Contact: Linda Grant, 202-671-2375
(Washington, DC) The DC Department of Public Works will observe Memorial Day, Monday, May 25; therefore, sanitation services and most parking enforcement will be suspended until Tuesday, May 26.
Sanitation services will be suspended for the holiday and will resume Tuesday, May 26.
- Trash and recycling collections in once-a-week collection neighborhoods will “slide” to the next day for the remainder of the week.
- In twice-a-week collection neighborhoods, Monday’s and Thursday’s collections will slide to Tuesday and Friday. Tuesday’s and Friday’s collections will slide to Wednesday and Saturday.
- Street sweeping will be suspended Monday and resume Tuesday, May 26.
The Ft. Totten Transfer Station* will be closed Monday, May 25 and reopen Tuesday, May 26 to residents between 1 pm and 5 pm.
Household Hazardous Waste/E-cycling drop-off is weekly on Saturdays, 8 am to 3 pm. Personal document shredding will remain the first Saturday of the month (except holidays) only. The next shredding drop-off is Saturday, June 6. Additionally, DPW will conduct a monthly weekday HHW/e-cycling drop-off the Thursday before the first Saturday of each month (except holidays). The next Thursday HHW/e-cycling drop-off is Thursday, June 4, 1 pm to 5 pm.
DPW will not enforce parking restrictions Monday, May 25, except along Constitution Avenue, NW from 7th to 17th Street, NW in support of the annual parade. Emergency No Parking signs will be enforced.
“Blocked” Streetcar Parking Enforcement is daily, including weekends and holidays, e.g., New Year’s Day, along H Street and Benning Road, NE, between 3rd Street and Oklahoma Avenue, NE. On Sundays and holidays enforcement is between 8 am and 10 pm. Enforcement on Mondays through Thursdays is 6 am to 11 am; and on Fridays and Saturdays, enforcement runs between 6 am and 1 am. Normal enforcement citywide resumes May 26.
*Directions to Ft. Totten, 4900 John F. McCormack Drive, NE: Travel east on Irving Street, NW, turn left on Michigan Avenue, turn left on John F. McCormack Drive, NE and continue to the end of the street. Directions from additional locations can be found at http://dpw.dc.gov/node/414922.