Dearborn leaf pickup 2026: where crews go next, when to move your car and how long street collection lasts

DEARBORN — Dearborn’s loose-leaf crews are working through the west side of the city this week, and residents in their path need to have leaves at the curb and cars off the street.

On Thursday, Nov. 5, crews plan to work the Levagood Park Area, bounded by Ford Road, Telegraph Road, Cherry Hill and Gulley Road, and then the Dearborn Hills Area between Cherry Hill, Telegraph, Fairmount and Gulley, according to the city’s daily update. If time allows, they will move on to the Crowley Park Area. On Wednesday the schedule covered the Golfview Subdivision and the York Park Area.

How the route works

The Department of Public Works collects leaves street by street, finishing one neighborhood before moving to the next, an approach the city started in 2024. Crews began Oct. 26 in the Korte Subdivision and are following a fixed order that ends in the Morningside Park, Lapeer Park and Eugene/Porath areas, the city’s route page shows. After Crowley Park, the list runs through Oxford Park, the Ford Historic Home Area, the Aviation Area, Hemlock Park, Ford Woods Park and Geer Park. The city says it expects to cover the whole city at least twice this year.

Signs go up before crews arrive, in English and Arabic. The city asks residents to rake leaves into the street as soon as the signs appear in their neighborhood, but not before, since leaves raked out early can make for dangerous driving and blow back into yards. Leaves should sit in an even row about 1 inch from the curb and away from storm drains.

Move your car

While leaf signs are posted, vehicles must be off residential streets from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cars left on the street risk a ticket or a tow, the city says.

Bagged leaves and end dates

Residents can also put leaves in paper yard waste bags or 20- to 32-gallon containers with a city yard waste sticker, set on the easement on their regular trash day. Stickers are free by calling 311 or at the Dearborn Administrative Center, 16901 Michigan Ave. Leaves in plastic bags or cardboard boxes will not be picked up. The city’s contractor, Priority Waste, handles that pickup.

The city’s Oct. 19 announcement and a Nov. 4 notice both say street collection runs through Friday, Dec. 11, while the main leaf page still lists Dec. 4 as the last day. The announcement says contained leaves go out on trash days through Dec. 18. The Nov. 4 notice says yard waste pickup ends the week of Dec. 14.

Daily locations are posted at Dearborn.gov/Leaves. The Leaf Hotline is 313-943-2444, and residents can get text alerts as crews get close by texting DEARBORN to 91896.

Sources:
City of Dearborn, “Leaf Collection” (route order, area boundaries, parking hours, signs in English and Arabic, raking rules, hotline, Oct. 26–Dec. 4 dates), https://dearborn.gov/residents/home-property/leaf-collection/leaf-collection
City of Dearborn, “Dearborn’s annual loose leaf collection program set to begin Monday, Oct. 26” (Oct. 19, 2026; Dec. 11 end, at least two passes, contained leaves through Dec. 18, stickers, Priority Waste, TextMyGov), https://dearborn.gov/dearborns-annual-loose-leaf-collection-program-set-begin-monday-oct-26
City of Dearborn, “Loose Leaf Collection 2026” (Nov. 4, 2026; Dec. 11 street pickup end, yard waste week of Dec. 14), https://dearborn.gov/government/news-communication/Loose-Leaf-Collection-2026
City of Dearborn, “Leaf Collection Nov. 5, 2026 – Levagood Park and Dearborn Hills Area” (Nov. 4–5 crew order), https://dearborn.gov/residents/emergency/2026/11/04/leaf-collection-nov-5-2026-levagood-park-and-dearborn-hills-area
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