Brush Program

  • Brush pickup: You must make an appointment by calling 914-273-3000, ext. 45, or email the Highway Department. See the calendar (PDF).

  • Please no metal, plastic, wooden split rail fencing, or any other object in brush piles as this will injure our employees and damage our equipment.
  • Place brush at the curb with ends facing the road.
  • Branches cannot be longer than 4 feet and no greater than 4 inches in diameter.
  • Brush piles cannot be taller than 4 feet and nntCenter/View/https://www.northcastleny.com/DocumentCenter/View/1713/2025-Brush-o wider than 30 feet.
  • Only one brush pile per household, per month, will be picked up.
  • The brush chipper is in your zone one week every month.
  • Brush must be at curbside by the Monday of your pick-up week and not earlier than one week prior to your pick-up week. You must make an appointment.
  • Whole trees, logs, stumps, building materials, and household debris will not be picked up.
  • If a contractor or gardener prunes large quantities of branches greater than your monthly allowance, please arrange for the debris to be removed by your private contractor.
  • Town code prohibits the Highway Department from picking up a quantity greater than 4 feet by 4 feet by 30 feet.
  • Christmas trees will be picked up during the months of January and February please refer to the calendar when we will be in your zone.