(This location is the dead end of Bay Parkway adjacent to Ceasar's Bay shopping center and MatchPoint Sports complex, where the greenway begins.)

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Pineapple

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 8, 2025

Zip Code: 11214

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Cleanup at Rogers and Fenimore

We are cleaning Rogers between Fenimore and Hawthorne from 10-11AM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

We are cleaning Rogers between Fenimore and Hawthorne from 10-11AM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 8, 2025

Zip Code: 11225

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Bushwick Community Cleanup

Join Us for a Bushwick Community Cleanup!

REGISTER HERE
Help us make a positive impact in our neighborhood.
El Puente and Bushwick Clean Initiative is organizing a community cleanup to bring people together and take pride in our shared spaces.


Date: November 8th, 2025 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: 311 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
Everyone is welcome. Your participation matters. Supplies will be provided! __________________________________________________________________________________________

¡Únete a nosotros en la Limpieza Comunitaria de Bushwick!

REGÍSTRATE AQUÍ

Ayúdanos a generar un impacto positivo en nuestro vecindario.
El Puente y Clean Bushwick Initiative están organizando una limpieza comunitaria para unir a la gente y enorgullecernos de nuestros espacios compartidos.


Fecha: 8 de noviembre de 2025 Hora: 10:00 a. m. a 12:00 p. m.
Ubicación: 311 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
Todos son bienvenidos. Tu participación es importante. ¡Se proporcionarán suministros!

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: The Clean Bushwick Initiative

Join Us for a Bushwick Community Cleanup!

REGISTER HERE
Help us make a positive impact in our neighborhood.
El Puente and Bushwick Clean Initiative is organizing a community cleanup to bring people together and take pride in our shared spaces.


Date: November 8th, 2025 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: 311 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
Everyone is welcome. Your participation matters. Supplies will be provided! __________________________________________________________________________________________

¡Únete a nosotros en la Limpieza Comunitaria de Bushwick!

REGÍSTRATE AQUÍ

Ayúdanos a generar un impacto positivo en nuestro vecindario.
El Puente y Clean Bushwick Initiative están organizando una limpieza comunitaria para unir a la gente y enorgullecernos de nuestros espacios compartidos.


Fecha: 8 de noviembre de 2025 Hora: 10:00 a. m. a 12:00 p. m.
Ubicación: 311 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
Todos son bienvenidos. Tu participación es importante. ¡Se proporcionarán suministros!

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: The Clean Bushwick Initiative

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 8, 2025

Zip Code: 11221

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Cleanup at Hawthorne and Bedford

We are cleaning Hawthorne between Bedford and Rogers from 2-3PM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

We are cleaning Hawthorne between Bedford and Rogers from 2-3PM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 9, 2025

Zip Code: 11225

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Cleanup at Rutland and Nostrand

We are cleaning Rutland between Nostrand and New York from 10-11AM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

We are cleaning Rutland between Nostrand and New York from 10-11AM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 15, 2025

Zip Code: 11225

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Cleanup at Flatbush and Parkside

We are cleaning Flatbush between Parkside and Church from 2-3PM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

We are cleaning Flatbush between Parkside and Church from 2-3PM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 16, 2025

Zip Code: 11225

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Cleanup at Nostrand and Maple

We are cleaning Nostrand between Maple & Lincoln from 6-7PM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

We are cleaning Nostrand between Maple & Lincoln from 6-7PM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 18, 2025

Zip Code: 11225

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Cleanup at Winthrop and Rogers

We are cleaning Winthrop between Rogers and New York from 10-11AM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

We are cleaning Winthrop between Rogers and New York from 10-11AM. Join us! All supplies included, no registration necessary.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Community Cleanup PLG

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 22, 2025

Zip Code: 11225

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Sparrow's Nest Community Garden

GreenThumb community gardens are developed, led, and cared for by dedicated volunteer gardeners who critically upkeep them as public green spaces.

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE

Through the help of community board 4, what use to be a old outdoor gym has become a large community garden now called Sparrows Nest. We invite all community members to join us and become involved with something so vital in our lives... nature!. Sparrow's Nest is in the process of reinventing the space and looking for new garden members. This is a great opportunity to join a growing garden, and start your gardening dreams!

No experience is necessary, and everyone is welcome, just show up!

Sparrow’s Nest is working toward being open 20 hours each week for all to enjoy. It’s a place to connect with nature, grow together, and strengthen our neighborhood roots.  

