Food Resources

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• Mutual Aid Resources
• Map of Pantries and Grab and Go Meals
• Food Pantries
• Dept. of Education Grab and Go Meal Sites
• Delivery Services
• Food Stamps (SNAP)
• WIC

Mutual Aid Resources

Mutual Aid NYC

• We always recommend contacting Mutual Aid NYC at (646) 437-8080 for more options
• They have live operators available with these hours:

7 more languages represented, hours here.

Club A Grocery Redistribution

• Club A is an anarchist mutual aid group doing weekly grocery redistributions
• When: Wednesdays and Saturdays 11am-4pm
• Where: Bushwick City Farms (354 Stockton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206)
• More info: instagram.com/club_a_nyc

Feed the People Bed-Stuy

• What: grocery and meal distributions
• Where: Herbert Von King Park
• When: Saturdays at 3pm
• More info: instagram.com/feedthepeople_bedstuy 

Map of Pantries and Grab and Go Meals

Food Pantries

Northeast

RiseBoro Community Partnership - Wellness Rising

• Address: 518 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (917) 810-3156 or (512) 758-2387
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Tuesdays 12-3pm
• FRESH PRODUCE ONLY

City Harvest Mobile Market

• Address: 921 Myrtle Ave (Handball Court of Tompkins Houses), Brooklyn, NY 11206
• P: (646) 412-0729
• ID required: no
• Status: open
• Hours: 1st Saturday and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 11am-1pm

Black Veterans for Social Justice

• Address: 665 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 852-6004
• ID required: no
• Status: open
• Hours: Wednesdays, 1pm-3pm or until food runs out

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

• Address: 333 Hart St
• Phone: (718) 455-6864
• ID required: no
• Status: open
• Hours: Tuesdays 8am-3pm

Metro World Child

• Address: 871 Bushwick Ave
• Phone: (718) 453-3352
• ID required: no
• Staus: open
• Hours: Saturdays, 10am-12:30pm

Overcoming Love Ministries - Pulaski Family Residence

• Address: 228 Pulaski St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 443-2267
• ID required: no
• Status: open
• Hours: Tuesdays 10:30am-12pm

Golden Harvest Food Pantry

• Address: 376 Throop Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 453-9490 ext. 224 or (718) 218-7129
• ID required: yes
• Status: open
• Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am-12pm

St. John’s Bread and Life Program

• Address: 795 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221

• Phone: (718) 574-0058

• Status: open

• ID Required: yes

• Hours: 

  • Pantry: Monday-Thursday 8am-1pm
  • Soup kitchen: Monday-Thursday 10am-12pm

Open Door Family Life Center

• Address: 999 Greene Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 455-3545
• Status: open
• ID Required: yes
• Hours: Saturdays, 8:30-10:30am

Brooklyn Rescue Mission

• Address: 919 Gates Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (917) 426-3001
• Status: open
• ID Required: yes
• Hours: Tues and Weds, 10-11:45am

Crossover Baptist Church Community Outreach Help Center - Soup Kitchen

• Address: 358 Kosciuszko St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 322-1200
• Status: open
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Tuesdays 9-11am; Wednesdays 12-2pm; Thursdays 9-11am; Saturdays 12-2pm

Northwest

Greater St. Stephen Church Food Pantry

• Address: 874 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 938-4532
• Status: open
• ID Required: no
• First-time visitors must provide proof of address and family composition
• Hours: 
  • Pantry: Wednesday, Friday 9:30AM-10:30AM
  • Soup kitchen: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 11am-1pm

P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton

• Address: 700 Park Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 388-4581
• Status: unknown
• ID Required: unknown
• Hours: Mondays and Fridays 11am-5pm

Solid Rock Baptist Church

• Address: 120 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 679-4852
• Status: open
• ID Required: yes
• Hours: Monday and Thursday 9am-12pm

United Grand Chapter of Eastern Star

• Address: 441 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 624-2484
• Status: open
• ID Required: yes
• Hours: Fridays 10am-12pm

All People’s Church Apostolic Faith, Inc

• Address: 182 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 782-3703
• Status: open
• ID Required: unknown
• Hours: Saturdays 10am-12pm

Bridge Street Co Pantry at Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club

