Overgrown Grass or Weeds

You can report overgrown grass or weeds:

On a highway
In a park
On a sidewalk
Blocking a street sign
On a traffic island or median

You can report tall or unsightly grass or weeds on a highway shoulder or median to the Department of Transportation (DOT).

DOT does not accept reports of high grass or weeds on City streets. The following are considered streets, not highways:

Conduit (Queens)
Eastern Parkway (Brooklyn)
Fort Hamilton Parkway (Brooklyn)
Kings Highway (Brooklyn)
Mount Eden Parkway (Bronx)
Ocean Parkway (Brooklyn)
Pelham Parkway (Bronx)
West Side (Joe DiMaggio) Highway (Manhattan)

Report overgrown grass or weeds on a highway.

You can report City park areas with overgrown grass or weeds, including:

Bike paths and greenways
Lawns
Playing fields or courts
Playgrounds

Report overgrown grass or weeds in a park.

You can report overgrown grass or weeds that are overflowing onto the sidewalk from the property next to it. The grass or weeds must be blocking the path of pedestrians and making the sidewalk very difficult to use.

Report overgrown grass or weeds on a sidewalk.

You can report grass or weeds blocking the view of a street sign, including parking, traffic, bus stop, and construction signs.

Report a blocked street sign.

Traffic island and median complaints are routed differently depending on whether there is landscaping on the site. Landscaped traffic islands or medians have benches or planted trees, shrubs, or flowers.

Without Landscaping:

You can report overgrown weeds or grass on an unlandscaped traffic island or median to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY).

Report overgrown grass or weeds on a traffic island or median without landscaping.

With Landscaping:

The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) accepts reports of overgrown weeds or grass on landscaped traffic islands or medians.

Overgrown Grass or Weeds

Highway

Report overgrown grass or weeds on a highway.

Park

Report overgrown grass or weeds in a park.

Sidewalk

Report overgrown grass or weeds on a sidewalk.

Street Sign

Report a blocked street sign.

Traffic Island or Median

Report overgrown grass or weeds on a traffic island or median without landscaping.

Report overgrown weeds or grass on a landscaped traffic island or median.