Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Jersey City.
13-15 Linden Ave E, Jersey City, NJ 07305
The city’s web page calls this DPW headquarters at 15-17 Linden Ave E. Its printed guide and Hudson County use 13-15 Linden Avenue East. Ask which entrance to use when you call 201-547-4400. Weekday paint drop-off comes from the 2025 guide; the web page now treats hazardous waste drop-off as a scheduled date that hasn’t been set.
13-15 Linden Ave E, Jersey City, NJ 07305
HCIA’s web page still shows the 2025 dates. The 2026 dates come from the 2026 calendar PDF linked on that page. Call 201-324-6222 to confirm before you go, and to ask about the Hoboken or Secaucus dates if you live in Jersey City.
27 paint stores and 3 hazardous waste sites, closest first. Paint stores take house paint, stain and varnish, usually up to a set amount per visit. Hazardous waste sites also take chemicals like thinner, but some only serve local residents. Call before you go.
Who: Households and Businesses in New York
Hours: Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle.
Products: This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty.
Each listing below shows only what’s different, plus its limit.
13-15 Linden Ave E, Jersey City, NJ 07305
150 Varick St, New York, NY 10013
1500 Madison St, Hoboken, NJ 07030
470 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
125 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011
211 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
19 E 21st St, New York, NY 10010
1 12th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
4606 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220
619 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
555 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
593 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
476 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
60 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11249
452 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
562 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019
148 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
210 Roebling St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
7722 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209
720 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
155 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022
901 65th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219
4601 New Utrecht Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219
11 Millridge Rd, Secaucus, NJ 07094
51-02 27th St, Long Island City, NY 11101
7419 13th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11228
1449 1st Ave, New York, NY 10021
1440 Forest Ave, Staten Island, NY 10302
600 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024
259 Schenectady Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Add cat litter or a hardener, leave the lids off until the paint is solid, and put the cans out on your trash night. If you’d rather not wait for it to dry, carry the cans to the October 31 county day on Linden Avenue.
Call the DPW at 201-547-4400 and ask when you can bring it. The city’s 2025 guide says 13-15 Linden Avenue East on weekdays, 8 a.m.–3 p.m., with a bill or ID showing your Jersey City address. Its web page now says the next drop-off date is “TBD,” so don’t go without calling. If the DPW can’t take it, the October 31 county day at the same address will.
Save it for a Hudson County day, where all of it is taken in one stop: Hoboken on October 10, Secaucus on October 18, or Jersey City on October 31. All are free for Hudson residents, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
HCIA’s days are closed to businesses. New Jersey lets businesses manage oil-based paint, lacquer, stain and spray paint as universal waste: original or labeled containers marked “Universal Waste – Oil-based Finish,” sent within a year to a company or site allowed to take it. Ask a hauler before you load the truck.
Bring latex or oil-based paint to Hudson County’s free hazardous waste day at 13-15 Linden Avenue East on Saturday, October 31, 2026, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., with proof you live in Hudson County. Before then, call the Jersey City DPW at 201-547-4400 about dropping off oil-based paint; its 2025 guide says weekdays 8 a.m.–3 p.m., but its web page says the next date is “TBD.” Or dry latex and put it out with your garbage, lid off.
Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, has two options for paint. Hudson County’s free hazardous waste day comes to the DPW complex on Linden Avenue East on Saturday, October 31, 2026, and it now takes latex as well as oil-based paint. The city’s 2025 guide also lets residents drop off oil-based paint at the DPW on weekdays, but its web page now says to call first.
The city’s March 2025 sanitation guide says oil-based paint goes to the DPW Main Office, 13-15 Linden Avenue East, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m., with proof that you live in Jersey City. The city’s web page now says the next hazardous waste drop-off date is “TBD” and to call 201-547-4400 to set one up. Call before you drive over.
Jersey City says latex paint no longer has to come to the DPW. Its guide says rinsed-out latex cans with the lids off go to the curb with your garbage. HCIA says you can dry leftover latex in the can for the trash, or bring it to a Hudson County hazardous waste day.
HCIA’s 2026 calendar lists Saturday, October 10 at the Hoboken DPW, 1500 Madison St; Sunday, October 18 at Secaucus High School, 11 Millridge Rd; and Saturday, October 31 back at 13-15 Linden Ave in Jersey City. All run 9 a.m.–1 p.m., rain or shine. The June 6 Jersey City day has passed.
The household hazardous waste page on hcia.org still shows 2025 dates, including November 1 in Jersey City. Use the 2026 calendar PDF on that same page instead, and call 201-324-6222 if anything looks off.
Jersey City’s recycling list says all cans except paint cans. Don’t put a paint can in the commingled bin, even when it’s empty.
New Jersey has no PaintCare program, so paint stores don’t take leftovers for free. If you miss the fall 2026 county days, call the DPW at 201-547-4400 about dropping off oil-based paint. Give good latex paint to a neighbor or a community group. Businesses can’t use the county days; they need a hazardous waste company.
Keep oil-based paint in its original labeled can with the lid on tight, and bring proof of a Jersey City address. For latex you’re throwing out, stir in cat litter or a hardener, let it go solid, and set it out with the lid off on your trash night (5–7 p.m. the evening before pickup). For a county day, pack everything in a box so nothing tips over.
Full preparation checklist →Call the DPW at 201-547-4400 first. The city’s 2025 guide says 13-15 Linden Avenue East, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m., with proof of residency, but its web page now says the next drop-off date is “TBD.” You can also bring it to HCIA’s free county day there on Saturday, October 31, 2026, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Yes, if it’s dry. HCIA says latex isn’t hazardous and can be dried in the can and thrown out. Jersey City’s guide says rinsed-out latex cans with the lids off can go out with regular garbage.
Yes. HCIA’s 2026 Environmental Guide says latex paint is accepted at its collection days. Older flyers and some listings still say it isn’t, so call 201-324-6222 if you’re unsure.
HCIA says the days are free to Hudson County residents, and both towns are in Hudson County. Call 201-324-6222 to confirm before you drive over.
Not the county days: HCIA says businesses are not permitted. The DPW drop-off is described for residents. New Jersey lets a business handle oil-based paint as universal waste, in labeled containers sent to a company allowed to take it.
October 7, 2026: read Jersey City’s Division of Sanitation and recycling pages and the March 2025 sanitation guide PDF linked from them (older 2016–2017 versions said 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; we used the newest). Read HCIA’s household hazardous waste page (still showing 2025 dates), its 2026 calendar PDF and 2026 Environmental Guide, NJ DEP’s 2026 debris FAQ and universal waste slides. PaintCare’s locator lists the Jersey City, Hoboken and Secaucus HCIA days; its Secaucus entry says both that latex is accepted and that it isn’t, so we followed HCIA’s 2026 guide. Unresolved: the city’s web page says the next hazardous waste date is “TBD” while its guide describes weekday oil-paint drop-off; the address appears as both 13-15 and 15-17 Linden Ave E; whether the DPW takes spray paint, stain or thinner; and whether HCIA sets a gallon limit. Peer review, October 7, 2026: the sanitation web page still says “The next hazardous waste drop off date is: TBD” at 15-17 Linden Ave E and to call 201-547-4400, while the 2025 guide it links says weekdays 8 a.m.–3 p.m. at 13-15. The guide now leads with the October 31 county day and tells readers to call before using the DPW. HCIA’s 2026 guide (page 12) and calendar were reread: latex accepted, free, Hudson residents only, no businesses; October 10, 18 and 31 are upcoming.
Checked October 7, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