• Address: 217 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
• Phone: 844-369-6811
• Status: open
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Tuesdays, 8-10am

Salvation Army, Bedford Temple Corps - Soup Kitchen

• Address: 110 Kosciuszko St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 398-7971
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Thursdays, 10-11am

Salvation Army Brooklyn Bedford Corps Community Center

• Address: 601 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 622-0614
• Status: open
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Wednesday, 10am-12pm 

Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center

• Address: 600 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 636-5151 ext. 109 or (973) 768-5344
• Status: open
• ID required: yes
• Hours: Schedule varies, please call number listed before visiting

The Migrant Kitchen at Lafayette Gardens

• Address: 343 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
• Phone: (917) 747-5601
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: unknown

Child Development Support Corporation

• Address: 352 Classon Ave, #358, Brooklyn, NY 11238
• Phone: (718) 398-2050 ext. 8401 or (917) 204-0276
• Status: open
• ID required: yes
• Hours: Thursdays, 11am-3pm

Macedonia Church of Christ

• Address: 289 Quincy St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (917) 803-5135
• Status: open
• ID required: yes
• Hours: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 12-2pm

Southeast

Bridge Street AME Missionary Free Food Program

• Address: 277 Stuyvesant Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 452-3936
• Status: unknown
• ID Required: unknown
• Hours: Wednesday 11:00AM-1:30PM

United Methodist Parish, Haitian Evangelical Clergy - Food Pantry

• Address: 1139 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 574-6610 or (347) 666-3381. Call to verify they’re still operational
• Status: unknown
• ID Required: unknown
• Hours: unknown

The Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center - Soup Kitchen

• Address: 1151 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 455-4102
• Status: unknown
• ID Required: unknown
• Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 10-11:30am

Faith Assemblies of God - Food Pantry

• Address: 1014 Gates Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221

• Phone: (646) 431-9729 or (347) 614-3235

• Status: open

• ID required: yes

• Hours: 

  • Pantry: Saturdays, 9:30am-12pm
  • Soup kitchen: Saturday, 9:30am-12pm

Thurston Memorial Outreach Ministries

• Address: 1243 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: P: (718) 452-3646, (718) 452-3260 or (917) 432-7614
• Status: open
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Fridays 5-7:30pm

CORE Services Group

• Address: 771 MacDonough St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 453-3300
• Status: open
• ID required: yes
• Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm

Cornerstone Baptist Church

• Address: 574 Madison St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 574-5900
• Status: closed
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Tuesdays, 11am-1pm

St. Philips Episcopal Anglican Church

• Address: 265 Decatur St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 778-8700
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Wednesdays, 9am-1pm

Faith-Based Food Distribution and Development Corp

• Address: 121 Chauncey St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (917) 995-6891
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Saturday 9am-12pm
• Connected with NYC Public School free meal distribution plan. Must be 18+ to pickup food

King Emmanuel Community Services

• Address: 207A Bainbridge St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 733-1650
• Status: closed
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30am-12pm

Union Baptist Church - Food Pantry

• Address: 461 Decatur St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 455-0204
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm

Food Distribution Center - Unity Faith Outreach

• Address: 179 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 443-4194
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Fridays, 12-2pm

Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church SK

• Address: 790 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 467-0987
• Status: open
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Tuesdays, 12-2pm grab and go meals

The Campaign Against Hunger

• Address: 2010 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233

• Phone: (718) 773-3551

• Status: open

• ID required: yes

• Hours: 

  • Food pantry: Mondays 10am-3pm; Tues-Weds 10am-6pm; Thursdays 10am-3pm; Fridays 10am-6pm
  • Mobile market: Tuesday and Thursday 3-6pm; Friday 11am-1:30pm

St. Paul Pentecostal Church

• Address: 133 Thomas S Boyland St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (917) 604-9644 or (718) 453-6393
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Saturdays 11am-1pm

Neighbors Together

• Address: 2094 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 498-7256
• Status: unknown
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-2pm: lunch, Monday-Thursday 4-6pm: dinner

Blessed Assurance Church of God Charity

• Address: 2093 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (347) 965-1725
• Status: open
• ID required: yes
• Hours: Saturdays, 6-11am

