State Senator Daniel Squadron squadron.nysenate.gov Senior Resource Guide Guía de Recursos para Personas Mayores 年長者資訊指南

New York State Senator Daniel Squadron District 26

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Atentamente,

Daniel Squadron

ALBANY OFFICE: 946 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ALBANY, NY 12247, (518) 455‐2625 MANHATTAN OFFICE: 401 BROADWAY, SUITE 1901, NEW YORK, NY 10013, (212) 298Daniel Squadron‐5565 BROOKLYN OFFICE: BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL ROOM 240, 209 SenadorJORALEMON ST., BROOKLYN, NY 11201 Estatal Distrito 26

LOWER MANHATTAN OFFICE: 250 BROADWAY, SUITE 2011 NEW YORK, NY 10007 - TEL: (212) 298-5565 LOWER MANHATTAN OFFICE: 250 BROADWAY, SUITE 2011 NEW YORK, NY 10007 - TEL: (212) 298-5565 BROOKLYN OFFICE: 209 JORALEMON ST. BOROUGH HALL, RM. 300 - BROOKLYN, NY 11201 - TEL: (718) 875-1517 BROOKLYN OFFICE: 209 JORALEMON ST. BOROUGH HALL, RM. 300 - BROOKLYN, NY 11201 - TEL: (718) 875-1517 ALBANY OFFICE: 515 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BLDG. - ALBANY, NY 12247 - TEL: (518) 455-2625 ALBANY OFFICE: 515 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BLDG. - ALBANY, NY 12247 - TEL: (518) 455-2625 E-MAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: SQUADRON.NYSENATE.GOV E-MAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: SQUADRON.NYSENATE.GOV RANKING MINORITY MEMBERCHAIR CITIES COMMITTEE CODES VICE­CHAIR THE SENATE COMMITTEES SOCIAL SERVICES FINANCE COMMITTEES STATE OF NEW YORK CODES INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS DANIEL SQUADRON CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES SENATOR,SENATOR, 25TH DISTRICT 26TH DISTRICT CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND& COMMISSIONS COMMISSIONS TRANSPORTATIONEDUCATION SOCIAL SERVICESHOUSING, CONSTRUCTION & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS & RECREATION TRANSPORTATION VETERANS

Dear Parent: 親愛的朋友； I am pleased to offer you this Parent Resource Guide—a 我很高興在第compilation of 26accessible 選區中為你提供這本 and important resources 「年長者」指 that are 南並分享小册子內所收集的資訊予區內的長者和服務工 right in the neighborhood. I hope you will consider these 作員作參考。小册子內容包括健保、房屋、康樂文娛活 動及各項社區活動。我希望你和你關心的人透過這本指resources during the school year. 南獲得所需要的資訊。 If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to 如你有任何寶貴意見與查詢或需要增加其他內容。請儘contact my office. I look forward to seeing you around the 快與我們辦事處聯絡 。 district! 希望很快在其他社區活動中見到你！ Sincerely, 友好的，

Daniel Squadron 史葛靜 第26選區參議員

ALBANY OFFICE: 946 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ALBANY, NY 12247, (518) 455‐2625 MANHATTAN OFFICE: 401 BROADWAY, SUITE 1901, NEW YORK, NY 10013, (212) 298‐5565 BROOKLYN OFFICE: BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL ROOM 240, 209 JORALEMON ST., BROOKLYN, NY 11201

LOWER MANHATTAN OFFICE: 250 BROADWAY, SUITE 2011 NEW YORK, NY 10007 - TEL: (212) 298-5565 LOWER MANHATTAN OFFICE: 250 BROADWAY, SUITE 2011 NEW YORK, NY 10007 - TEL: (212) 298-5565 BROOKLYN OFFICE: 209 JORALEMON ST. BOROUGH HALL, RM. 300 - BROOKLYN, NY 11201 - TEL: (718) 875-1517 BROOKLYN OFFICE: 209 JORALEMON ST. BOROUGH HALL, RM. 300 - BROOKLYN, NY 11201 - TEL: (718) 875-1517 ALBANY OFFICE: 515 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BLDG. - ALBANY, NY 12247 - TEL: (518) 455-2625 ALBANY OFFICE: 515 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BLDG. - ALBANY, NY 12247 - TEL: (518) 455-2625 E-MAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: SQUADRON.NYSENATE.GOV E-MAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: SQUADRON.NYSENATE.GOV

Table of Contents Tabla de Contenidos 内容

(1) Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要电话号码... 8 • Elections and Voting - Elecciones y Votación - 選舉及投票...... 9 • Community Boards - Juntas Comunitarias - 社區委員會...... 9 • Elected Officials - Funcionarios Electos -民選代表/議員 ...... 10 • Police Precincts - Precintos Policiales - 警察局...... 12

(2) Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利...... 14 • Employment Benefits - Beneficios de Empleo 就業福利- ...... 14 • Food Benefits - Beneficios de Alimentos - 糧食福利...... 14 • Health Benefits - Beneficios de la Salud 健保福利- ...... 15 • Housing Benefits - Beneficios de Vivienda 房屋福利- ...... 17 • Social Security - Seguro Social - 社會安全保障福利...... 18 • Transportation Benefits - Beneficios de Transporte - 交通福利...... 19 • Veterans Benefits - Beneficios de Veteranos 退伍軍人福利- ...... 19 • Benefit Screening - Preevaluación de Beneficios 福利篩查- ...... 20

(3) Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊...... 22 • Consumer Protection - Protección al Consumidor - 保障消費者權益....24 • Elder Abuse - Abuso de Ancianos - 老人受虐待...... 25

(4) Advocacy and Action Groups - Grupos de Defensa y Acción - 公益維護及維權團體27.

(5) Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面...... 30 • Nursing and Rehabilitation - Residencia Geriátrica y de Rehabilitación - 護 理院及復康中心...... 30 • Independent and Assisted Living - Vivienda Asistida e Independiente - 獨居及家居護理...... 32 • Assistance with Property Tax and Utilities - Ayuda con los Impuestos de Propiedad y Utilidades - 物業稅、租務及能源等的補助...... 33 • Assistance with Rent - Asistencia de Alquiler - 租務補助...... 34 • Fuel and Utility Costs - Costos de Combustible y Utilidades - 煤氣及能源補助...... 35 Table of Contents Tabla de Contenidos 内容

Housing, continued • Weatherization - Climatización - 防寒保暖...... 36 • Tenant Advocacy Organizations - Organizaciones de Defensa de Inquilinos - 住客維權組織...... 36

(6) Transportation - Transporte - 有關交通事項...... 38 • Transportation Discounts - Descuentos de Transporte - 交通費折扣.....38 • Travel Assistance - Servicios de Asistencia de Viaje - 交通輔助...... 38 • Accessibility - Accesibilidad - 輔助上落的設施...... 39

(7) Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧...... 40 • Health Insurance Programs - Programas de Seguro de Salud - 健 康保險計畫...... 40 • Hospitals - Hospitales - 醫院...... 41 • Community Health Clinics - Clínicas de Salud Comunitarias - 社 區健康診所...... 42 • Home Care Options - Opciones de Cuidado Domiciliario - 家 居照顧的選擇...... 45 • Mental Health Services - Servicios de la Salud Mental - 心理健康科服務.. 46 • Prescription Discounts - Descuentos de Recetas Médicas - 藥 品折扣計畫...... 48 • Blood Pressure Programs - Programas de la Presión Arterial - 量 度血壓服務...... 48

(8) Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心...... 50 • Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities - Comunidades de Retiro - 退 休社區長者計劃...... 54

(9) Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務...... 56 • Support Services - Servicios de Apoyo - 支持協調服務...... 56 • Food Access and Assistance - Acceso a Alimentos y Asistencia - 送 餐及護理服務...... 57 • Greenmarkets - Mercados Publicos - 綠色市集...... 58 • Friendly Visiting - Visitas Domiciliarias Amistosas - 府上探訪服務.....59 • Support Groups - Grupos de Apoyo - 支持協調服務團体...... 60 Table of Contents Tabla de Contenidos 内容 Nutrition and Wellness, continued • Caregiver Resources - Recursos para Cuidadores - 給予照顧/護理的資訊..60 • Adult Day Programs - Programas Durante el Día para Adultos - 成人日間活動計劃...... 61 • Services for People with Disabilities - Servicios para las Personas con Discapacidades - 殘障人仕服務...... 62 • Services for the Visually Impaired - Servicios para Personas con Discapacidades Visuales - 視障人仕服務...... 63

(10) Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身.. 65 • Parks - Parques - 公園...... 65 • Indoor Pools - Piscinas Cubiertas - 室內泳池...... 72 • Outdoor Pools - Piscinas Descubiertas - 室外泳池...... 72 • Fitness - Acondicionamiento Físico - 健身中心...... 73 • Recreation Centers - Centros de Recreacion - 康樂體育中心...... 75 • Walking Clubs - Clubes de Caminar - 健步班...... 77 • Volunteer Opportunities - Oportunidades para Voluntarios - 參予義工服務. 77 • Community Activities and Groups - Actividades y Grupos Comunitarios - 社 區活動及圑體...... 78

(11) Educational and Cultural Resources - Recursos Culturales y Educativos - 教育及文化資訊...... 81 • Performing Arts - Artes Escénicas - 表演藝術...... 81 • Museums - Museos - 博物館...... 82 • Libraries - Bibliotecas - 圖書館...... 86 • Discount Programs - Programas de Descuentos - 折扣計畫...... 88 • Continuing Education - Continuación de Educación - 成人教育...... 88 • Computer Training - Entrenamiento de Computación - 學習電腦...... 90

(12) Financial Planning and Resources - Planificación y Recursos Financieros - 理財計畫及資訊...... 91 • Financial Protection - Protección Financiera - 財務保障...... 92

(13) Emergency Preparedness - Preparación para Emergencias - 緊急準備..... 94

Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要電話號碼

Important Phone Numbers IRS Tax Assistance.………....800-829-1040 Números de Teléfono MFY Legal Services.………...212-417-3700 South Brooklyn Legal Importantes Services...... 718-237-5500 重要電話號碼 Unemployment Insurance Claims Helpline.…………....……...….888-209-8124 Always Dial 911 in Case of Urban Justice Center.……….646-602-5600 Emergency. Siempre llame al 911 en caso de Libraries una emergencia. New York Public Library.…....917-275-6975 如有緊急情況請致電 911. Brooklyn Public Library...... …718-230-2100

Health Services Senior Services Poison Control Center...... …212-764-7667 Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Parent Helpline………………800-244-5373 Coverage (EPIC) ...... 1-800-332-3742 Medicare ...... 1-800-MEDICARE NYC Domestic Violence NYS Office for the Aging..1-800-342-9871 Hotline.…………………….... 800-621-4673 NYC Department of Aging...... 311 Senior Citizen Housing Assistance...... 311 Suicide Prevention Hotline.…212-673-3000 Betances Health Center.……. 212-227-8401 Transportation Charles B. Wang Community Health Metropolitan Transportation Authority/E-Z Center.…………………....…..212-379-6988 Pass.……………...……...... 511 Gouverneur Health Center....212-238-7000 Access-a-Ride…………………877-337-2017 NYP/Lower Manhattan Hospital.…………………..….212-312-5000 Utilities Ryan-NENA Community Health Center, Con Edison Gas and Electric Inc..…………………..……….212-477-8500 Emergency……………...... 212-683-8830 VA NY Harbor Healthcare System - NYS Public Service Commission Brooklyn...... …718-836-6600 Emergency ...... ……...... 800-342-3355 VA NY Harbor Healthcare System - National Grid Gas Emergency/Customer Manhattan...... …212-686-7500 Support….……………...... ….718-643-4050 New York State Public Service Legal and Social Services Commission Utilities, Phone, and Cable NYC Domestic Violence Billing Complaint Line ...... 800-342-3377 Hotline...... 800-621-4673 Home Energy (HEAP) Suicide Prevention Hotline....212-673-3000 Grants...... 800-342-3009 NYC Housing Authority Customer Contact National Grid Customer Center.………...... …...... 718-707-7771 Support…………………....…718-643-4050

8 Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要電話號碼

Elections and Voting Brooklyn Community Board 2 Elecciones y Votación 350 Jay Street, 8th Floor 選舉及投票 Brooklyn, NY 11201-2921 718-596-5410 Register to vote by visiting vote.nyc. www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/ ny.us/html/voters/voters.shtml and home/home.shtml downloading the form. Alternatively, visit your local Board of Elections Brooklyn Community Board 6 office. 250 Baltic Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Brooklyn 718-643-3027 345 Adams Street, 4th Floor www.brooklyncb6.org/ Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-797-8800 Manhattan Community Board 1 1 Centre Street, Room 2202 North Manhattan New York, NY 10007 200 , 10th Floor 212-669-7970 New York, NY 10014 www.nyc.gov/html/mancb1/html/ 212-886-2100 home/home.shtml

