May 7

On this first Sunday in May, someone decided that it might be a good day to toss the Christmas/holiday tree ... and did so on Avenue A and Sixth Street so that we can all enjoy it for a little longer.

Thank you to EVG reader Eli for the photo.

Dec. 18

One week before Christmas is a good time to discard last year's tree (or, by the look of things, the tree from 2014)...

Bonus: The lights and stand are intact...



Avenue A and Fourth Street if you want to save your money from buying a fresh tree this season. This one is ready to go.

Nov. 12

Given that the Christmas/holiday tree stands will be arriving in about two weeks, it seems like a good idea to go ahead and toss last year's edition... which might be why EVG reader Riian Kant-McCormick spotted this fresh-looking pine beauty on Avenue A and Sixth Street today... easily setting a new tree-tossing record, for anyone keeping track of such important things.

Aug. 30

@DukeToddIsAlive spotted this lovely late last night/early this morning on Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square...

Given the possible record-setting status, a team was quickly mobilized to the area for further authentication and documentation purposes... but they weren't in time...



Until this matter is settled, we're asking the city not to accept any more deliveries to the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility in Brooklyn until November. So just don't throw anything away for awhile. Thanks!

Aug. 7

An EVG reader shared this photo from today on Seventh Street... the reader said that he woke up to "what sounds like someone struggling to pull a bag of trash down the stairs" in the apartment building. Turns out someone simply decided that it was time to discard the holiday tree...though falling short of the tree-tossing record by several weeks.

Aug. 3

Someone obviously attempted to steal the thunder away from National Watermelon Day today by discarding a pretty sweet fake holiday tree on East 12th Street near Second Avenue...

Photo via Mary on East 12th Street

Happy holidays, and watch out for the sinkhole

Someone has combined creating a sinkhole warning with offering holiday wishes on Third Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...

Thanks to the ever-vigilant @salim for the photo!

June 14

EVG reader Susan spotted this tonight on East Fifth Street... we aren't disclosing the cross Avenues because we are heading over now to claim it for ourselves — plenty of green left on it for December!

Beloved Chinook RV still transporting precious holiday tree cargo

[Back in March via Andréa Stella]

Back in March, we noted the above holiday-tree-carrying Chinook RV here along East 14th Street near Avenue A.

Fast-forward to today, when a special EVG correspondent spotted the Chinook on the road (Avenue B and Third Street) ... still with the [much deader] tree on top...



Per the EVG special correspondent: "Note that the tree is tied on firmly with red cord — as if it’s really important or something?"

Is that a question?

A wet Christmas forecast

As these photos suggest, late April is a popular time to discard the ol' Christmas/holiday tree... on city sidewalks... and in waterways...



EVG reader Carol spotted this scene yesterday at Stuyvesant Cove. As she notes, "judging by the buoyancy and needle mass, I'd guess it went in recently." Indeed.

[Updated] April 29

Spotted near the 9th Precinct on East Fifth Street this evening.

Despite the lack of a newspaper to vouch for the date, we spotted Officer Tubbs leaving the station house... and he verified the sighting...

Updated!



Further proof comes via EVG reader Carol Puttre, who also spotted the tree...

Updated2!

All of this is moot... because we spotted this one today on East Fourth Street near Second Avenue...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A reader spotted this today on Avenue C and East Second Street... While it seems a little cruel and careless to toss a tree like this, it also gives us a good idea for our next tree stand...

Have tree - will travel (next stop, Christmas Town?)

EVG reader Andréa Stella spotted this strapped atop a Chinook RV here along East 14th Street near Avenue A...technically not a discarded holiday tree given that it's still atop a Chinook RV (hey, I didn't create the rules — just interpreting them)...

If this helps...

March 14 (and March 13)

Yesterday morning, we noted the mound of trash that erupted on St. Mark's Place near Third Avenue.

We were so busy focusing on the two basketballs and partially thawed frozen waffles in the trash ... we somehow missed the holiday tree tossed in with everything else...



Since then, several readers have noted the tree...



By late this afternoon, the tree was alleged to be drunk...


[Photo by Derek Berg]

Holiday/xmas tree reminders on this Feb. 28th

[EVG photo from this morning]

For some strange reason, people continue to bring their holiday/Christmas trees to be trecycled in the middle of Tompkins Square Park. (Why is this strange? Because it's only Feb. 28. You have a few more months to enjoy the trees.)

Anyway, something to keep in mind if you are going to dispose of your tree today. You won't need to quietly chuck it on First Avenue at East Fifth Street ...


[Photo this morning by EVG reader Steph]

Or leave it by the former Mobil station lot on Avenue C and East Houston/Second Street...


[EVG photo from this morning]

Though you have to admit the addition of the tree brings out the lot's natural beauty.

Feb. 24

Despite having a few more months — give or take a few months — to enjoy the holiday/Christmas tree... someone decided to toss their tree just two months after Christmas Eve... spotted along Third Avenue this evening by EVG reader Sarah12, with bonus points for documenting the date via the Post...Gruber MacDougal, wherever he has been, would be proud.

Free trees for the holidays!

Well, people leaving town for the holidays (perhaps!) continue to toss their trees. (Maybe MulchFest should move up their date from January?) The tossed trees seem to be everywhere...



So perhaps if you've been holding off on buying a tree this holiday season, then you can pick one up for free. (Or if you want a second tree for the home.) Or if you want a new tree, then you can check out Stacie Joy's round-up of neighborhood stands here.

Photos today by Derek Berg

Aug. 18

An EVG reader spotted this beaut in a trash can on East Seventh Street at Cooper Square… as for the strict authentication requirement, the reader points to the time stamp and date (today!) on his or her phone… (and the arrow in case you are wondering what we are looking at here…)

April 19

Someone yesterday along East 14th Street decided that it was time to toss the xmas tree and the hammock. Two unwanted seasonal items taken care of at one time.

Spotted by James and Karla Murray.

April 3

Speaking of resurrections ... spotted this on St. Mark's Place today. Plenty of green left in this one. Why someone is throwing it out now is baffling. This year's winner receives a bottle of Dom Pérignon rosé (1962 vintage).