Calvary Free Will Baptist Church

• Address: 1520 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11207
• Phone: (718) 498-3767
• Status: unknown
• ID required: unknown
• Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm and Thursdays, 12-1pm

True Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus

• Address: 2364 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 385-0248
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Saturdays, 10am-12pm

Glover Memorial Baptist Church

• Address: 2134 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11233

• Phone: (347) 432-3065

• Status: open

• ID required: no

• Hours: 

  • Food pantry: Thursdays, 9-11am
  • Soup kitchen: Wednesday 12-2pm

God’s Deliverance Temple Inc

• Address: 438 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (347) 234-3828
• Status: open
• ID required: yes
• Hours: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, 11am-12pm

Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church - Soup Kitchen

• Address: 228 Decatur St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 493-8770
• Status: open
• ID required: yes
• Hours: Saturdays, 11am-12pm

Southwest

Bethel Sunshine Camp

• Address: 344 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 789-0034 OR (347) 731-6824
• Status: open
• ID Required: unknown
• Hours: Tuesday 7PM-8PM; Friday 7PM-8PM

St. George’s Episcopal Church

• Address: 800 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216

• Phone: (718) 789-6036

• Status: open

• ID Required: no

• Hours: 

  • Pantry: Friday 10:00AM-2:00PM
  • Soup kitchen: Thursdays 12-2pm

Mount Hope Pilgrim Spiritual Baptist

• Address: 416 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 398-1284
• Status: unknown
• ID Required: unknown
• Hours: 

Siloam Presbyterian Church Food Pantry

• Address: 260 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 789-7050
• Status: open
• ID Required: yes
• Hours: Weds 9:30am-12:30pm

Newman Memorial United Methodist Church Community Development Corporation

• Address: 257 Macon St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 622-7955, (347) 526-5373
• Status: open
• ID Required: yes
• Hours: Wednesday 10:30AM-2:00PM

Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Pantry

• Address: 69 MacDonough St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 783-5383
• Status: open
• ID required: yes
• Hours: Thursdays, 5-6pm

Beulah Church of God in Christ Jesus - Food Pantry

• Address: 956 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216

• Phone: (718) 636-8500

• Status: open

• ID required: unknown

• Hours: 

  • Pantry: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30am-2pm
  • Soup Kitchen: Wednesday, 12:30-2pm

Hebron French-speaking Seventh Day Adventist Church

• Address: 1256 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11216

• Phone: (718) 778-6454

• Status: open

• ID required: no

• Hours: 

  • Pantry: 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, 9am-12pm
  • Soup kitchen: Sundays 12:30-2pm

Bedford Central Presbyterian Church

• Address: 1200 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 467-0740
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: Thursdays, 1-3pm

Dept. of Education Grab and Go Meal Sites

Northeast

P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia

• Address: 18 Beaver St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 443-9402
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• No accessibility

Brighter Choice Community School

• Address: 280 Hart St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 453-4081
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• No accessibility

EBC High School for Public Service

• Address: 1155 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• Partially accessible

J.H.S. 057 Whitelaw Reid

• Address: 125 Stuyvesant Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• No accessibility

P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell

• Address: 616 Quincy St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm

P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens

• Address: 990 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm

Northwest

P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker

• Address: 114 Kosciuszko St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• No accessibility

I.S. 117

• Address: 300 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• Kosher available
• No accessibility

Southeast

Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology

• Address: 1396 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• Fully accessible

P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair

• Address: 820 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• No accessibility

Boys and Girls High School

• Address: 1700 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11213
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• Partial accessibility

Mott Hall IV

• Address: 1137 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• No accessibility

Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory High School: A College Board School

• Address: 2021 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm
• Partially accessible

Southwest

P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey

• Address: 432 Monroe St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Status: open
• ID required: no
• Hours: M-F 3-5pm

Delivery Services

Invisible Hands

• Volunteers provide free, contactless delivery of groceries and supplies to the most at-risk community members facing COVID-19. This effort is focused primarily on the elderly, disabled, and immunocompromised, but is available to help anyone in need

• Household must cover the cost of groceries. Volunteers can also go to pantries for you

• To request a delivery:

  • Call (732) 639-1579, OR
  • Fill out a delivery request form here: https://invisiblehandsdeliver.org/request-a-delivery 