To find your local polling place, visit Manhattan Community Board 2 nyc.pollsitelocator.com/ or call 311. 3 Washington Square Village, Suite 1A Community Boards New York, NY 10012 Juntas Comunitarias 212-979-2272 社區委員會 www.nyc.gov/html/mancb2/html/ home/home.shtml Brooklyn Community Board 1 435 Graham Avenue Manhattan Community Board 3 Brooklyn, NY 11211 59 East 718-389-0009 New York, NY 10003 www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb1/html/ 212-533-5300 home/home.shtml www.nyc.gov/html/mancb3/html/ home/home.shtml

9 Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要電話號碼

Elected Officials US Senate: Funcionarios Electos 民選代表/議員 Charles Schumer 780 , Suite 2301 President of the US: New York, NY 10017 The White House 212-486-4430 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW www.schumer.senate.gov/ Washington, DC 20500 202-456-1111 Kirsten Gillibrand www.whitehouse.gov/ 780 Third Avenue, Suite 2601 New York, NY 10017 NYS Governor: 212-688-6262 Andrew Cuomo www.gillibrand.senate.gov/ NYS Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 US House of Representatives: 518-474-8390 www.governor.ny.gov/ 7th District — Nydia Velazquez Brooklyn Office NYS Attorney General: 266 Broadway, Suite 201 Eric Schneiderman Brooklyn, NY 11211 NYS Capitol Building 718-599-3658 Albany, NY 12224 velazquez.house.gov/ 800-771-7755 www.ag.ny.gov/ Office 500 , Suite 973 NYS Comptroller: New York, NY 10007 Tom DiNapoli 212-619-2606 110 velazquez.house.gov/ Albany, NY 12236 518-474-4044 Southwest Brooklyn Office www.osc.state.ny.us/ 16 Court Street, Suite 1006 Brooklyn, NY 11241 718-222-5819 velazquez.house.gov/

10 Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要電話號碼

10th District — Jerrold Nadler 52nd District — Jo Anne Simon Brooklyn Office 341 Smith Street 6605 Fort Hamilton Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11231 Brooklyn, NY 11219 718-246-4889 718-373-3198 assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Jo-Anne- nadler.house.gov/ Simon

Manhattan Office 53rd District — Maritza Davila 201 Varick Street, Suite 669 249 Wilson Avenue New York, NY 10014 Brooklyn, NY 11237 212-367-7350 718-443-1205 nadler.house.gov/ assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Maritza- Davila/ 12th District — Carolyn Maloney Brooklyn Office 56th District — Joseph Lentol 619 Lorimer Street 619 Lorimer Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Brooklyn, NY 11211 718-349-5972 718-383-7474 maloney.house.gov/ assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Joseph-R- Lentol/ Manhattan Office 1651 3rd Avenue, Suite 311 65th District New York, NY 10128 65th District 212-860-0606 250 Broadway, Suite 2212 maloney.house.gov/ New York, NY 10007 212-312-1420 NYS Assembly: assembly.state.ny.us

51st District — Felix Ortiz 66th District — Deborah Glick 5004 4th Avenue 853 Broadway, Suite 2007 Brooklyn, NY 11220 New York, NY 10003 718-492-6334 212-674-5153 assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Felix-W- assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Deborah- Ortiz/ J-Glick/

11 Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要電話號碼

74th District — Brian Kavanagh Manhattan Borough President: 237 1st Avenue, Room 407 New York, NY 10003 Gale Brewer 212-979-9696 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Brian- New York, NY 10007 Kavanagh/ 212-531-1609 manhattanbp.nyc.gov/ Mayor: Brooklyn Borough President: Bill de Blasio City Hall Eric Adams New York, NY 10007 209 Joralemon Street 212-788-3000 Brooklyn, NY 11201 www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-may- 718-802-3700 or/index.page brooklyn-usa.org/

New York City Public Advocate: New York City Council:

Letitia James 1st District — Margaret Chin 1 Centre Street, 15th Floor 165 , Suite 11 New York, NY 10007 New York, NY 10038 212-669-7200 212-587-3159 pubadvocate.nyc.gov/ council.nyc.gov/d1/html/members/ home.shtml New York City Comptroller: 2nd District — Rosie Mendez 237 , Suite 504 One Centre Street New York, NY 10003 New York, NY 10007 212-677-1077 212-669-3916 council.nyc.gov/d2/html/members/ comptroller.nyc.gov/ home.shtml

12 Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要電話號碼 3rd District — Corey Johnson Police Precincts 224 West 30th Street, Suite 1206 Precintos Policiales New York, NY 10001 警察局 212-564-7757 council.nyc.gov/d3/html/members/ Always Dial 911 in Case of home.shtml Emergency. Siempre llame al 911 en caso de 33rd District — Stephen Levin una emergencia. 410 Atlantic Avenue 如有緊急情況請致電 911. Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-875-5200 Brooklyn: council.nyc.gov/d33/html/members/ home.shtml 76th Precinct 191 Union Street 34th District — Antonio Reynoso Brooklyn, NY 11231 244 Union Avenue 718-834-3211 Brooklyn, NY 11211 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ 718-963-3141 precincts/precinct_076.shtml council.nyc.gov/d34/html/members/ home.shtml 84th Precinct 301 Gold Street 35th District — Laurie Cumbo Brooklyn, NY 11201 1 Hanson Place, Suite 201 718-875-6811 Brooklyn, NY 11243 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ 718-260-9191 precincts/precinct_084.shtml council.nyc.gov/d35/html/members/ home.shtml 90th Precinct 211 Union Avenue 39th District — Brad Lander Brooklyn, NY 11211 456 5th Avenue 718-963-5311 Brooklyn, NY 11215 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ 718-499-1090 precincts/precinct_090.shtml council.nyc.gov/d39/html/members/ home.shtml

13 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 94th Precinct 6th Precinct 100 Meserole Avenue 233 W 10th Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 New York, NY 10014 718-383-3879 212-741-4811 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ precincts/precinct_094.shtml precincts/ precinct_006.shtml NYPD Transit District 30 30 Schermerhorn Street 7th Precinct Brooklyn, NY 11201 19 ½ Pitt Street 718-797-1270 New York, NY 10002 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ 212-477-7311 transit_bureau/district_02.shtml www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ precincts/precinct_007.shtml Manhattan: 9th Precinct Police Service Area 4 321 East 5th Street 130 New York, NY 10003 New York, NY 10009 212-477-7811 212-375-9360 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ precincts/precinct_009.shtml housing_bureau/psa4.shtml NYPD Transit District 1 1st Precinct 1 West 16 Ericsson Place New York, NY 10023 New York, NY 10013 212-258-2840 212-334-0611 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ transit_bureau/district_01.shtml precincts/precinct_001.shtml

5th Precinct 19 Elizabeth Street New York, NY 10013 212-334-0711 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ precincts/precinct_005.shtml 14 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Benefits The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Beneficios helps job seekers improve their 福利指引及權利 skills, obtain training, and find a job. The goal of the program is for Public Assistance participants to gain the skills they 311 need to find and sustain employment www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ in the workforce. Must be 55 or services/cash.shtml over and meet certain income Cash benefits can provide essential requirements. food, clothing, and shelter. Benefits vary depending on specific Food Benefits situations. Beneficios de Alimentos 糧食福利 Employment Benefits Beneficios de Empleo Commodity Supplemental Food 就業福利 Program (CSFP) www.health.ny.gov/prevention/ ReServe nutrition/csfp/ 633 3rd Avenue 718-498-9208 New York, NY 10017 The New York State Department of 212-727-4335 Health’s Commodity Supplemental www.reserveinc.org/ Food Program (CSFP) offers free, ReServe is an innovative nutritious foods to seniors 60 years nonprofit that matches continuing of age and older. Additionally, professionals age 55+ with senior families enrolled in CSFP organizations that need their can receive benefits to purchase expertise. fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets through the Senior Community Service Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Employment Program Program. 2 , 6th Floor New York, NY 10007 311 www.aging.ny.gov/NYSOFA/ Services/ 15 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Supplemental Nutrition Manhattan: Assistance Program (SNAP) 311 Waverly www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/snap- 12 West , 4th Floor benefits-food-program.page New York, NY 10011 Formerly known as the Food Stamp 718-722-8013 Program, SNAP provides food support to low-income New Yorkers including Health Benefits working families, the elderly and Beneficios de la Salud the disabled to increase their ability 健保福利 to purchase food. To receive SNAP benefits, a household must qualify BigAppleRx under eligibility rules set by the federal 888-454-5602 government. To see if you’re eligible, www.bigapplerx.com visit www.nyc.gov/accessnyc. A free discount card accepted at many pharmacies in New York City; SNAP Offices: cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts/insurance but can Brooklyn: be used for medications not covered.

Fort Greene Elderly Pharmaceutical 275 Bergen Street, 1st Floor Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Brooklyn, NY 11217 800-332-3742 718-722-8013 www.health.ny.gov/health_care/ epic/ North Brooklyn EPIC is a free New York State 500 Dekalb Avenue, 4th Floor program that helps income-eligible Brooklyn, NY 11205 seniors aged 65 and older to 718-722-8013 supplement their out-of-pocket Medicare Part D drug plan costs. Williamsburg EPIC helps pay the Medicare Part 30 Thornton Street D drug plan premiums for low-to- Brooklyn, NY 11206 moderate income members. EPIC 718-722-8013 also provides supplementary drug coverage for Part D covered drugs

16 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 purchased while in the Medicare Medicare Part D coverage gap. To join EPIC, 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4273) one must be a NYS resident age 65 www.medicare.gov or over, have an annual income less Medicare is a federal health than $75,000 (single) or $100,000 insurance program that covers all (married), be enrolled or eligible to seniors over the age of 65 for basic be enrolled in a Medicare Part D hospital and medical expenses. plan, and must not be receiving the Medicare can also be supplemented full Medicaid Benefit. Pharmacies by additional public and private must be EPIC participants. plans, like the prescription drug coverage Medicare Part D Medicaid supplement plan, depending on Medicaid is a state-run health individual needs and qualifications. insurance program that is primarily available to people with limited Extra Help With Medicare incomes or resources but it is also Prescription Drug Plans available to those who meet other 800-772-1313 requirements. www.ssa.gov/medicare/ prescriptionhelp/ To find out whether you qualify for Extra Help pays for the costs of Medicaid visit ACCESS NY at www. Medicare prescription drug plans. nyc.gov/accessnyc You are eligible for Extra Help if or call the NYC Human Resources your resources and income are Administration at (718) 557-1399. below a certain level.

Boerum Hill Medicaid Office Medicare Rights Center 35 4th Avenue 216 West 37th Street, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11217 New York, NY 10018 718-623-7427 212-869-3850 www.MedicareRights.org Chinatown Medicaid Office The Medicare Rights Center offers 115 , 5th Floor many free resources to help people New York, NY 10002 with Medicare and their caregivers 212-334-6114 understand their rights and options.

17 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) if the applicant has received Programs Supplemental Security Income or 212-639-9675 Social Security Disability Income www.aging.ny.gov/NYSOFA/ in the past. Applicants also must be Programs/EconSecurity/SMP.cfm in a household that in the previous These programs assist Medicare and calendar year had a combined Medicaid beneficiaries in order to income of $50,000 or less. prevent healthcare fraud by teaching beneficiaries how to best protect Home Energy Assistance their personal identity, report errors Program (HEAP) on health care bills and identify 800-692-0557 (General) inappropriate charging for service. 212-331-3150 (Heat Line) www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/energy- Housing Benefits assistance-page Beneficios de Vivienda HEAP is a federally funded program 房屋福利 that assists eligible households with grants to pay regular and Disabled Rent Increase emergency energy heating costs. Exemption (DRIE) HEAP eligibility is determined by 66 John Street, 3rd Floor, whether the household income is New York, NY 10038 below the current New York State 311 income guidelines that correspond www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/ to the household size and the service/1522/disability-rent- household energy costs. HEAP may increase-exemption-drie-program be able to offer a benefit even if heat The DRIE program freezes the rents and utilities are included in the rent of disabled people living in rent- or the applicant lives in subsidized regulated apartments or Mitchell housing and pays directly for Lama buildings. Households that heating costs. are eligible include those receiving Supplemental Security Income, New York City Housing Authority Social Security Disability Income, 212-306-3000 (General) a disability pension from the US 718-707-7771 (Customer Contact Department of Veteran Affairs, Center) or disability related Medicaid www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/index.page

18 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Residential Emergency Services a credit against their real estate to Offer Home Repair to the taxes from the City of New York. Elderly (RESTORE) Applicants must meet ALL of the 212-480-6700 eligibility requirements. www.nyshcr.org/Programs/ RESTORE/ For SCRIE eligibility, applicants must: RESTORE program funds may • Be 62 years of age or older; be used to pay for the cost of • Rent an apartment that is emergency repairs to eliminate regulated by the Division hazardous conditions in homes of Housing and Community owned by the elderly when the Renewal (DHCR) (i.e. rent homeowners cannot afford to make controlled or rent stabilized the repairs in a timely fashion. apartments or hotel stabilized); Senior Citizens Homeowner • Have an annual household Exemption (SCHE) income of $50,000 or less; 311 • Pay more than one-third of http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/ the household’s aggregate benefits/landlords-sche.page disposable income for rent. SCHE provides a tax reduction for property owners who own and Weatherization Referral and live in a co-op, condominium or a Packaging Program (WRAP) one, two or three family home. To 311 be eligible, applicants must be at www.aging.ny.gov/NYSOFA/ least 65 years of age or older with a programs/econsecurity/WRAP.cfm combined income of $37,399 or less. Provides low-income elderly people (60+) with free weatherization Senior Citizen Rent Increase services to lower their energy bills Exemption (SCRIE) and increase the comfort of their 311 homes. Services include insulation, www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/ replacement of doors and windows service/2424/senior-citizen-rent- and repairs to furnaces and roofs. increase-exemption-scrie No limits on assets, monthly income SCRIE offers eligible tenants an limit for one person is $1,963 and exemption from rent increases. for couples $2,567. Must receive The owner of the building receives HEAP benefits to be eligible.

