The NYC Department of Homeless Services recommends calling 311 to dispatch an outreach team for homeless New Yorkers in harsh weather (911 for emergencies). Here’s where you can refer or help homeless individuals get to for food and shelter. Through the storm, any individual seeking shelter is allowed to enter any shelter for single adults.
Manhattan
• For all:
The Bowery Mission: 227 Bowery (6 train to Spring Street, N/R to Prince Street, J/Z to Bowery, B/D/F/M to Broadway-Lafayette, F to Second Avenue)
NYC Rescue Mission: 90 Lafayette Street (6/J/Z/N/Q/R to Canal Street)
All Angels' Church: 251 West 80th Street at Broadway (1 to 79th Street)
Olivieri Center: 257 West 30th St. near Penn Station (1/2/3/A/C/E to 34th St. - Penn Station)
Mainchance: 120 East 32nd St. in East Midtown (6 train to 33rd St.)
(212) 883-0680
30th Street Men’s Center: 400-430 East 30th St./1st Ave. (6 to 28th St.)
(212) 481-4709
• For youth ages 18-21:
Covenant House: 460 West 41st Street (between 9th and 10th Aves) (1,2,3,7,9,A,B,C,N,Q,R to 42nd St-TimesSQ)
(212) 613-0300
• For adult families with no children under 21 years old:
Adult Family Intake Center (AFIC): 400-430 East 29th St. (6 to 28th St.)
Brooklyn
• For all:
The Gathering Place: 2402 Atlantic Ave. (A train to Broadway Junction)
(718) 385-8726
HELP Women’s Center: 116 Williams Ave (C train to Liberty Ave.)
(718) 483-7700
Bronx
• For all:
The Living Room: 800 Barretto St (6 train to Hunts Point Ave.)
(718) 893-3606
Franklin Shelter: 1122 Franklin Ave. (2/5 to 149th St., then #55 bus to 166th St. & 3rd Ave. or the #21 bus to 166th St. & Boston Road)
• For families with children under 21, for pregnant women:
Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing Office (PATH): 151 E. 151st St. (2, 4 or 5 to 149th St. – Grand Concourse)
(917) 521-3900
Staten Island
• For all:
Project Hospitality: 25 Central Ave. (No subway service)
(718) 720-0079
Source:
NYC Department of Homeless Services Twitter account
NYC Department of Homeless Services website
Additional reporting by WNYC