Facility details
- Address
- 51st and Almeda Street
Far Rockaway, NY 11691 - Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Queens County
- EPA Region
- 2
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1938 / 1990
- Ownership
- Public · New York City, NY
- Waste in place
- 5,187,263 tons (as of 1990)
- Design capacity
- 5,187,263 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 173,093 tons per year
Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024
About this facility
A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.
Nearby facilities
- Inwood Material Terminal Transfer Station 1.5 mi · Inwood, NY
- Sanitary District #1 Transfer Station 2.7 mi · Lawrence, NY
- Russo Recycling Recycling 3.2 mi · Rosedale, NY
- Russo Recycling Company/Whip Realty Corp Recycling 3.2 mi · Rosedale, NY
- Long Beach Recycling Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.2 mi · Long Beach, NY
- Fountain Avenue LF Landfill 5.7 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Pennsylvania Avenue LF Landfill 5.7 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Gershow Recycling of Valley Stream Recycling 5.9 mi · Valley Stream, NY
- Valley Stream Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.0 mi · Valley Stream, NY
- 26th Ward WPCP Recycling 6.4 mi · Brooklyn, NY
Nearest other landfill: Fountain Avenue LF, Brooklyn — 5.7 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Amstel Recycling & Concrete Corp0.9 mi · Arverne, NY · 5 drivers
- Solomon's Garbage Removal1.0 mi · Far Rockaway, NY · 1 driver
- D Daniels Contracting Ltd1.9 mi · Inwood, NY · 4 drivers
- Airline Container Service Inc1.9 mi · Inwood, NY · 2 drivers
- Edwin Ortiz1.9 mi · Inwood, NY · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Arverne, Far Rockaway, Inwood, Atlantic Beach, Jamaica, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Woodmere, Rockaway Park, Rosedale, Valley Stream, Springfield Gardens.
County context
The only listed landfill in Queens County, NY.
184 waste haulers in Queens County, NY.
ZIP 11691 at a glance
- Population
- 69,359 (9,980 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 37
- Households
- Median income $56,135 · 31% earn six figures
- Housing
- 28% owner-occupied · median home value $675,685 · median rent $1,425
- Workforce
- 55% labor-force participation · 10.1% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
New York solid-waste agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)