19 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Social Security Access-a-Ride Seguro Social web.mta.info/nyct/paratran/guide.htm 社會安全保障福利 877-337-2017 Access-a-Ride, for the same price U.S. Social Security Administration as full public transit fare, provides 800-772-1213 door-to-door shared van rides 24/7 www.ssa.gov throughout New York City and If you require a new Social Security nearby Nassau and Westchester Card, you need to update your counties for seniors and people with personal information, or your disabilities who have difficulty with employer requests that you visit a public transit. For eligibility and Social Security Office, go to one of reservations call the number above. the following Card Centers: Reduced-Fare Brooklyn: 718-330-1234 154 Pierrepont Street, 6th Floor web.mta.info/nyct/fare/rfindex.htm Brooklyn, NY 11201 Individuals who are 65 and older or have a disability may apply for a Manhattan: Reduced-Fare MetroCard. Proof of 123 William Street, 3rd Floor age is needed when applying for a New York, NY 10038 Reduced-Fare MetroCard and can be provided with a birth certificate, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Medicare card, social security 800-772-1213 award letter, driver’s license or NY www.ssa.gov/disabilityssi/ssi.html State non driver’s ID. A monthly payment for people with low income to supplement social Veterans Benefits security. Beneficios de Veteranos 退伍軍人福利 Transportation Benefits Beneficios de Transporte U.S. Department of Veteran 交通福利 Affairs 800-827-1000 www.va.gov

20 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Regional Office: Affairs (NYSDVA), City Agencies, 245 West veteran’s organizations and other New York, NY 10014 stakeholders to offer services to 800-827-1000 veterans, their dependents and survivors. Veteran Administration New York Harbor Healthcare System - Benefit Screening Brooklyn Preevaluación de Beneficios 80 Poly Place 福利篩查 Brooklyn, NY 11209

718-836-6600 ACCESS NYC www.nyharbor.va.gov/ 311 www.nyc.gov/accessnyc Veteran Administration New ACCESS NYC is a free electronic York Harbor Healthcare System - information and screening tool Manhattan that allows people of all ages to 423 East identify and screen their eligibility New York, NY 10010 for over 30 city, state, and federal 212-686-7500 benefit programs, including SNAP, www.nyharbor.va.gov/ HEAP, and Medicaid. It also provides information on agency New York City Mayor’s Office of office locations that are near you. Veteran Affairs (MOVA) Available in Spanish, Chinese, 108 Russian, Korean, Haitian Creole, New York, NY 10013 and Arabic. 212-442-4171 www.nyc.gov/veterans Benefits CheckUp MOVA advises the Mayor on issues 571-527-3900 and initiatives impacting the veteran www.benefitscheckup.org/ and military community. MOVA Benefits CheckUp is a free service works with the U.S. Department from the National Council on Aging. of Veterans Affairs (VA), the New Benefits CheckUp asks a series of York State Division of Veterans questions to help identify benefits

21 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 that could save you money and cover the costs of everyday expenses. You can apply for many of the programs online or you can print an application form.

Community Service Society Public Benefits and Housing Information Line 212-614-5552 www.cssny.org/programs/entry/ center-for-benefits-and-services A team of benefit and housing counselors provide information and resources on public benefit and housing programs to individuals and families seeking assistance.

22 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 Legal Resources Brooklyn Legal Services has provided high-quality, neighborhood Recursos Legales based civil legal services to low- 法律資訊 income individuals, families, community groups, and nonprofit Citywide: organizations in Brooklyn for over 44 years. Non emergency walk-in New York City Clerk clients will generally not be seen. 141 212-669-2400 Brooklyn Office for the Aging www.cityclerk.nyc.gov (BOFTA) For marriage licenses. 111 Livingston Street, 7th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 NYC Department of Health 718-645-3111 Bureau of Vital Records www.legal-aid.org/en/civilpractice/ 125 Worth Street brooklynofficefortheaging.aspx New York, NY 10013 BOFTA provides services to 212-639-9675 vulnerable seniors in areas such as www.nyc.gov/vitalrecords housing, health care, government For birth and death certificates. benefits, disability benefits, and family law. NY Law Help www.lawhelpny.org/ Legal Services NYC, Provides low and moderate-income Brooklyn Programs individuals with free and low-cost 105 Court Street, 3rd Floor legal information and assistance. Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-237-5500 Brooklyn: www.legalservicesnyc.org Provides free legal advice and Brooklyn Legal Services representation to those who would 260 Broadway, Suite 2 otherwise be unable to afford it. Brooklyn, NY 11211 Focus is on housing, government 718-487-2300 benefits, consumer, and family law www.bka.org cases.

23 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - Manhattan: MFY Legal Services 299 Broadway, 4th Floor Good Old Lower East Side New York, NY 10007 (GOLES) - Tenant Rights and 212-417-3700 Eviction Prevention Counseling www.mfy.org/projects/manhattan- 171 seniors-project/ New York, NY 10009 MFY’s Manhattan Seniors Project 212-533-2541 helps hundreds of seniors to age www.goles.org/services.html in place with dignity each year by GOLES provides assistance to preventing evictions and resolving tenants living in rent-regulated health care problems. apartments, public housing, and Section 8 housing. Provides legal New York City Bar Justice Center counseling, government benefit 42 West 44th Street assistance, and advocacy support. New York, NY 10036 212-626-7383 Legal Aid Society www.mycbar.org/citybarjusticecenter 199 Water Street Provides several programs, including New York, NY 10038 a Legal Referral Service, Veterans 212-577-3300 Assistance Project, Consumer www.legal-aid.org Bankruptcy Project, and an Elder Serves low income residents with Law Project. Has a free advice legal assistance regarding public hotline for low-income callers. benefits, housing, social security, elder abuse and more. New York Legal Assistance Group 7 Hanover Square, 18th Floor Manhattan Legal Services New York, NY 10004 40 Worth Street, Suite 606 212-613-5000 New York, NY 10013 www.nylag.org 646-442-3100 Provides free civil legal services www.legalservicesnyc.org to New Yorkers who cannot afford Provides free legal advice and attorneys. Services include: direct representation to those who would representation, case consultation, otherwise be unable to afford it. Focus advocacy, community education, is on housing, government benefits, training, financial counseling, and consumer, and family law cases. impact litigation.

24 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 Urban Justice Center - Veteran Consumer Affairs (DCA) empowers Advocacy Project consumers and businesses to ensure 40 Rector Street, 9th Floor a fair and vibrant marketplace. New York, NY 10006 Complaint forms and educational 646-602-5620 materials are available on their vap.urbanjustice.org website. The Veteran Advocacy Project provides free legal services to low- NYS Attorney General Consumer income veterans, with a focus on Frauds and Protection Bureau those living with Post Traumatic 120 Broadway, 3rd Floor Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, New York, NY 10271 substance abuse problems, and 800-771-7755 (General Hotline) mental illness. By appointment only. www.ag.ny.gov/bureau/consumer- fraud-bureau Consumer Protection The Bureau of Consumer Frauds Protección al Consumidor and Protection prosecutes 保障消費者權益 businesses and individuals engaged in fraudulent, misleading, deceptive Do Not Call Registry or illegal trade practices. In Consumer Assistance Hotline addition to litigating, the Bureau 888-382-1222 mediates thousands of complaints www.donotcall.gov each year from individual National registry that allows consumers. consumers to block most telemarketing calls to home or NYS Division of Consumer mobile phones. Register by phone or Protection online. 800-697-1220 (Consumer Assistance Hotline) NYC Department of Consumer 800-503-9000 (Senior Information Affairs Line) 42 Broadway, 9th Floor www.dos.ny.gov/ New York, NY 10004 consumerprotection/ 311 Advocates for and works to www1.nyc.gov/site/dca/index.page empower New York consumers The New York City Department of through education and direct

25 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 assistance. The agency hosts a APS is a state mandated case monthly toll-free “Senior Consumer management program that arranges Information Line” which allows for services and support for Seniors statewide to access free physically and/or mentally impaired information they can use to stay adults who are at risk of harm. safe, maximize their independence and improve their everyday lives. Cardozo Guardianship Clinic Spanish spoken. 55 New York, NY 10003 Elder Abuse www.cardozo.yu.edu/clinics- Abuso de Ancianos professional-skills/clinics/ 老人受虐待 guardianship-clinic The Guardianship Clinic provides Always Dial 911 in Case of direct legal services to the Emergency. community by assisting low-income Siempre llame al 911 en caso de individuals and families coping with una emergencia. disability and incapacity who are 如有緊急情況請致電 911. seeking or opposing guardianships; to provide assistance to the courts, Adult Care and Assisted Living particularly in dealing with low- Complaints Hotline income individuals seeking or 866-893-6772 needing guardianship services; and to represent guardians with respect Home Care/Hospice Hotline to problems relating to guardianship 800-628-5972 proceedings.

Nursing Home Abuse Hotline H.E.A.L. Program 888-201-4563 New York Asian Women’s Center 32 Broadway, 10th Floor Adult Protective Services (APS) New York, NY 10004 212-630-1853 (to refer a new case) 212-732-0054 718-722-4830 (Brooklyn Office) www.nyawc.org 212-279-5794 (South Manhattan The H.E.A.L. program specializes Office) in providing services to older Asian www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ adults ages 50+ to live free from services/adult_process.shtml different types of violence. The 26 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 services provided are: counseling, Raises public awareness about elder support groups and wellness abuse, strengthens nonprofit and programs, a Senior Peer Volunteer governmental capacities to assist program as well as safe and victims, and organizes advocacy confidential residential services. campaigns to increase funding for abuse prevention services. Jewish Association for Services for the Aged - Legal Social Work New York City Department Elder Abuse Program (LEAP) For The Aging - Elderly Crime www.jasa.org/community/legal- Victims Resource Center assistance 2 Lafayette Street 212-273-5272 New York, NY 10007 JASA’s LEAP offers specially 311 trained attorneys and social www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ workers to identify, eliminate, and services/crime-victims.shtml prevent abuse. LEAP staff provide Services include: crisis intervention, legal assistance and social services emergency assistance, case directly to seniors. assistance, counseling and advocacy. Kings County District Attorney’s Office Elder Abuse Unit New York County District 350 Jay Street, 15th Floor Attorney’s Office Elder Abuse Brooklyn, NY 11201 Program 718-250-3071 1 Hogan Place www.brooklynda.org/elder-abuse- New York, NY 10013 unit/ 212-335-8920 The Elder Abuse Unit prosecutes The Elder Abuse Program focuses crimes against victims 60 and older. on investigating and prosecuting cases involving elderly victims of LiveOn NY - Elder crime and also provides social Abuse Initiative service referrals. 49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10036 212-398-6565 www.liveon-ny.org

27 Advocacy and Action Groups - Grupos de Defensa y Acción - 公益維護及維權團體 Advocacy and Action Groups New York, NY 10017 Grupos de Defensa y Acción 212-308-1414 www.americangeriatrics.org 公益維護及維權團體 AGS is a not-for-profit dedicated to improving the health, independence Alliance for Retired Americans - and quality of life of older people. New York Chapter 518-783-6231 Elder Care Resource Center www.nysara.org 150 Broad Hollow Road, Suite 120 The Alliance for Retired Americans Melville, New York 11747 is a nationwide organization 887-353-3750 with over 4.2 million members. www.eldercareresourcecenter.info They have information on voting This is a website created to provide and voter protection, long-term information and contacts to those care and nursing homes, health who need help. It has over 1,200 care reform, Social Security, and links to elder care resources Medicare, among other issues. including government benefits, support organizations, geriatric American Association for Retired doctors, and skilled nursing Persons (AARP) facilities. 780 Third Avenue, 33rd Floor New York, NY 10017 Jewish Association Serving the 866-227-7442 Aging www.aarp.org 247 West 37th Street National organization that New York, NY 10018 offers Medicare supplemental 212-273-5200 health insurance, along with www.jasa.org other insurance, discounts on JASA provides a wide range of prescription drugs and other goods, services to adults age 55 and older. advocacy services, and other The services include protective information for people age 50 and services, caregiver assistance, over. meals, and mental health services.

