Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station

A neighborhood transfer station for Brooklyn residents who need to drop off household trash without driving out to a landfill. Small-scale and functional, it’s used by people hauling suitcases, bags from apartment clearouts, or the occasional contractor load. Expect a working, no-frills site rather than a park-like facility.

Drive up the access road to a single entrance where there’s usually a small booth and a lane to pull into. There’s typically a scale that you’ll cross before leaving since loads are often weighed and charged by weight. The tipping floor is an open concrete area with trucks backing in; it’s noisy and smells like diesel and refuse at times. Lines form on weekends and during spring cleanups, so traffic queues can extend back onto the street.