After trash collection, waste needs to be moved from the city to its final destination. NYC Sanitation's 91st Street Marine Transfer Station is the intermediate destination for household trash from many Manhattan residents.

When the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island closed in 2001, NYC Sanitation shifted to a truck-based system to remove waste from the city. At the 91st Street Marine Transfer Station, waste is dumped from collection trucks, loaded into containers and placed on barges to be offloaded onto a rail service. The waste is then transported to waste-to-energy facilities in Pennsylvania and New York. The facility began operations in March 2019 and is one of several designed by Dattner Architects for DSNY.

Tours will be led by DSNY staff and members of the Dattner Architects design team.

Closed-toe shoes are required.

This tour is not wheelchair accessible. Participants will walk through a working marine transfer station, where tons of trash is moved from trucks to containers. There may be stairs and narrow hallways on the route.

Children ages 10+ are welcome, accompanied by an adult. All persons attending, including children, must have a ticket.