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 40 Fulton Street, 18th Floor

28 Advocacy and Action Groups - Grupos de Defensa y Acción - 公益維護及維權團體 LiveOnNY National Consumer Voice for 49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor Quality Long-Term Care New York, NY 10036 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, 212-398-6565 Suite 425 www.liveon-ny.org Washington, DC 20036 LiveOn NY is a membership 202-332-2275 organization of more than 200 theconsumervoice.org senior service agencies. Its goal The Consumer Voice helps ensure is to ensure that the elderly of that consumers are empowered New York City receive quality to advocate for themselves. They services by helping senior service advocate for public policies that organizations build their capacity support quality care, train and to provide superior programs and support individuals and groups that services through advocacy, training, advocate for consumers of long- innovative programming, and the term care, and promote the critical exchange of ideas. role of direct-care workers.

Medicare Rights Center New York Gray Panthers 266 West 37th Street, 3rd Floor 244 , Suite 396 New York, NY 10018 New York, NY 10016 212-869-3850 917-535-0457 www.medicarerights.org www.graypanthersnyc.org The Medicare Rights Center is A national organization committed the largest independent source to social justice including the of healthcare information for expansion of health care programs, people with Medicare, and works the creation of suitable housing, to bring the consumer voice to fighting discrimination, and the national debate on Medicare promoting peace. reform. It provides direct assistance to older adults and people with New York State Coalition for the disabilities, as well as friends, Aging family, caregivers, and professionals 1450 Western Avenue, Suite 101 who have Medicare questions or Albany, NY 12203 problems. 518-765-2790 www.coalitionforaging.org Dedicated to helping older adults

29 Advocacy and Action Groups - Grupos de Defensa y Acción - 公益維護及維權團體 live independently, with dignity www.sageusa.org and with the appropriate support Services and Advocacy for LGBT services in their communities. Elders is dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults. New York Statewide Senior SAGE offers supportive services and Action Council - New York City consumer resources for older adults Chapter and their caregivers, advocates 275 State Street for public policy changes that Albany, NY 12210 address the needs of older people, 518-436-1006 and provides training for aging www.nysenior.org providers and LGBT organizations. Advocates for the legislative inclusion of seniors and for full representation among service programs to ensure and promote the well-being of the aging. Also helps seniors understand Medicare Part D and hospital patients’ rights. Provides advice on medical plans and offers resource information and intervention services.

Older Women’s League 1627 Eye Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006 202-450-8986 www.owl-national.org A national grassroots organization advocating for economic, political, and social equality for mid-life and older women.

SAGE 305 Seventh Avenue, 15th floor New York, NY 10001 212-741-2247

30 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 Housing Brooklyn: Vivienda Bedford Center for Nursing and 有關房屋方面 Rehabilitation 40 Heyward Street Nursing and Rehabilitation Brooklyn, NY 11249 Residencia Geriátrica y de 718-858-6200 Rehabilitación www.bedfordcenterrehab.com/ 護理院及復康中心 Bedford Center is a 200 bed, Glatt Kosher, Sub-Acute Care A complete list of NYC nursing Center providing care to the homes can be found at: community of Williamsburg. www.nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/ Bedford Center specializes in post- acute rehabilitation and nursing A Place for Mom care, and provides families with 866-344-8005 long term care options in a secure www.aplaceformom.com environment. This website is a free referral service to help locate an appropriate senior Cobble Hill Health Care Center care center. 380 Brooklyn, NY 11201 New York State Department of 718-855-6789 Health www.cobblehilllifecare.org/ nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/ cobblehill (Nursing Home Profiles) A not-for-profit long- and short-term www.health.ny.gov/facilities/nursing care facility offering a range of (General Information) medical, nursing and rehabilitation All nursing homes in New York services, as well as social are regulated by the NY State workers and counselors making Department of Health. The agency’s weekly rounds and Alzheimer’s, website provides comprehensive hemodialysis and cardiac- information on nursing homes rehabilitation programs. including rankings, regulations, and inspection reports, as well as Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation information about patients’ rights and Healthcare and nursing home alternatives. 155 Dean Street

31 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 Brooklyn, NY 11217 New East Side Nursing Home 718-694-6700 25 Bialystoker Place www.HopkinsCenter.com New York, NY 10002 The Hopkins Center for 212-673-8500 Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a long-term care facility located in the New York Gouverneur Healthcare Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn. Services Skilled Nursing Facility The facility offers an array of 227 Madison Street services including on-site dental, New York, NY 10002 radiology, rehabilitation therapy, 212-238-7000 social work services, pastoral care, www.nyc.gov/gouverneur and a beauty parlor. The 215-bed Nursing Facility provides 24-hour care for Phoenix Rehabilitation and individuals in need of short-or long- Residential Health Care term care, offering skilled nursing 140 St. Edwards Street and rehabilitation care. Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-858-6400 Robert Mapplethorpe Residential thephoenixrehab.com/ Facility Phoenix Rehabilitation is a 400-bed, 327 East 17th Street long term care facility located in the New York, NY 10003 Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. 212-420-5690 www.wehealny.org/services/BI_ Manhattan: Aidsservices/Mapplethorpe.html The Robert Mapplethorpe Frederic Fleming House Residential Treatment Facility 443 West 22nd Street (RMRTF) provides full medical and New York, NY 10011 social services for people living 212-242-5277 with HIV/AIDS who cannot live on www.wsfssh.org/buildings/frederic- their own, but do not need inpatient fleming-house/ hospital care. Provides 24 hour, 7-day-a-week comprehensive congregate care for formerly homeless men and women with special needs over the age of 50.

32 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 VillageCare Rehabilitation and community it provides safe, affordable Nursing Center housing as well as support services 214 West Houston Street and opportunities for education, New York, NY 10014 socialization and recreation. 212-337-9400 www.villagecare.org/vcrnc Manhattan: 105-bed center designed as a place where patients receive rehabilitation Brookdale Battery Park and recovery care to prepare them 455 North End Avenue to return home. New York, NY 10282 212-766-8782 Independent and Assisted Living www.BrookdaleLiving.com/ Vivienda Asistida e Independiente hallmark-battery-park-city.aspx 獨居及家居護理 Privately run independent living facility for senior citizens, with an Brooklyn: assisted living section on its second floor. Cumberland Gardens 425 Cumberland Street David Podell House Brooklyn, NY 11201 179 Henry Street 718-623-8181 New York, NY 10002 Cumberland Gardens provides 212-766-8782 105 units of subsidized housing for www.edalliance.org/older_adults low-income senior citizens. It offers Federally subsidized senior residences social and recreational services. operated by the Educational Alliance. Seniors who live in Podell House Pierrepont House for the Elderly take advantage of the comprehensive 55 Pierrepont Street social services and senior Brooklyn, NY 11201 programming offered through the 718-852-3390 Weinberg Center for Balanced Living www.ccbq.org/what-we-do/housing- at Manny Cantor Center. services/pierrepont-house-elderly Pierrepont House for the Elderly is a Helen Harris Senior Housing 188-unit senior citizen independent 80 Rutgers Slip living program sponsored by New York, NY 10002 Catholic Charities. As a caring 212-566-2729

33 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 Hong Ning Housing for the Disabled Homeowner’s Elderly Exemption (DHE) 50 Norfolk Street 311 New York, NY 10002 www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ 212-475-7730 landlords-dhe.page The Disabled Homeowner’s Ridge Street Gardens (New York Exemption (DHE) provides a Foundation for Senior Citizens) property tax abatement for eligible 80 Ridge Street, Suite 92 property owners who have a New York, NY 10002 medically certifiable disability and 212-598-4148 an annual income below $37,399. Located on the Lower East Side, You cannot receive both DHE and Ridge Street Gardens provides 100 SCHE. If your property qualifies for units of subsidized, low income both, only SCHE will be granted. housing for seniors. Real Property Tax Credit St. Margaret’s House tax.ny.gov/pit/credits/real_property_ 49 Fulton Street tax_credit.htm New York, NY 10038 The Real Property Tax Credit provides 212-766-8122 relief to low income senior residents of Located in the heart of downtown New York State. Contact the New York Manhattan, St. Margaret’s House is State Department of Taxation and comprised of one and two bedroom Finance for more details. units. Common areas include a community dining room, library Residential Emergency Services and outdoor gardens. In order to be to Offer Home Repair to the eligible, applicants must be 62 or Elderly (RESTORE) older or disabled/mobility impaired. 212-480-6700 Additional income and household www.nyshcr.org/programs/restore size criteria also apply. The RESTORE Program is available to low-income seniors who need Assitance with Property Tax and financial assistance for emergency Utilities home repairs. The maximum grant Ayuda con los Impuestos de is $5,000 and is only available to Propiedad y Utilidades those who have lived in their homes 物業稅、租務及能源等的補助 for at least three years. The program

34 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 is administered through RESTORE- Veterans’ Tax Exemption qualified agencies in your service www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ area. Call or visit the website for landlords-veterans.page additional info. The Veterans’ Tax Exemption is a partial property tax exemption Senior Citizens Homeowner available to property owners who Exemption (SCHE) served in the U.S. armed forces in www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ WWI & II, Korea, Vietnam, or the landlords-sche.page Gulf War. The spouse or registered SCHE provides a tax reduction for domestic partner of a qualified property owners who own and live veteran, the unmarried surviving in a co-op, condominium or a one-, spouse of a qualified veteran, and two-, or three family home. To be a Gold Star parent (the parent of eligible, applicants must be at least a child who died in the line of duty 65 years of age or older with an while serving in the U.S. armed income of $37,399 or less. forces during one of the periods above) are also eligible for this New York State School Tax Relief exemption. Program (STAR) 311 Assistance with Rent www.tax.ny.gov/pit/property/star/ Asistencia de Alquiler index.htm 租務補助 New York State Residents who are homeowners qualify for the Basic Disabled Rent Increase School Tax Relief (STAR) program Exemption (DRIE) regardless of age if their annual 311 adjusted gross income is $500,000 www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ or less and the property is their tenants-drie.page primary residence. Residents 65 and The DRIE program freezes the rents older who qualify for Basic STAR of disabled people living in rent- and have an annual household regulated apartments or Mitchell income of less than $84,050 are Lama buildings. Households that eligible for the Enhanced STAR are eligible include those receiving program. Supplemental Security Income, Social Security Disability Income, a disability

35 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 pension from the US Department of • Pay more than one-third of Veteran Affairs, or disability related the household’s aggregate Medicaid if the applicant has received disposable income for rent. Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Income in Fuel and Utility Costs the past. Applicants also must be in a Costos de Combustible y Utilidades household that in the previous calendar 煤氣及能源補助 had a combined income of $50,000 or less and spent more than 1/3 of Heating Equipment Repair or monthly household income on rent. Replacement 800-342-3009 Senior Citizen Rent Increase The Heating Equipment Repair Exemption (SCRIE) and Replacement Component 311 of the Home Energy Assistance www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ Program is available to help eligible tenants-scrie.page low-income homeowners repair SCRIE offers eligible tenants an or replace furnaces, boilers and exemption from rent increases. other direct heating components The owner of the building receives necessary to keep their home’s a credit against their real estate primary heating source functional. taxes from the City of New York. Benefit amounts are based on the Applicants must meet ALL of the actual cost incurred to replace or eligibility requirements. repair the furnace, boiler and/or other essential heating equipment. For SCRIE eligibility, applicants must: Home Energy Assistance • Be 62 years of age or older; Program (HEAP) • Rent an apartment that is 800-692-0957 (General) regulated by the Division 212-331-3150 (Heat Line) of Housing and Community For the New York City Program: Renewal (DHCR) (i.e. rent www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ controlled or rent stabilized services/energy.shtml apartments or hotel For the New York State Program: stabilized); www.otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/ • Have an annual household A one-time grant per year to help income of 50,000 or less;

36 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 low-income homeowners and www.goles.org/services.html renters pay fuel and utility costs. Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) provides assistance to Weatherization tenants living in rent-regulated Climatización apartments, public housing 防寒保暖 and Section 8. Provides legal counseling, government benefit Weatherization Referral and assistance and advocacy support. Packaging Program (WRAP) 311 Housing Court Answers www.aging.ny.gov/NYSOFA/ 212-962-4795 programs/econsecurity/WRAP.cfm www.cwtfhc.org Provides low-income elderly people A non-profit organization that (60+) with free weatherization provides advice to unrepresented services to lower their energy bills tenants in Housing Court and increase the comfort of their proceedings, works to improve homes. Services include insulation, the Housing Court system and replacement of doors and windows advocates for the right to counsel and repairs to furnaces and roofs. in Housing Court. Operates a No limits on assets, monthly income telephone hotline from 9 am to 5 pm limit for one person is $1,963 and to provide information regarding for couples $2,567. Must receive Housing Court proceedings and HEAP benefits to be eligible. the enforcement of housing code violations and other landlord/tenant Tenant Advocacy Organizations issues to New York City residents, Organizaciones de Defensa de community-based organizations and Inquilinos other service providers. 住客維權組織 Metropolitan Council on Housing Good Old Lower East Side 339 Lafayette Street, Suite 301 (GOLES) - Tenant Rights and New York, NY 10012 Eviction Prevention Counseling 212-979-6238 (Membership) 171 Avenue B 212-979-0611 (Tenants’ Rights) New York, NY 10009 metcouncilonhousing.org/ 212-533-2541 A citywide membership-based tenants’ advocacy organization that

37 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 works to preserve and expand affordable housing and rent regulation through grassroots organizing, lobbying, direct action and public education.

