Buildings highly rated for trash management near the Q17 bus in Queens

It’s a building-level performance filter based on signals from renter feedback and Openigloo’s assessment of trash-handling outcomes. The page surfaces buildings that tend to have fewer trash-management complaints.

It restricts the buildings shown to those near the Q17 bus route, so your search stays tied to the commute corridor you care about.

There are 9+ buildings in Queens that match the “best-trash-management” filter plus the Q17-bus area filter.

Ask about daily/weekly pickup reliability, where residents should bring bags, chute or trash-room access rules, oversized-item handling, and the process for reporting overflowing bins or repeated issues.

No. It helps you pick buildings that tend to handle trash better, but unit-level conditions and neighbor behavior can still vary. Confirm procedures and expectations with the building.

Look for any move-in deposits or building policies that affect access to trash rooms/chutes (like required keys/fobs) and review house rules about item disposal. Even when the building is strong on trash management, rules can affect your daily routine.

Hunters Point with 2,110+ buildings; Ridgewood with 3,826+ buildings; Sunnyside with 1,960+ buildings; Ditmars-Steinway with 2,222+ buildings; Forest Hills with 1,363+ buildings.