Location
NYC Community Container is located at Gobsmack & 5:15!
Playa Hours
- 10am – 8pm most days
- 10am – 6pm on burn nights
- 9am – noon on load-in Monday (Labor Day, 9/5)
While we’d prefer that you come to container during our official hours, we understand that sometimes you might need to pick up or drop off after hours. *IF* a container crew member is up and about, we will usually be able to open up the containers for you. That said, DO NOT wake us up if you don’t see anyone and it’s outside of our normal hours.
Container hours are the same for both loading and unloading.
Storing Bike Boxes on the Container
This year, for the first time, we’ll allow you to store your bike boxes on a designated container during the burn. This means you can assemble your bike at container camp (we have tools, and might provide some assistance, but you should expect to do most of the work yourself!), then leave your bike box at container camp, and repeat the procedure in reverse during playa load-in. Please do not take advantage of this by saddling us with you abandoned bike boxes or other cardboard!
Container Reload for shipping back East.
Container Reload ends Monday September 2, 2024 at 12pm SHARP. DO NOT BE LATE!
You can start reloading your items back onto the containers at any time during the burn. Get your stuff on early and avoid the Monday rush!
Loading / Unloading
NYC Community Container will not pack your things for you on the playa. Make sure you are there at the right time and can physically load your things on and off the container. Any items left near the containers or at our camp that are not placed on the containers will be donated, burned, blown up or whatever we feel like.
Do not leave your excess packing materials at our camp or on the containers, we don’t want your moop!!
YOU are responsible for unloading and reloading your things on the Container on the Playa. Make sure that you can lift your stuff on and off the container.
All items reloaded on the container must be packed in boxes, just as it went on. This includes bikes!
You will not be allowed to build a box or fill a box (or unload a box) at the actual container. It must be filled and ready to load in/load out prior to getting on to the container. To that end, with the exception of Big Art working with the Artery for unload, everyone must be able to load and unload their boxes without the assistance of more than 1 other person.