New York State Tenants and Neighbors Coalition 236 West 27th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10001 212-608-4320 www.tenantsandneighbors.org A statewide organization of tenants, tenant associations, and other community groups that fight for tenants’ rights and affordable housing through organizing, education, leadership development, and grassroots mobilization.

38 Transportation - Transporte - 有關交通事項 Transportation 11 Park Place, 14th Floor New York, NY 10007 Transporte 212-962-7559 有關交通事項 www.nyfsc.org/services/freetrans. html Transportation Discounts Operating in Manhattan, from the Descuentos de Transporte Battery to on the East 交通費折扣 Side and to on the West Side five days a week, C.A.R.T.’s E-ZPass five vans take seniors to and from www.e-zpassny.com/ medical appointments and hospitals, Apply for an E-ZPass online, at planned activities at senior centers a retail location, or via mail. See and entitlements on which they website for more details. depend. C.A.R.T. also delivers meals to homebound seniors living in Reduced-Fare MetroCards mid-Manhattan. In addition to its 718-330-1234 established routes, Project C.A.R.T. web.mta.info/nyct/fare/rfindex.htm provides private car service for Individuals who are 65 and older emergencies as well as for medical, or have a disability may apply for a social service and entitlement Reduced-Fare MetroCard. Proof of appointments and visits to relatives age is needed when applying for a and friends in hospitals or nursing Reduced-Fare MetroCard and can homes. be provided with a birth certificate, Medicare card, social security Downtown Connection Free Bus award letter, driver’s license or NY 120 Broadway, Suite 3340 State non driver’s ID. New York, NY 10271 212-566-6700 Travel Assistance www.DownTownNY.com/getting- Servicios de Asistencia de Viaje around/downtown-connection 交通輔助 Operated by the Downtown Alliance, the free Downtown Community Arranged Resident Connection bus route operates Transportation Program from 10a.m.-7.30p.m., seven days (C.A.R.T.) a week except Thanksgiving,

39 Transportation - Transporte - 有關交通事項 Christmas Day and New Year’s disabilities who have difficulty with Day, with free Americans with public transit. For eligibility and Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant reservations call the number above. service. Buses come on average at 10-minute intervals on weekdays - traffic permitting - and at 15-minute intervals on weekends. The bus travels from Beekman and Water Street on the East Side, south around the tip of Manhattan, then north through Battery Park City and then East to City Hall, and returning. (Buses make 37 stops around the perimeter of Lower Manhattan, including a Warren/ Murray Street retail loop.)

Accessibility Accesibilidad 輔助上落的設施

MTA Guide to Accessible Transit: 511 web.mta.info/accessibility/transit. htm Access-a-Ride web.mta.info/nyct/paratran/guide. htm 877-337-2017 Access-a-Ride, for the same price as full public transit fare, provides door-to-door shared van rides 24/7 throughout New York City and nearby Nassau and Westchester counties for seniors and people with

40 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 Health Care New York State Department of Health Recursos de Salud Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza 健保照顧 Albany, NY 12237 866-881-2809 Health Care Proxy 800-342-9871 New York State Health Insurance www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh- Resource Center Long-Term Care 1430.pdf www.health.ny.gov/facilities/long_ Individuals who are unable to make term_care/ health care decisions can designate Provides information on long-term a Health Care Proxy to make health care and insurance policies for New care decisions on their behalf. York State.

Health Insurance Information Health Insurance Programs Counseling and Assistance Programas de Seguro de Salud Program (HIICAP) 健康保險計畫 212-602-4180 www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ Medicaid benefits/health.shtml Medicaid is a state-run health The NYC HIICAP is New York’s insurance program that is primarily source for free, current and available to people with limited impartial information about incomes or resources but it is also health care coverage. Through a available to those who meet other helpline and volunteer counselors, requirements. HIICAP provides information on all aspects of health insurance To find out whether you qualify for including Medicare, prescription Medicaid visit ACCESS NY at www. drug information, long-term care nyc.gov/accessnyc or call the NYC insurance, Medicaid for people with Human Resources Administration at Medicare, and more. 718-557-1399.

41 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 Boerum Hill Medicaid Office for service. 35 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 New York State of Health 718-623-7427 or 718-623-7428 1-855-355-5777 www.nystateofhealth.ny.gov/ Chinatown Medicaid Office NY State of Health is a marketplace 115 Chrystie Street, 5th Floor where individuals can shop for and New York, NY 10002 enroll in affordable health insurance 212-334-6114 plans. These plans are for people who do not currently receive Medicare Medicare and who don’t have 1-800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227) insurance through their employers. www.medicare.gov Medicare is a federal health New York State Partnerships for insurance program that covers all Long-Term Care seniors over the age of 65 for basic 866-950-7526 hospital and medical expenses. www.nyspltc.org Medicare can also be supplemented The New York State Partnership by additional public and private for Long-Term Care combines plans, like the prescription drug private long term care insurance coverage Medicare Part D with Medicaid to help people supplement plan, depending on prepare financially for possible individual needs and qualifications. nursing home care, home care or other long term care services as Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) specified under the policy. It allows Programs New Yorkers to protect assets while 212-639-9675 remaining eligible for Medicaid www.aging.ny.gov/NYSOFA/ Extended Coverage if their long- Programs/EconSecurity/SMP.cfm term care needs exceed the period These programs assist Medicare covered by their private partnership and Medicaid beneficiaries in insurance policy. order to prevent healthcare fraud by teaching beneficiaries how to best protect their personal identity, report errors on health care bills and identify inappropriate charging

42 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 Hospitals Brooklyn Hospitales 800 Poly Place 醫院 Brooklyn, NY 11209 718-836-6600 Complaints Related to New York www.nyharbor.va.gov/ Hospitals New York State Department of Woodhull Hospital Health 760 Broadway Centralized Hospital Intake Program Brooklyn, NY 11206 Mailstop: CA/DCS 718-963-8000 Empire State Plaza nyc.gov/hhc/woodhull Albany, NY 12237 800-804-5447 Manhattan: To issue a complaint about a hospital or a diagnostic and Gouverneur Healthcare Services treatment center, call the toll-free 227 Madison Street number above, or file a complaint New York, NY 10002 in writing by mailing the address 212-238-7897 above. www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/gouverneur/ html/home/home.shtml Brooklyn: New York Presbyterian/Lower Brooklyn Hospital Center Manhattan Hospital 121 Dekalb Avenue 170 William Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 New York, NY 10038 718-250-8000 212-312-5000 www.tbh.org/ www.downtownhospital.org/

New York Methodist Hospital Veterans Administration New 506 6th Street York Harbor Healthcare System - Brooklyn, NY 11215 Manhattan 718-780-3000 423 East 23rd Street www.nym.org/ New York, NY 10010 212-686-7500 Veterans Administration New www.nyharbor.va.gov/ York Harbor Healthcare System -

43 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 Community Health Clinics 718-599-6200 Clínicas de Salud Comunitarias www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/ 社區健康診所 williamsburg-family-health-center

Brooklyn: Woodhull Greenpoint Community Health Center CABS Health Center 875 Manhattan Avenue 94-98 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222 Brooklyn, NY 11206 718-630-3220 718-388-0390 www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/woodhull/ www.chnnyc.org/locations/cabs- html/centers/centers.shtml health-center/ Spanish spoken. Woodhull Williamsburg Community Health Center Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health 279 Graham Avenue Center Brooklyn, NY 11221 120 Richards Street 718-963-7821 Brooklyn, NY 11231 www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/woodhull/ 718-945-7150 html/centers/centers.shtml www.addabbo.org Manhattan: ODA Primary Care Health Center Betances Health Center 14-16 Heyward Street 280 Henry Street Brooklyn, NY 11249 New York, NY 10002 718-260-4600 212-227-8401 www.odahealth.org www.betances.org/ A not-for-profit healthcare provider Geriatric care at Betances provides that offers a full range of primary comprehensive medical services care and specialty services. to address the core primary and specialty medical needs of patients Williamsburg Family Health 60 years of age and older. Center 99 Division Avenue Catherine M. Abate Health Brooklyn, NY 11249 Center 150

44 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 New York, NY 10002 Henry Street Settlement - 212-477-1120 Community Consultation Center www.chcnyc.org/our-locations/ 40 Montgomery Street catherine-m-abate New York, NY 10002 Geriatric care, preventative 212-233-5032 medicine, nutrition counseling, A non-profit clinic providing mental social services and health education health and approved primary are offered. Spanish and Chinese healthcare services, the CCC spoken. delivers outpatient mental health services, psychiatric day treatment, Charles B. Wang Community crisis services, HIV family mental Health Center health services, Asian bi-cultural 125 Walker Street, 2nd Floor services, vocational rehabilitation, New York, NY 10013 housing, primary healthcare, parent 268 education and support and job New York, NY 10013 training opportunities, as well as 168 Centre Street, 3rd Floor legal and financial services and New York, NY 10013 screenings for entitlement benefits 212-966-0461 Health Education and Food Stamp enrollment. 212-379-6988 Adult Medicine Spanish, Chinese, Mandarin, 212-966-0228 Women’s Health Cantonese, Italian, and German 212-941-2213 Mental Health spoken. 212-226-3888 Pediatrics 212-226-9339 Dental 212-226-1661 Social Work 34 Spring Street www.cbwchc.org/ New York, NY 10012 Non-profit health center providing 212-925-5000 medical and mental health services for children, and dental and optical Ryan-NENA Community Health services for all ages, with a focus on Center Asian-Americans. The center is also 279 East 3rd Street a local WIC enrollment and services New York, NY 10009 site where staff conduct community 212-477-8500 education, advocacy, and outreach. www.ryancenter.org/home.htm Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and A non-profit outpatient health Korean spoken. center for patients of all ages

45 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 offering medical, dental, and optical NYC Dept. for the Aging care; HIV/AIDS care; substance www.nyc.gov/html/caregiver/ abuse treatment; and counseling. getttinghelp-2.html. Languages spoken include Spanish, EISEP assists older New Yorkers French, Russian, and Chinese. who need help with activities of daily living (e.g., dressing, bathing, Roberto Clemente Center personal care) and instrumental 540 East 13th Street activities of daily living (e.g., New York, NY 10009 shopping, housekeeping, cooking), 212-387-7400 who want to remain at home and are not eligible for Medicaid. Smith Family Health Center Case managers help elders and 60 Madison Street their families decide what help is New York, NY 10038 needed and arrange for services 212-346-0500 that may include non-medical in- home services, non-institutional Home Care Options respite services for caregivers, Opciones de Cuidado Domiciliario ancillary services and other services 家居照顧的選擇 available in the community. EISEP supports and supplements care CPC Home Attendant Program provided by families and friends. 1 York Street, 2nd Floor Participants whose incomes are New York, NY 10013 above 150% of poverty share in the 212-219-8100 cost of the services, according to a Provides personal care services sliding scale. in the home to clients who are medically disabled, aged and/ Home Care Service Program or physically handicapped. The (HCSP) program is staffed with bilingual/ 311 bicultural Chinese and Spanish www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ speaking registered nurses and services/long_term_care.shtml case coordinators to supervise the The Home Care Services Program delivery of home care services. (HCSP) offers access to Medicaid- funded long-term care programs Expanded In-Home Services for designed to help eligible elderly or the Elderly Program (EISEP), disabled individuals remain safely 46 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 at home, rather than in a nursing 800-675-0391 home or other institution. In some www.vnsny.org cases, the Home Care Services This home health care service Program will assess medical needs provides members of the and determine the appropriate care community support using both required. Eligibility for Medicaid- care and technology to maximize funded home care programs varies effectiveness. The VNSNY matches among programs but all programs patients with the care they need require that the applicant be while being sure to account for any Medicaid eligible. financial concerns. Both Medicare and Medicaid are accepted, and The New York Foundation for services run 24/7. Senior Citizens - Home Attendant Program Brooklyn Office: 11 Park Place, 14th Floor 1630 East 15th Street New York, NY 10007 Brooklyn, NY 11229 212-962-7559 www.nyfsc.org/services/support_ Manhattan Office: homeattend.html 1250 Broadway, 7th Floor Under the Home Attendant New York, NY 10001 Program, the Foundation’s registered nurses and social workers Chinatown Neighborhood visit seniors at home - to assess Naturally Occurring Retirement their needs and to supervise the Community more than 1,000 home attendants 7 , the Foundation employs to meet New York, NY 10013 their needs. Home attendants 212-619-3073 are trained by Foundation staff www.zh.vnsny.org to perform daily tasks such as This health service serves the health-related personal care, residents ages 60 and above within housekeeping, shopping, cooking Chinatown. Members can receive and accompanying seniors to free social services, nursing care medical appointments. either in their home or the office. On-going support groups, health Visiting Nurse Service of New screening, educational lectures, York social and volunteer programs are