This event is co-hosted by NYC Parks GreenThumb. We are proud to be the nation’s largest urban community gardening program, sustaining over 550 gardens throughout New York City. With GreenThumb’s support, community gardens are centers of environmental justice, ensuring that our city is fairer, safer, and greener for all. GreenThumb’s events are free and open to the public.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: CB4 Community Gardens

GreenThumb community gardens are developed, led, and cared for by dedicated volunteer gardeners who critically upkeep them as public green spaces.

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE

Through the help of community board 4, what use to be a old outdoor gym has become a large community garden now called Sparrows Nest. We invite all community members to join us and become involved with something so vital in our lives... nature!. Sparrow's Nest is in the process of reinventing the space and looking for new garden members. This is a great opportunity to join a growing garden, and start your gardening dreams!

No experience is necessary, and everyone is welcome, just show up!

Sparrow’s Nest is working toward being open 20 hours each week for all to enjoy. It’s a place to connect with nature, grow together, and strengthen our neighborhood roots.  

This event is co-hosted by NYC Parks GreenThumb. We are proud to be the nation’s largest urban community gardening program, sustaining over 550 gardens throughout New York City. With GreenThumb’s support, community gardens are centers of environmental justice, ensuring that our city is fairer, safer, and greener for all. GreenThumb’s events are free and open to the public.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: CB4 Community Gardens

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Nov 22, 2025

Zip Code: 11368

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Clarkson 1 and Beyond

The first 4 meetings on Sundays (beginning March 23) will be on Clarkson 1. The following 4 Sundays Clarkson 2, and the next 4 Sundays Clarkson 3. Then break to see how things are going. Will have tree bed tools for aeration. Keep an eye out for seed bombs. Woot woot.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: The Groundskeeper Club

The first 4 meetings on Sundays (beginning March 23) will be on Clarkson 1. The following 4 Sundays Clarkson 2, and the next 4 Sundays Clarkson 3. Then break to see how things are going. Will have tree bed tools for aeration. Keep an eye out for seed bombs. Woot woot.

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: The Groundskeeper Club

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 11226

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Little Manila Park Clean Up with Woodside Neighborhood Association

Join us every 1st and 3rd SATURDAY to help clean out a vacant lot and prepare for the opening of Little Manila Park. 

April 5th and 19th | 10-2pm 

Meet at 70th Street corner 41st Ave in Woodside, Queens

7 train to 69th Street 

Please reach out to Lorial to sign up: lecrowder@gmail.com

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Little Manila Park

Join us every 1st and 3rd SATURDAY to help clean out a vacant lot and prepare for the opening of Little Manila Park. 

April 5th and 19th | 10-2pm 

Meet at 70th Street corner 41st Ave in Woodside, Queens

7 train to 69th Street 

Please reach out to Lorial to sign up: lecrowder@gmail.com

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Little Manila Park

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 11377

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Little Manila Park Clean Up with Woodside Neighborhood Association

Come out to help clear out the vacant lot which is being converted to a public green space Little Manila Park. 


Every 1st and 3rd Saturday from 10am-2pm

April 1 

April 19


7 train to 69th and Fisk 

Supplies will be provided as well as merienda - snack! 

Please wear sturdy shoes and bring your water bottle. 


Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Little Manila Park

Come out to help clear out the vacant lot which is being converted to a public green space Little Manila Park. 


Every 1st and 3rd Saturday from 10am-2pm

April 1 

April 19


7 train to 69th and Fisk 

Supplies will be provided as well as merienda - snack! 

Please wear sturdy shoes and bring your water bottle. 


Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Little Manila Park

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 11377

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Spring Clean and Earth Day Community Clean-UP

Join the MXBB Group for our Spring Clean and Earth Day Community Clean-Up



Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Malcolm X Boulevard Beautification Group

Join the MXBB Group for our Spring Clean and Earth Day Community Clean-Up



Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Malcolm X Boulevard Beautification Group

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 10037

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: 137th Ave and 174th Street Jamaica Cleanup

Grass need cutting and leaves removed for compost

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Jamaica Blooms Clean Streets Group

Grass need cutting and leaves removed for compost

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Jamaica Blooms Clean Streets Group

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 11434

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: 137th Ave and 174th Street Jamaica Cleanup

Grass need cutting and leaves removed for compost!

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Jamaica Blooms Clean Streets Group

Grass need cutting and leaves removed for compost!

Neighborhood Cleanup Group: Jamaica Blooms Clean Streets Group

Volunteer Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 11434

Allow Groups: No