Wyckoff's Halloween Week Is Also Its Last Call for Fall Pickups
October 15, 2026
October 15, 2026
Wyckoff's 2026 township calendar packs its busiest stretch of the year into about two weeks. Leaf collection begins Monday, October 19. Bulk pickup has to be scheduled by Friday, October 23. A cemetery tour is on the calendar for Saturday, October 24. The last white goods pickup until January 2027 comes during the week of October 26, and Halloween closes out that same week. The 24th is also the day of a trunk-or-treat.
So the fun dates and the deadline dates land on the same days. If you plan your yard, your basement and your kids' costumes as one schedule, you'll have an easier two weeks than if you treat them as three separate ones. Here they are in order, starting with the dates that cost you something if you miss them.
The October page of the Township of Wyckoff's 2026 calendar lists the costume dates next to the cleanout dates. These are the ones with a cutoff:
The white goods date carries the most weight. If an old refrigerator or washer has been in the garage since summer, the next pickup after that week is in 2027. The bulk deadline comes first, though. October 23 falls the day before the busiest Saturday of the month, so it's easy to remember it on the 25th, two days too late.
Vegetative waste has its own rules, and they aren't the same as leaves. Wyckoff's 2026 vegetative waste program takes material in containers or in bundles 3 to 4 feet long, with branches no thicker than 4 inches. If fall pruning gave you a pile that doesn't meet those limits, cut it down to size before your district's last collection.
For anything that misses the curb, the Recycling & Conservation Center at 476 West Main Street is open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., from September 1 through April 30. The township lists it as a recycling center. It doesn't say the center takes loose leaves, so call before you load the car with bags.
Leaf collection on October 19 was supposed to come after the paving crews had left. In June, Wyckoff News reported that the 2026 resurfacing work had been moved to a required window of August 31 to October 2. Concrete and ADA ramp work had to be done first. In its July road program report, Wyckoff News said crews were expected to start right after Labor Day and be done before leaf season. That leaves about two weeks between the end of the paving window and the first leaf trucks.
The contract went to D&L Paving. According to the same July report, the work covered township roads, Ridgewood Water restorations and Windham North. It put the cost at about $535,000 in township-funded improvements and $385,000 paid for by Ridgewood Water. The report also said Franklin Avenue paving was done by May 19, and Godwin Avenue was expected to finish the next day.
Some streets will still have work going on during leaf season. Ridgewood Water's road work advisory lists James Way and Meer Avenue for final paving restoration in fall 2026, with the rest of its Contract 4 roads planned for spring and summer 2027. Wyckoff News also reported that Crescent Avenue Sections 1 and 2 moved to spring 2027. We haven't found a fall update confirming that every street on the resurfacing list was finished by October 2. If your block was on that list and still looks unfinished, ask the township.
We also haven't found a published 2026 leaf schedule by district, or this year's curb rules for leaf piles. Last year's announcements don't count for 2026. Check with the township before you rake everything to the curb on the 18th.
By the Saturday after leaf collection starts, the calendar is all about fall events. Three are scheduled that day.
| Time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2 p.m. | "Evening Tour," Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery | Wyckoff Reformed Church |
| 2 to 4 p.m. | Wyckoff Trunk or Treat, hosted by Cornerstone Christian Church | 495 Wyckoff Ave. |
| Listed for the day | Adult/AOA Pumpkin Pottery Workshop | Wyckoff Family YMCA |
The cemetery tour comes from the township's own calendar. It's called an "Evening Tour" but listed at 2 p.m., and no organizer is named. Confirm the time before you plan around it.
Even so, it's the most interesting item on the list. The New Jersey Historic Trust says Wyckoff Reformed Church, which started as the Dutch Reformed Church, was built in 1806. Its historic setting includes a two-acre cemetery. The Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery association says burials there go back to the 1820s. They include the town's founding families and veterans of every war from the Revolution through Vietnam.
Two hours after the tour starts, families with young kids are likely to be at the Wyckoff Trunk or Treat on Cornerstone Christian Church's campus, 2 to 4 p.m. The Wyckoff Family YMCA's event calendar lists its Pumpkin Pottery Workshop the same day. The YMCA is already on Wyckoff Avenue, at 691, and it's running a Men's Wellness Day on October 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with breakfast, lunch, wellness stations and speakers.
So a family could do the cemetery at 2, the trunk-or-treat right after, and get home with enough daylight left to rake before Monday's trucks. It also happens to be the day after the bulk pickup deadline, so if you booked one, the garage is already half clear.
The events that actually say "Halloween" come after the cleanout dates.
Wednesday, October 28. Wyckoff Public Library holds Spooky Stories for grades 3 through 5, 6 to 7 p.m., at the Rizzo Children's Library, 200 Woodland Ave. Wednesday is also the regular white goods day, and this is the week of the last one until January. You could drop the kids at story time the same evening the old dryer goes to the curb.
Saturday, October 31. The Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce lists Safe Trick or Treat from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The listing doesn't give a location, and its link has a different date in the URL. Confirm both with the Chamber before you build the day around it. A late-morning daytime event leaves the evening open for trick-or-treating at home.
By Halloween night, leaf collection will have been running for nearly two weeks. On a dark porch, a curbside pile of leaves is an easy thing to trip over. It's worth thinking about where yours sits before trick-or-treaters show up.
The township's new ladder truck was scheduled for completion on or about November 4, according to the same June Wyckoff News brief. That date was set in June, so treat it as the target rather than a confirmed delivery.
On Saturday, November 21, Grace United Methodist Church at 555 Russell Ave. holds its Grace UMC Christmas Fair, starting at 10 a.m. That's three weeks after Halloween.
Grocery runs between now and then may look a little different. Stop & Shop at 337 Franklin Ave. had a grand reopening after a remodel on September 18. NJ.com reported a larger multicultural section with more than 300 products and over 800 new products throughout the store. If you haven't been since summer, expect the aisles you know to be rearranged when you go in for Halloween candy.
Here's the late-October calendar in order:
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