Little Falls

City Clerk

Handles marriage/birth/death certificates, genealogical records, event and vendor/solicitor permits, hunting and fishing licenses, and dog licensing.

City Treasurer

Collects city taxes and bills water/sewer quarterly with 30 days to pay; a 10% penalty applies after the due date. Bills can be paid online through the city's WIPP payment system.

Little Falls City Court

Office hours as listed by the New York State Unified Court System; closed state and federal holidays.

Building Permits / Code Enforcement

Code Enforcement Officer is Bianka Rico. A permit application form is available on the city website; contact the office to confirm whether a specific project needs a permit.

Department of Public Works

City department contact for public works matters; the DPW garage on Loomis Street Ext. is the drop-off point for yard waste and metal/appliance disposal.

Trash & Recycling Collection

Garbage and recycling collection is municipal and included in city property tax (no separate bill); pickup day is Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday depending on district. Residents may opt out using the city's Garbage & Recycling Opt-Out Form. See the collection schedule for your street.

Brush, Leaf & Yard Waste Pickup

Curbside yard-waste pickup runs the 2nd Tuesday of each month, April through October (2026 season begins Tuesday, April 14). Limit is 3'x3'x3' per house per pickup; twigs must be bundled, no longer than 5 feet; no plastic pots or containers.

Yard Waste & Metal/Appliance Drop-off

No plastic bags or containers accepted for yard waste; branches must be bundled and no longer than 5 feet.

Dog Licensing

Available through the City Clerk's office. Requires rabies vaccination records from a veterinarian, plus spay/neuter records if applicable; fees vary.

Electronics Recycling Collection

Annual one-week curbside electronics collection (computers, monitors, TVs, CDs/DVDs/VCRs); most recently held November 17–21, 2025. Household hazardous waste is not accepted. Confirm current-year dates with the city.

Little Falls Police Department

Non-emergency line, per the city's own department directory. Call 911 for emergencies.

Little Falls Fire Department

Non-emergency line, per the city's own department directory. Call 911 for emergencies.

Little Falls Public Library

Hours shift between a regular and a summer schedule; check the library's site for which is currently in effect.

Little Falls City School District

District main office; serves the city of Little Falls.

Parks & Recreation

Canal Harbor and Rotary Park on Southern Ave. rent kayaks and canoes and offer overnight docking; Buttermilk Falls Park has a 50-foot waterfall and picnic tables; Moss Island’s rock-climbing routes run 5.8–5.10. The municipal golf course and the courts, fields and rink are listed under Parks & courts.

Summer Parks Program

Free, seven-week supervised recreation program at local parks and playgrounds with weekly field trips, normally running from the last week of June through the second week of August. Register through the City Clerk's office, (315) 574-5246.

Trash & Recycling Drop-off (OHSWA)

The Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority runs two drop-off sites serving both counties: EcoDrop Utica, 824 Sewage Plant Rd (weekdays 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat 7 a.m.–2 p.m.) and EcoDrop Rome, 575 Perimeter Rd (weekdays 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.–noon); both closed Sunday. Recyclables, electronics, batteries, propane tanks and appliances without CFCs are free; household garbage is $2 per 35-gallon bag. Utica also takes household hazardous waste April through September.

DMV

County Clerk's DMV office at 109 Mary Street, Suite 1111, Herkimer, NY 13350 (Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Labor Day–Memorial Day; 8 a.m.–3:45 p.m. Memorial Day–Labor Day). EDL and REAL IDs issued only 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.; CDLs only 8 a.m.–2 p.m.; no permit tests after 3 p.m. A seasonal satellite office in Old Forge, phone (315) 369-3301, is open Tue and Fri 10 a.m.–1:45 p.m. Dec 1–Mar 1 and Tue and Thu 10 a.m.–1:45 p.m. Mar 2–Nov 30, weather permitting, with limited staffing.

Voting

Herkimer County Board of Elections, 109 Mary Street, Herkimer, NY 13350 (Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Labor Day–Memorial Day; 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Memorial Day–Labor Day). Republican Commissioner Teresa Robotham, (315) 867-1104, trobotham@herkimercountyny.gov; Democratic Commissioner Robert Hoyt, (315) 867-1103, rhoyt@herkimercountyny.gov. This office handles voter registration and absentee ballots; assigned poll sites are looked up by address at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov.

Senior Services

Herkimer County Office for the Aging, 109 Mary Street, Suite 1101, Herkimer (Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., closing 4 p.m. in summer). The office also runs door-to-door transportation for residents 60 and older: rides 8 a.m.–2 p.m., reservations required, suggested contribution $2–$8 round trip, with Little Falls and Dolgeville runs Thursdays and Fridays. NY Connects long-term-care help runs through the same office.

Electric & Gas (National Grid / NYSEG)

The county is split between two utilities — National Grid and NYSEG both hold electric and gas franchises here, and the villages of Frankfort, Ilion, and Mohawk each run their own municipal electric utility — so check your bill before calling. National Grid: service (800) 642-4272, outages (800) 867-5222, gas emergencies (800) 892-2345. NYSEG: service (800) 572-1111 (Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–7 p.m.), electric emergencies and outages (800) 572-1131, gas emergencies (800) 572-1121.

Boat Launches (DEC)

State launch sites sit in two clusters. Along the Mohawk and Barge Canal: hard-surface ramps at Frankfort, Little Falls and Ilion, hand launches at Herkimer and Mohawk. North in the Town of Webb and Ohio: Fourth Lake, Stillwater Reservoir, Nicks Lake, North and South Lake and others. Stillwater Reservoir has accessible features; Nicks Lake charges a day-use fee in season and the rest do not.

Fishing Access — West Canada Creek

About 26 miles of accessible stream frontage and 11 parking lots, from the southeastern Adirondacks down to the Mohawk near Herkimer. Brook trout in the upper reaches, brown trout between Hinckley Dam and Herkimer, smallmouth and fallfish below. Trenton Falls is no-kill, artificial lures only, with an extended season. Below Trenton Falls and Hinckley Dam the creek surges without warning when the power dam releases — DEC advises watching for rising water, moving to shore, and wearing a flotation device.

Bike & Walking Trails — Empire State Trail

Little Falls to Canajoharie runs 19 miles east along an abandoned railroad bed, surfaced in paved asphalt and stonedust, through Little Falls, Fort Plain and Canajoharie. Public parking is at Herkimer Home State Historic Site and at a trailhead on the west side of Canajoharie. Services exist in those three villages and nowhere between them, and the stretches between access points are long — DEC allows 6 to 10 hours for the full distance. Dogs are permitted. Westward, the Utica–Frankfort section is 11 miles of which 7.5 follow the shoulder of Southside Road; off-road trail resumes a mile east of Frankfort.

RD's Gorge View Lanes

MV Golf & Event Center

Little Falls Municipal Golf Course

Veterans Memorial Park

Moreland Park

Monroe Field Rink