47 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 also provided. to various provider systems to increase their capacity and skill to Mental Health Services meet the mental health needs of the Servicios de la Salud Mental older adults with whom they work. 心理健康科服務 Greenwich House Senior Health Brooklyn: and Consultation Center 27 Barrow Street, 3rd Floor Brooklyn Veterans Center New York, NY 10014 25 Chapel Street, Suite 604 212-242-4140 ext. 251 Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.greenwichhouse.org/senior_ 718-630-2830 health/index This program offers affordable Heights and Hills consultation as well as help with the 57 Willoughby Street, 4th Floor necessary changes that come with Brooklyn, NY 11201 aging. Services are provided at the 718-596-8789 center, but necessary home calls can www.HeightsAndHills.org sometimes be made. Heights and Hills delivers information, direction and support Hamilton Madison House for the elderly of Brooklyn. Chinatown Family Consultation Center (CFCC) Manhattan: 253 , 3rd Floor New York, NY 10002 Geriatric Mental Health Alliance 212-720-4540 of New York City A full-service mental outpatient 50 Broadway, 19th Floor clinic, the CFCC provides New York, NY 10004 evaluations, therapy and community 212-614-5772 outreach. www.mhaofnyc.org/gmha/ The Geriatric Mental Health Hamilton Madison House Social Alliance (GMHA) operates a Adult Day Program Geriatric Mental Health Training 253 South Street, 2nd Floor, East and Technical Assistance Center Wing without walls that provides support New York, NY 10002

48 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 212-349-3724 This program was created by AARP Striving to improve the quality of to provide exclusive discounts life for those 55 years and above on FDA-approved prescription with dementia and memory loss, medications and specialty drugs. this program offers transportation, nutritious meals, support groups, BigAppleRx and recreational activities. 311 Mandarin and Cantonese spoken. www.bigapplerx.com A free discount card accepted at Manhattan Veterans Center many pharmacies in New York City; 32 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Suite 200 cannot be used in conjunction with New York, NY 10004 other discounts/insurance but can be 212-951-6866 used for medications not covered.

University Settlement Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Consultation Center Coverage (EPIC) 184 800-332-3742 New York, NY 10002 www.health.ny.gov/health_care/epic/ 212-453-4522 EPIC is a free New York State www.universitysettlement.org/us/ program that helps income-eligible programs/mental_health_services/ seniors aged 65 and older to consultation_center/ supplement their out-of-pocket The Consultation Center works to Medicare Part D drug plan costs. provide mental health services to EPIC helps pay the Medicare Part those in need. English, Mandarin, D drug plan premiums for low- to Cantonese and Spanish spoken. moderate income members. EPIC also provides supplementary drug Prescription Discounts coverage for Part D covered drugs Descuentos de Recetas Médicas purchased while in the Medicare 藥品折扣計畫 Part D coverage gap. To join EPIC, one must be a NYS resident AARP Prescription Discount age 65 or over, have an annual Program income less than $35,000 (single) 877-422-7718 or $50,000 (married), be enrolled in www.aarppharmacy.com a Medicare Part D plan, and must

49 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 not be receiving the full Medicaid Diana H. Jones Senior Center Benefit. Pharmacies must be EPIC 9 Noll Street participants. Brooklyn, NY 11206 718-782-3601 Extra Help Paying for Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Eileen Dugan Senior Center 800-772-1213 380 Court Street www.ssa.gov/medicare/ Brooklyn, NY 11231 prescriptionhelp/ 718-596-1956 Extra Help pays for the costs of Medicare prescription drug plans. Park Slope Senior Center You are eligible for Extra Help if 463A Seventh Street your resources and income are Brooklyn, NY 11215 below a certain level. 718-832-3726

Blood Pressure Programs Prospect Hill Senior Center Programas de la Presión Arterial 283 Prospect Avenue 量度血壓服務 Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-499-9574 Organized by the New York City Department for the Aging, trained Raices Times Plaza Senior senior volunteers measure the Center blood pressure of their peers in bi- 460 Atlantic Avenue weekly screening and monitoring Brooklyn, NY 11217 sessions. Adhering to a special 718-694-0895 protocol developed in association with the Department of Health, Manhattan: the volunteers keep records and follow-up with anyone whose blood University Settlement Senior pressure is too high. The program Center is available at the following senior 189 centers: New York, NY 10002 212-473-8217 Brooklyn:

50 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 Senior Centers Services include lunch, case assistance, educational, recreational Centros de Ancianos and health promotional activities. 老人中心 Pete McGuinness Senior Center Brooklyn: 715 Leonard Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 Eileen Dugan Senior Citizens 718-383-1940 Center www.ccbq.org/what-we-do/older- 380 Court Street adult-services/pete-mcguinness- Brooklyn, NY 11231 senior-center 718-596-1956 Offers a range of activities and Provides a variety of services, services Monday through Friday, including group lunches, nutritional which includes: lunch; social programs, educational and services provided by an experienced recreational activities and case Case Manager and a Program assistance. Manager (Polish/English speaking) for entitlements, benefits and Independence Neighborhood referrals; educational workshops, Senior Center computer classes, healthy aging 114 Taylor Street classes in Tai Chi, chair yoga, Brooklyn, NY 11211 meditation and aerobics; line 718-388-9242 dance and ballroom dance; lifestyle milldev.org/senior-programs/ management classes; oil painting independence/ and crafts classes; humor and Provides a variety of activities politics discussion; sing-alongs and including zumba, dominoes, bingo first run movies. Transportation to and origami. the center is provided to seniors who are unable to take public Northside Senior Center transportation. 179 North 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Polish and Slavic Center (PSC) 718-387-2316 “Krakus” Senior Center www.ccbq.org/what-we-do/older- 176 Java Street adult-services/northside-senior- Brooklyn, NY 11222 center 718-383-3434

51 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 www.polishslaviccenter.org/ BRC Senior Center en/m.16.page.html?agid=25 30 Krakus activity is not limited to New York, NY 10002 serving meals. Krakus also offers 212-533-2020 educational and recreational www.brc.org/programs_senior_ activities such as chess, cards, services.php dominoes, bingo, movies, a choir BRC’s Senior Center provides and many more activities. ESL community, social and educational classes are offered twice a week. activity, health and mental health Polish spoken. services, recreation, and nutritious meals. St. Charles Jubilee Senior Center 55 Pierrepont Street Chinese American Planning Brooklyn, NY 11201 Council NY Chinatown Senior 718-855-0326 Citizens Center www.ccbq.org/what-we-do/older- 70 Mulberry Street adult-services New York, NY 10013 Provides nutritional, educational, 212-233-8930 recreational, health promotional, CSCC is celebrated for its social service and intergenerational orchestra room, where seniors programs as well as multi-cultural actively practice and perform for events. their predominantly Cantonese- speaking peers. This senior center Swingin’ Sixties Seniors Center also offers the Senior Strollers 211 Ainslie Street walking club. Brooklyn, NY 11211 718-963-3793 CPC Project Open Door This senior center offers breakfast 168 and hot lunch as well as a variety New York, NY 10013 of programs including art classes, 212-431-9026 computer classes, yoga, dancing, cpc-nyc.org/programs/senior- nutrition and wellness programs, a services/open-door-senior-center walking club and bingo and card CPC provides meals, social playing. activities such as art shows, and homecare services to New York’s Manhattan: population of elderly Chinese.

52 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 Breakfast, lunch, health promotion nutritious meals that meet multi- and nutrition information, ethnic dietary preferences. Other educational and recreational services at Grand Street include opportunities and case assistance assistance with Medicare, HEAP, are available. SSI and Food Stamps, health and mental health care, housing Good Companion Senior Center assistance, exercise programs, 334 Madison Street, Basement recreational and cultural activities, New York, NY 10002 and volunteer opportunities. 212-406-5044 www.henrystreet.org/programs/ Greenwich House Senior Center senior-services/good-companions- at Independence Plaza senior-center.html 310 Health and wellness classes, New York, NY 10013 exercise facilities, legal services, 212-267-0499 benefits and entitlements www.greenwichhouse.org/about/ counseling, case management, senior_services recreation and educational classes Meals, classes, health and including arts, computers, games, wellness activities, social work current events discussions, and services, and specialized services holiday celebrations are offered. for homebound seniors are offered. This senior center also offers a Stay Well Exercise Program, Hamilton Madison House City providing weekly exercise Hall Senior Center classes to enhance balance and 100 Gold Street, Lower Lobby build muscle strength which run New York, NY 10038 approximately 40-50 minutes. 212-788-5580 The center serves as a hub Grand Street Settlement Grand for information and referrals, Coalition of Seniors including consultation regarding 80 Pitt Street Social Security, food stamps, New York, NY 10002 Medicaid, Medicare, and senior 646-201-4251 housing. It also offers nutritious www.GrandSettlement.org/ meals, recreational activities, and programs/senior-services educational classes. The Grand Coalition offers 53 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 Mott Street Senior Center UJC Adult Luncheon Club 180 Mott Street 15 Willett Place New York, NY 10002 New York, NY 10002 212-966-5460 212-673-9328 www.nyfsc.org/services/sencenters. www.ujces.org/events.aspx html Exercise, bingo, mahjong, dancing, University Settlement painting, ceramics, sculpting, Neighborhood Center sewing, knitting, and crocheting, 189 Allen Street among other activities, are offered. New York, NY 10002 Each day, members can enjoy 212-473-8217 delicious, nutritionally balanced www.universitysettlement.org/ breakfasts and lunches, many of us/programs/older_adults/senior_ which feature Italian and Chinese center/ dishes. Breakfast and lunch, classes, activities, and social services Southbridge Adult and Senior including errand escorts and meal Citizens Center delivery for homebound seniors are 90 Beekman Street offered. This senior center also offers New York, NY 10038 bi-weekly blood pressure screening 212-732-9363 and monitoring sessions, a walking www.southbridgetowers.com/ club and the Stay Well Exercise development/community_groups. Program, a program that provides aspx weekly exercise classes that run A variety of recreational and approximately 40-50 minutes. cultural programs are open to anyone over 55 in the downtown Weinberg Center for Balanced area, including health and fitness Living programs, arts and crafts, drawing 197 East Broadway and chess. The Center also offers a New York, NY 10002 nurse, a shopping van service, and 646-395-4270 assistance with social services such mannycantor.org/program/adults/ as Medicare, Access-A-Ride, and weinberg-center/ Meals-On-Wheels. Provides empowering classes, workshops, and social events focused on maintaining personal

54 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 health, engaging the senses and tai chi, mah-jong, arts, dance, motivating individuals through knitting, and exercise. an ongoing learning curve of experiences related to fitness, Grand Street Settlement Baruch general wellness, and arts and Elders Services Team (BEST) culture. Also provides social Program services such as counseling, health 72 Columbia Street and wellness programs. New York, NY 10002 212-982-4171 Naturally Occuring Retirement www.grandsettlement.org/programs/ Communities senior-services Comunidades de Retiro This program provides comfortable 退休社區長者計劃 lounges and a host of activities and services to elderly residents of Our district is also home to a Bernard Baruch Houses. Programs number of development-based include classes in gardening, yoga senior centers and Naturally and art, activities such as bingo, Occurring Retirement Communities gardening, and mental health (NORCS). These senior centers support groups. provide many services for residents of a particular housing development Hamilton Madison House or neighborhood. Knickerbocker Village Senior Services NORC Educational Alliance, Co-Op 32 Monroe Street, Apartment G1 Village NORC New York, NY 10002 465 Grand Street 212-349-0616 New York, NY 10002 www.knickvill.com/en/senior_ 646-395-4510 service.php www.edalliance.org/older_adults Community health seminars, Available to all NORC residents activities including bingo, tai chi, ages 60 and above, Co-Op Village dance, scheduled trips, and holiday offers social work assistance, celebrations. nursing services, and limited transportation to medical Hamilton Madison House, Smith appointments. Provides classes in Senior Center NORC yoga, board games, creative writing, 50 Madison Street

55 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 New York, NY 10038 Lillian Wald Houses Senior 212-349-3724 ext. 9312 Center Case management and benefit and 12 entitlement, hot lunches served five New York, NY 10009 days a week, a variety of scheduled 212-260-2731 classes including computer classes The Center provides important geared toward seniors with limited nutritional information and offers or no prior knowledge of computers, affordable hot lunches Sunday “Stay Well” exercise classes, through Friday and dinners ceramics classes and more are Monday through Friday. Seniors provided. can participate in recreational activities and use the two fitness Henry Street Settlement, NORC/ rooms, complete with machines and Vladeck Cares free weights. Chinese and Spanish 351 Madison Street spoken. New York, NY 10002 212-477-0455, ext. 19 NY Foundation for Senior www.HenryStreet.org/programs/ Citizens LaGuardia Senior senior-services/norcvladeck-cares. Center html 280 Cherry Street This program provides free services New York, NY 10002 to residents of Vladeck Houses who 212-732-3656 are 60 years of age and older to For a small suggested contribution, assist them in independent living, seniors can eat balanced meals scheduling and transportation to (breakfast and lunch) that have been medical appointments, financial carefully planned by nutritionists. management and long term care Seniors can participate in a range planning. Health screenings, free flu of activities: exercises, arts and shots, and counseling services are crafts, music, bingo, mahjong, also available. English, Spanish, health promotion, and English and Chinese spoken. classes.

