You can report a vehicle abandoned on public property. 

Public property includes:

• Streets
• Sidewalks
• Highway embankments
• Public alleys

Common driveways are not considered public property.

How the report is handled depends on whether or not the vehicle still has license plates.

You can ask the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to remove a vehicle without license plates that was abandoned by someone else on your private property. 

In order to request removal, you must:

• Sign a waiver
• Make the vehicle accessible for removal
• Pay a fee based on the price of scrap metal

Vehicles owned by the property owner are not eligible for this service.

Make your request in writing to:

Derelict Vehicle Removal
Department of Sanitation
Central Correspondence Unit
59 Maiden Lane, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10038

Abandoned Vehicle in Vacant Lot

You can request the removal of an abandoned vehicle from an empty lot.

Make your request in writing to:

Department of Sanitation
Central Correspondence Unit
59 Maiden Lane, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10038

You can report an abandoned boat on a public street or sidewalk to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY).

DSNY will not remove abandoned boats from private property.

You can contact DSNY to report a boat on public property or to get information on how to remove a boat from private property.

A derelict vehicle without plates may have been removed by the Department of Sanitation (DSNY).

You can contact DSNY to find out if a vehicle was removed from public property.