Hampton Bays Transfer Station

A small-town transfer station where Hampton Bays residents and local contractors drop off household trash and bagged debris that gets compacted and hauled off-site. Locals use it when hauling is easier than a long drive to a landfill, and vehicles of all sizes show up-from small cars to pickup trucks and trailers.

Drive up to an entrance booth and be prepared to stop for direction; there’s usually a scale nearby and traffic moves in a simple in/out pattern. The site feels industrial-paved areas, a tipping floor, big roll-off containers and a compactor or two, with large hauling trucks in and out. Recycling or drop-off bins are often grouped to one side past the entrance area, so look for them as you pull in. Weekends and spring cleanup times tend to have the longest lines, so expect some wait time at busier moments.