56 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Nutrition and Wellness Northside Senior Center Nutrición y Bienestar 179 North 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 營養及健康服務 718-387-2316

Support Services GOLES Healthy Aging Program Servicios de Apoyo (GHAP) 支持協調服務 169 Avenue B New York, NY 10009 Alert and Alive Programs 212-533-2541 Informal Alert and Alive discussion www.goles.org/services.html groups are offered at centers This preventative healthcare throughout the City. They are led by initiative assists those in the Lower trained senior volunteers in sessions East Side age 50 and above. Offers that run continuously. Members counseling and assistance for share their beliefs, attitudes and housing and health services as well concerns about aging in a warm as referrals and cultural programs. and congenial atmosphere. Alert and Alive Programs can be found at New York Foundation for Senior the following locations: Citizens, Inc. 11 Park Place, 14th Floor Brooklyn: New York, NY 10007 212-962-7559 Diana H. Jones Senior Center www.nyfsc.org 9 Noll Street The New York Foundation for Senior Brooklyn, NY 11206 Citizens provides a wide range of 718-782-3601 support services for older adults, including information about housing, Eileen Dugan Senior Center transportation, senior centers, 380 Court Street activities and theatre discounts. Brooklyn, NY 11231 718-596-1956

57 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Service Program for Older People Citymeals-on-Wheels at Grand Street Settlement 212-687-1234 72 Columbia Street www.citymeals.org/ New York, NY 10002 This privately funded organization 212-787-7120 ext. 514 provides home-delivered meals to www.spop.org/ anyone who is: 60 years of age or Offers clinical, integrated physical older; physically and/or mentally and mental health care, and incapacitated and in need of some specialized substance abuse assistance; unable to prepare counseling. nutritious meals or has no friends or family to do so; or is receiving United Jewish Council of the East only limited Medicaid services Side (recipients of Medicaid home and 235 East Broadway personal care services are currently New York, NY 10002 ineligible for home delivered 212-233-6037 meals). To request meals-on- www.ujces.org wheels service, please call the case The UJC provides services to East management agency listed below Side senior citizens, including that is closest to your home: friendly visiting, telephone reassurance, and access to food Brooklyn: service pantries. Heights and Hills Community Food Access and Assistance Council Acceso a Alimentos y Asistencia 57 Willoughby Street, 4th Floor 送餐及護理服務 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-596-8789 The City of New York Home- www.heightsandhills.org Delivered Meals for Seniors 311 Ridgewood Bushwick Case New York City delivers nutritionally Management balanced meals to the homes of 555 Bushwick Avenue seniors age 60 and older who are Brooklyn, NY 11206 unable to attend a group meal 718-821-0254 program or prepare their own meals.

58 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Manhattan: Greenmarket Broadway at Chambers Street New York Foundation for Senior Open Tuesday & Friday March - Citizens December 11 Park Place New York, NY 10007 Saint Mark’s Church 212-962-7817 Greenmarket www.nyfsc.org East 10th Street and 2nd Avenue Open Tuesday June - November Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) Meals and Ferry Whitehall Nutrition Terminal Greenmarket 212-273-5272 4 South Street, inside Ferry Terminal www.jasa.org/community/meals Building Provides home-delivered and kosher Open Tuesday & Friday year-round meals. Tompkins Square Greenmarket Greenmarkets Ave A and East 7th Street Mercados Publicos Open Sunday year-round 綠色市集 Greenmarket For more information on Greenwich Street between greenmarkets, including a list of Chambers Street and Duane Street vendors, visit www.grownyc.org/ Open Saturday (year-round) and greenmarket or call 311. Wednesday (March - December)

Manhattan: Union Square Greenmarket North and West sides of Union Abingdon Square Greenmarket Square Park Hudson Street and West 12th Street Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Open Saturday year-round and Saturday year-round

Bowling Green Greenmarket Water Street Greenmarket Broadway at Battery Place Water Street at Open Tuesday & Thursday year-round Open Thursday July - November

59 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Brooklyn: for older adults. Senior Companions are at least 55 years old, can use Brooklyn Borough Hall mass transit, and are available 10- Greenmarket 40 hours a week. Senior Companion Plaza at Court Street and Montague services include companionship, Street friendly visiting, light errands, meal Open Tuesday, Thursday and planning, medication reminders, Saturday year-round caregiver respite, and medical escort. Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Carroll Street, between Smith Street Heights and Hills Friendly and Court Street Visiting Service Open Sunday year-round 57 Willoughby Street, 4th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket 718-596-8789 West and Flatbush Program matches volunteers of all Avenue ages with homebound and isolated Open Saturday year-round seniors for weekly companionship - volunteers and clients go on walks, Greenpoint/McCarren Park run errands, cook together, play Greenmarket cards, knit, talk about music, art, Union Avenue between Driggs sports, politics, their families, and Avenue & North 12th Street whatever else they find in common. Open Saturday year-round SAGE Friendly Visitor Program Friendly Visiting 305 7th Avenue, 6th Floor Visitas Domiciliarias Amistosas New York, NY 10001 府上探訪服務 212-741-2247 www.sageusa.org/cure/visitor.cfm Henry Street Settlement Senior All those who participate in this Companion Program program must be a SAGE client, or 265 Henry Street a referral, friend, neighbor, or other New York, NY 10002 service provider. Once a client 212-477-0455 decides to participate, a SAGE staff Senior Companions are volunteers person comes to the home of the who make independence a reality client and matches the client with

60 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 a volunteer. All volunteers are seasoned, licensed therapist. screened, trained, and committed to at least one year with each client. Friends In Deed 594 Broadway, Suite 706 Visiting Neighbors New York, NY 10012 3 Washington Square Village 212-925-2009 Suite 1F www.FriendsInDeed.org New York, NY 10012 Friends In Deed is a crisis center 212-260-6200 that provides emotional and spiritual www.visitingneighbors.org/ support for anyone diagnosed with This service matches volunteers HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life- with seniors 60+ in Lower threatening physical illnesses. Manhattan. Volunteers are carefully screened and trained, Heights and Hills and are committed to a few hours 57 Willoughby Street, 4th Floor each week. Volunteers will escort Brooklyn, NY 11201 seniors to medical appointments, 718-596-8789 on errands, and to the grocery www.HeightsAndHills.org store. Heights and Hills promotes successful aging in place by Support Groups providing case management for Grupos de Apoyo homebound seniors, information, 支持協調服務團体 referral and supportive counseling for family and friends caring for Center for Bereavement seniors, as well as transportation 118 East 93 Street, Suite 1C services. New York, NY 10128 212-289-8570 Caregiver Resources www.centerforbereavement.com Recursos para Cuidadores Provides grief counseling and 給予照顧/護理的資訊 therapy in a safe, confidential, and private setting to assist in Caregivers Action Network the mourning process through 202-454-3970 individual grief counseling/therapy www.caregiveraction.org/ or in bereavement groups with Provides educational materials other mourners, facilitated by a and guides for family caregivers, 61 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 including resources and information and support to senior citizens of all on workshops and tips for backgrounds. caregiving. Adult Day Programs The Eldercare Locator Programas Durante el Día para 800-677-1116 Adultos www.eldercare.gov/ 成人日間活動計劃 This public service developed by the U.S. Administration on Aging Care NYC - Lower East Side connects seniors and their families 265 Henry Street to local services. New York, NY 10002 718-906-0669 Hamilton Madison House www.scsny.org/programs/youth- Caregiver Services Manhattan and-family-programs/care-nyc- 100 Gold Street, Lower Level support-caregivers New York, NY 10038 Care NYC on the Lower East Side 212-788-1688 provides free services to caregivers Provides services to the Chinese 18+ who are caring for someone and Korean communities including with Alzheimer’s Disease or supportive counseling, respite care, Dementia. shopping assistance and home visits. Hamilton Madison House Adult NYS Caregiving & Respite Day Services Coalition 253 South Street, 2nd Floor 585-244-8400 New York, NY 10002 www.nyscrc.org/ 212-720-4540 Provides information, research and www.hamiltonmadisonhouse.org support to caregivers. Hamilton Madison House’s mission is to improve quality of Williamsburg Social Services life for participants with memory 32 Penn Street loss while providing support and Brooklyn, NY 11211 education to caregivers and family 718-782-2315 members. Services include meals, This center, run by the Jewish door to door transportation, social Association Serving the Aging and recreational activities, and (JASA), provides social services

62 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 support groups. Mandarin and Services for People with Disabilities Cantonese spoken. Servicios para las Personas con Discapacidades VillageCare Adult Day Health 殘障人仕服務 Center 121B West 20th Street Access-a-Ride New York, NY 10011 877-337-2017 212-337-9220 web.mta.info/nyct/paratran/guide. www.vcny.org/communitycare htm Adult Day Health Care program Access-A-Ride, for the same price providing comfort and promoting as full public transit fare, provides independence through a full door-to-door shared van rides 24/7 range of nursing, nutritional, case throughout New York City and management, rehabilitative services nearby Nassau and Westchester and social activities. Services include counties for seniors and people with physical therapy, personal care disabilities who have difficulty with assistance, health-related diagnostic public transit. For eligibility and services, and social services, as reservations call the number above. well as full-time nursing services. A comprehensive therapeutic recreation Brooklyn Center for program includes creative arts, Independence of the Disabled exercise, yoga, tai chi, discussion 27 Smith Street, Suite 200 groups, lectures, live musical Brooklyn, NY 11201 entertainment, movies, and local 718-998-3000 trips. Individualized programs www.bcid.org/ are geared to helping persons Empowers persons with disabilities with behavioral health problems, by improving the quality of their Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s lives and fostering their integration disease, dementia and other chronic into the mainstream of society. Also illnesses. Private door-to-door develops educational programs transportation is provided. including training for advocacy for their individual civil rights.

63 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Center for Independence of the Provides directory of services for Disabled of New York seniors with vision impairments. 841 Broadway, Suite 301 New York, NY 10003 Computer Center for Visually 212-674-2300 Impaired People at Baruch www.cidny.org College Provides benefits counseling 55 and direct services to those with New York, NY 10010 disabilities. Also advocates to 646-312-1420 improve the lives of people living www.baruch.cuny.edu/ccvip with disabilities. The Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP) has Mayor’s Office for People With been in the business of Assistive Disabilities Technology training, research and 100 Gold Street, 2nd Floor service since 1978. New York, NY 10038 311 Helen Keller Services for the 711 (Relay Service for Deaf/Hard Blind - Brooklyn of Hearing) 57 Willoughby Street www.nyc.gov/mopd Brooklyn, NY 11201 The Mayor’s Office for People with 718-522-2122 Disabilities works to ensure that New www.helenkeller.org/ Yorkers with disabilities can lead Helen Keller Services for the Blind happy, healthy and productive lives. enables individuals who are blind, visually-impaired, deaf-blind, and/ Services for the Visually Impaired or have combined hearing-vision Servicios para Personas con loss to live, work and thrive in their Discapacidades Visuales community of choice. 視障人仕服務 Lighthouse International American Foundation for the 15 West 65th Street Blind New York, NY 10023 2 Penn Plaza, Suite 1102 800-284-4422 New York, NY 10121 www.lighthouseguild.org 212-502-7600 Assists people of all ages who are www.afb.org blind or partially sighted to lead 64 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 independent and productive lives. including prevocational, skills training, and job placement. National Federation of the Blind of New York State 718-567-7821 www.nfbny.org The National Federation of the Blind is the largest organization of blind and low-vision people in the United States. The group strives to reform general attitudes towards the blind.

New York State Commission for the Blind 866-871-3000 ocfs.ny.gov/main/cb Provides a listing of not-for-profit agencies in New York that offer resources for those with visual impairments.

