Facility details
- Address
- 65-55 Traffic Ave
Ridgewood, NY 11385 - Phone
- (212) 473-3687
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- greenup.nyc
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Queens County
- EPA Region
- 2
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
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
- USA Shred Recycling 0.9 mi · Maspeth, NY
- Commercial Recycling Technology LLC Recycling 1.0 mi · Maspeth, NY
- New Style Recycling Corp Recycling 1.4 mi · Maspeth, NY
- Scrap King USA Recycling 1.4 mi · Ridgewood, NY
- Empire State Cardboard Paper Recycling Recycling 1.5 mi · Maspeth, NY
- Allocco Recycling Recycling 1.5 mi · New York, NY
- Allocco ARC Scrap Metal Recycling Metals 1.5 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Messerole St Recycling Recycling 1.6 mi · Brooklyn, NY
- Maspeth Recycling Inc Recycling 1.6 mi · Maspeth, NY
- Hi-Tech Resource Recovery Inc MRFRecycling 1.8 mi · Brooklyn, NY
Nearest landfill: Fountain Avenue LF, Brooklyn — 4.1 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Castle Sanitation Corp0.7 mi · Glendale, NY · 11 drivers
- Kings County Carting Corp0.7 mi · Flushing, NY · 3 drivers
- Dedicated Junk Team LLC0.7 mi · Glendale, NY · 1 driver
- All Boro Industries0.7 mi · Ridgewood, NY · 3 drivers
- Empire Recycling Services LLC0.7 mi · Glendale, NY · 3 drivers
Area served
Serves Ridgewood, Middle Village, Maspeth, Brooklyn, Rego Park, Elmhurst, Woodhaven, Woodside, Sunnyside, Forest Hills, Ozone Park, Jackson Heights.
County context
One of 32 recycling centers in Queens County, NY.
184 waste haulers in Queens County, NY.
ZIP 11385 at a glance
- Population
- 101,704 (10,862 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 37
- Households
- Median income $88,838 · 44% earn six figures
- Housing
- 31% owner-occupied · median home value $862,118 · median rent $2,004
- Workforce
- 69% labor-force participation · 7% 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)