Nearly three weeks after the city began enforcing mandatory curbside composting , the Department of Sanitation is telling Queens locals to come reap their rewards.

Starting Wednesday, April 23, residents in Queens will have a new, local option to get their hands on free compost for their gardens, courtesy of DSNY.

The city agency is opening a compost distribution site at 77-28 19th Ave. in Astoria, joining existing sites in Brooklyn and Staten Island.

The Astoria site will distribute 40-pound bags of compost — free of charge — every Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. through Sept. 27.

Online pre-registration is required and opens two weeks prior to each event.

The site’s opening comes in response to “overwhelming demand and to record amounts of co

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