Get Food NYC: Food Delivery Assistance

• The City of New York is providing meals and/or shelf-stable items to families who meet all of the following criteria as a result of the COVID-19 emergency:

• No members of the household can go out and get food because they are at increased medical risk or homebound

• No neighbors or family members can go out and get food for you

• You do not receive meal assistance from other providers, including Meals on Wheels or God’s Love We Deliver; and

• You are unable to afford meal delivery or grocery delivery

• Households that qualify may order 3 days of food at a time for up to a month. Unfortunately, the city does not have the capacity to allow for client selection of what will go in the boxes they receive

• To register:

  • Call 311, OR
  • Create an account here: https://cv19engagementportal.cityofnewyork.us/#/display/5e7555117ad6750216160409

Food Stamps (SNAP)

About

• The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) or “Food Stamps” is a program designed to provide direct assistance in purchasing food from grocery stores, bodegas, and many farmer’s markets
• There are specific income requirements for participation in the program. You can learn more here

How to Apply

• Online via Access HRA: https://a069-access.nyc.gov/accesshra/ 
• Via phone by calling 311

Organizations providing registration assistance

These organizations will help you collect documentation, determine eligibility, and answer any questions you might have.

Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

• Address: 1368 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 636-6900
• Status: regular operations
• Languages: English and Spanish
• Hours: M-F 9am-5pm
• Website: https://restorationplaza.org/ 

Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center - WIC Program

• Address: 20 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 857-4268
• Status: phone/virtual operations
• Languages: English, Bengali, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish
• Hours: MWF 9am-5pm and Tuesday Thursday 9am-6pm
• Website: https://www.bsfhc.org/contact 

St. John’s Bread and Life Program - Single Stop

• Address: 795 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 574-0058 ext. 125
• Status: phone/virtual operations
• Languages: English and Spanish
• Hours: M-Thu 8am-2pm
• Website: https://www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/wic-main-campus 

Your Network Caring Community Advocate (YNCCA) - Brooklyn

• Address: 16 Sumner Place, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (917) 335-5757
• Status: phone/virtual
• Languages: English
• Hours: M-Thu 9am-7pm

Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger

• Address: 2010 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 773-3551 ext. 112
• Status: regular and phone/virtual operations
• Languages: English and Spanish
• Hours: M and Thu 10am-4pm; Tues, Weds and Fri 10am-6pm
• Website: https://www.tcahnyc.org/ 

Neighbors Together

• Address: 2094 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Phone: (718) 498-7256
• Status: phone/virtual operations
• Languages: English
• Hours: M-Thu 9am-6pm; Fri 9am-3pm
• Website: https://neighborstogether.org/ 

WIC

About

• WIC is a supplemental nutritional program designed to assist pregnant folks and families with children under age 5
• You will need to submit documentation proving your identity and that you are in one of the categories listed above
• Formula is included in the package of items covered

How to Apply

Find your local WIC agency (options listed below), or call the Growing Up Healthy Hotline at (800) 522-5006

Where to Apply

Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center - WIC Program

• Address: 20 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• Phone: (718) 857-4268
• Status: phone/virtual operations
• Languages: English, Bengali, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish
• Hours: MWF 9am-5pm and Tuesday Thursday 9am-6pm
• Website: https://www.bsfhc.org/contact 

Brooklyn Hospital Center - WIC Program - Bedford-Stuyvesant

• Address: 1606-1608 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11213
• Phone: (718) 250-8397
• Status: regular and phone/virtual operations
• Languages: English, Arabic, Cantonese, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Yiddish
• Hours: M-Thu 9am-5pm and Fri 8:30am-4pm
• Website: https://www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/wic-main-campus 

St. John’s Bread and Life Program - Single Stop

• Address: 795 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
• Phone: (718) 574-0058 ext. 125
• Status: phone/virtual operations
• Languages: English and Spanish
• Hours: M-Thu 8am-2pm
• Website: https://www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/wic-main-campus 

NYC Health and Hospitals/Woodhull - WIC Program

• Address: 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206
• Phone: (718) 963-8306
• Status: regular and phone/virtual operations
• Languages: English, Bengali, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Polish, Spanish
• Hours: M-F 8am-4pm
• Website: https://www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/wic-main-campus