VISIONS - Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired 500 Greenwich Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013 212-625-1616 www.visionsvcb.org/ Non-profit agency offering blind or visually impaired individuals rehabilitation through at-home instruction on safety techniques for independent living, indoor/outdoor mobility training, and employment services for youth and adults,

65 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Recreation and Fitness Features basketball courts, handball courts, playgrounds, and Recreación y sprinklers. Acondicionamiento Físico 康樂及健身 Brooklyn Furman Street and Montague Parks Street to Plymouth Street and Parques Adams Street 公園 718-222-9939 www.brooklynbridgepark.org Features a carousel, playgrounds, Brooklyn: kayaking, rowing, biking, dog runs,

volleyball, fitness, swimming, and Adam Yauch Park weekend family programs. Atlantic Avenue, Columbia Place,

State Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Kent Avenue between North 7th adamyauchpark Street and North 10th Street Features dog friendly areas, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ playgrounds, fitness equipment, bushwickinletpark and sprinklers. Features a multipurpose field, a

green building with a green roof, American Playground a viewing platform, playground, Franklin Street between Milton football field, baseball field, soccer Street and Noble Street field, and public access to the www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ waterfront. americanplayground/

Features basketball courts, Carroll Park handball courts, playgrounds, and Court Street to Smith Street, sprinklers. between Carroll Street and

President Street Bedford Playground www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Bedford Avenue between South 9th carrollpark Street and Division Avenue Features bocce courts, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ playgrounds, sprinklers, and wi-fi. bedfordplayground/

66 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Cobble Hill Park 718-782-2731 Clinton Street between Verandah www.nysparks.com/parks/155/ Place and Congress Street details.aspx www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features barbecuing areas, cobblehillpark/ baseball fields, basketball courts, Features playgrounds. bicycling and greenways, dog runs, fitness equipment, football fields, playgrounds, running tracks, Navy Street to North Elliot Place, soccer fields, sprinklers, eateries between Flushing Avenue and Park and tennis courts. Avenue www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Grand Ferry Park commodorebarrypark Grand Street and River Street Features baseball fields, basketball www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ courts, football fields, handball grandferrypark/ courts, outdoor pools, playgrounds, Features dog friendly areas. and sprinklers. Hillside Park De Hostos Playground Columbia Heights and Vine Street Harrison Avenue between Walton www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Street and Lorimer Street hillsidepark/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features dog friendly areas and dehostosplayground/ wifi hotspots. Features basketball courts, handball courts, playgrounds, and Jacob’s Ladder Playground sprinklers. Clymer Street between Kent Avenue and Wythe Avenue DiMattina Playground www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Hicks Street and Rapelye Street jacobsladderplayground/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features a playground. dimattina-playground/ Features dog friendly areas, Marcy Park South playgrounds, and sprinklers. Marcy Avenue and Division Avenue State Park http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Kent Avenue and North 10th Street marcy-park-south/map 67 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Features handball courts and mcgrmcgolrickpark basketball courts. Features dog friendly areas, playground, and sprinklers. McCarren Park Berry Street, Nassau Avenue, Mother Cabrini Park Lorimer Street, Driggs Avenue, President Street and Van Brunt North 10th Street, Manhattan Street Avenue, Bayard Street, Union www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Avenue mothercabrinipark www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features playgrounds. mccarren-park Features baseball fields, basketball Roberto Clemente Ballfield courts, bocce courts, dog friendly Division Avenue between Wythe areas, eateries, fitness equipment, Avenue and Kent Avenue football fields, handball courts, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ ice skating rinks, outdoor pools, B382A playgrounds, recreation centers, Features a baseball field. running tracks, skate parks, soccer fields, sprinklers, tennis courts, and Rodney Park South wifi. Rodney Street between Division Avenue and South 9th Street Middleton Playground www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Lee Avenue between Lynch Street B223OC/map and Middleton Street Features basketball courts and a www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ playground. middletonplayground/ Features basketball courts, Roebling Playground handball courts, sprinklers, and a Lee Avenue between Wilson Street playground. and Taylor Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Monsignor McGolrick Park roeblingplayground/ Russell Street, Monitor Street Features basketball courts, between Nassau Avenue and handball courts, and a playground. Driggs Avenue www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Sobel Playground Division Avenue between Lee 68 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Avenue and Roebling Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ abcplayground/ sobelplayground/ Features basketball courts, Features a playground. playgrounds, and sprinklers.

Steuben Playground Alfred E. Smith Playground Flushing Avenue between Steuben Catherine Slip and Catherine Street Street and Williamsburg Place www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B221/ alfred-e-smith-playground Features fitness equipment, Features basketball courts, handball courts and a playground. handball courts, volleyball courts, recreation centers, playgrounds, Van Voorhees Park and wifi. Columbia Street, Hicks Street between Congress Street and Baruch Playground Atlantic Avenue Baruch Place and Mangin Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ vanvoorheespark baruchplayground Features fitness equipment, Features basketball courts, handball courts, playground, and handball courts, and playgrounds. tennis courts. Bowling Green WNYC Transmitter Park Broadway and Bowling Green West Street between Kent Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ and Greenpoint Avenue bowlinggreen www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features eateries. transmitter-park Features fishing, playgrounds, and Canal Park sprinklers. Canal Street between West Street and Washington Street Manhattan: www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ canalpark ABC Playground Features benches. East Houston Street between Norfolk Street and Essex Street

69 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Capsouto Park Varick Street between Canal Street Cherry Street, Pike Street, Monroe and Laight Street Street, and Market Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ capsoutopark colemanplayground/ Features a fountain and chess Features baseball fields, handball tables. courts, skate parks, basketball courts, dog runs, playgrounds, and Captain Jacob Joseph sprinklers. Playground Henry Street and Rutgers Street Corlears Hook Park www.nycgovparks.org/parks/m122 Jackson Street, Cherry Street, FDR Features playgrounds. Drive www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M017 City Hall Park Features baseball fields, Broadway, Park Row and playgrounds, dog runs, and Chambers Street sprinklers. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ cityhallpark Features benches, eateries and Hudson Street, Duane Street wifi. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ M025/ Park Features benches. Leonard Street between Centre Street and Lafayette Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Montgomery Street to East 13th M242/ Street and FDR Drive Features benches. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ eastriverpark/ Playground Features barbecuing areas, , Mulberry Street, baseball fields, basketball fields, Worth Street, Bayard Street bicycling and greenways, dog www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M015 runs, fitness equipment, football Features basketball courts, fields, playgrounds, running tracks, playgrounds, and sprinklers. soccer fields, sprinklers, eateries and tennis courts. 70 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Little Flower Playground govisland.com Madison Street between Clinton Governors Island is a 172-acre Street and Rutgers Street island located in the heart of www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ New York Harbor. Features bike littleflowerplayground/ rentals, mini-golf, children’s play Features basketball courts, area, sprinklers, ballfields, and handball courts, playgrounds, and hammocks. Accessible via ferry sprinklers. from Pier 6 at Park and Maritime Luther Gulick Playground Building at 10 South Street in Lower Willett Street, , Manhattan. The park is open from Columbia Street, Delancey Street late May through late September. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ luthergulickplayground Features basketball courts, Pitt Street, , Sheriff handball courts, playgrounds, and Street, East Houston Street sprinklers. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ hamilton-fish-park Playground One Features a pool, basketball courts, Madison Street between Catherine handball courts, fitness equipment, Street and Oliver Street wifi, rec center, playground, and www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ sprinklers. playgroundone/ Features basketball courts, - Pier 40 playgrounds, and sprinklers. and West Houston Street Sara D. Roosevelt Park 212-627-2020 East Houston Street to Canal www.hudsonriverpark.org/ Street between Chrystie Street and Features dog-runs, mini golf, trapeze, play areas, kayaking and a www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ carousel. saradroosevelt Features basketball courts, handball courts, playgrounds, soccer fields, sprinklers, and volleyball courts. 71 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Sophie Irene Loeb Playground www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Henry Street, Market Street, East thomaspainepark Broadway Features eateries and wi-fi. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ sophieireneloeb/facilities/ playgrounds to Avenue B from East Features a playground. 7th Street to East 10th Street 212-387-7685 www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Essex Street, Jefferson Street and tompkinssquarepark/ East Broadway Features basketball courts, dog www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ runs, fitness equipment, handball sewardpark/ courts, pool, playground, wifi and Features basketball courts, sprinklers. volleyball courts, playgrounds, and sprinklers. Spring Street between Thompson Tanahey Playground Street and Cherry Street to Water Street, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Catherine Slip to Market Slip vesuvioplayground www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features basketball courts, tanaheyplayground handball courts, outdoor pools, Features basketball courts, playgrounds, and sprinklers. playgrounds, and roller hockey. The Battery Chambers Street and Greenwich Battery Place and State Street Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ batterypark washingtonmarketpark Features eateries, playgrounds, a Features, basketball courts, tennis carousel, and wi-fi. courts, fitness equipment, and eateries. Thomas Paine Park Lafayette Street, Centre Street, Worth Street, and Duane Street

72 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 William Passannante Ballfield the pool. Membership is free for West Houston Street, between 6th youths under 18, $25 for youths Avenue and Macdougal Street 18-24 and $150 for adults. Pool is www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ closed during summer months to williampassannanteballfield/ make room for outdoor pool. Features playgrounds and ballfields. Outdoor Pools Piscinas Descubiertas Indoor Pools 室外泳池 Piscinas Cubiertas 室內泳池 Brooklyn:

Metropolitan Recreation Center Pop Up Pool Pool 261 Bedford Avenue Pier 2 Brooklyn, NY 11211 www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ brooklynbridge- metropolitan-recreation- park/facilities/outdoor-pools/ center/facilities/indoor-pools/ brooklyn-bridge-park-popup-pool metropolitan-pool Must be a member of the Commodore Barry Pool Metropolitan Recreation Center to Flushing and Park Avenues, Navy use the pool. Membership is free and North Elliot Streets for youths under 18, $25 for youths 718-243-2593 18-24 and $150 for adults. McCarren Park Pool Tony Dapolito Pool 776 Lorimer Street Clarkson Street and Seventh Brooklyn, NY 11222 Avenue South 718-965-6580 www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Manhattan: tony-dapolito-recreation-center/ facilities/indoor-pools/tony- Hamilton Fish Pool dapolito-pool Pitt Street and Houston Street Must be a member of the Tony 212-387-7687 Dapolito Recreation Center to use

73 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Tompkins Square Pool www.ManhattanYouth.org Avenue A between East 7th Street The Downtown Community Center and East 10th Street open swim and lap sessions as 212-387-6784 well as several swim clinics and exercise classes for community Vesuvio Pool residents age 65 and above. Thompson Street between Spring During designated Senior Swim and Prince Street hours, the entire pool is reserved 212-343-0959 for senior use.

Fitness Greenpoint YMCA Acondicionamiento Físico 99 Meserole Avenue 健身中心 Brooklyn, NY 11222 212-912-2260 www.ymcanyc.org/greenpoint Chinatown YMCA - Houston Includes a fitness center as well Street Center as health and wellness, adult 273 education, childcare and family New York, NY 10002 programs. 212-912-2460 www.ymcanyc.org/chinatown Senior HEART Wellness Program Dodge YMCA 275 Bowery 225 Atlantic Avenue New York, NY 10002 Brooklyn, NY 11201 212-475-5008 718-625-3136 Organized by University www.ymcanyc.org/dodge Settlement, this health and wellness Features exercise equipment, program is for adults age 50 exercise classes, gymnasium, and above and offers classes in swimming pool, and a steam and aquatics, fitness and health. sauna room. Shape Up NYC Downtown Community Center 212-360-3307 120 Warren Street www.nycgovparks.org/programs/ New York, NY 10007 recreation/shape-up-nyc 212-766-1104

74 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 This program, a joint effort Manhattan: between the NYC Parks Department and the Department of Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center Health and Mental Hygiene, offers 80 Catherine Street classes in a number of recreation New York, NY 10038 centers in both Manhattan and 212-285-0301 Brooklyn. Classes offered range from zumba to yoga and pilates and Chinatown YMCA Cornerstone are run by qualified instructors. 200 Madison Street Below are centers located in or New York, NY 10002 close to the district. Call for more 212-385-9349 information on classes and times. Community Center at Brooklyn: Stuyvesant High School 345 Chambers Street Independence Towers New York, NY 10282 114 Taylor Street 212-267-9700 Brooklyn, NY 11249 718-302-3416 Hamilton Fish Recreation Center 415 East Houston Street McCarren Play Center New York, NY 10002 776 Lorimer Street 212-673-2290 Brooklyn, NY 11222 718-218-2380 Two Bridges Community Center 286 South Street Metropolitan Recreation Center New York, NY 10002 261 Bedford Avenue 212-385-9352 Brooklyn, NY 11211 718-599-5707 Two Bridges Neighborhood Council Williamsburg Community 82 Rutgers Slip Center New York, NY 10002 195 Graham Avenue 212-233-7859 Brooklyn, NY 11206 718-387-7482

75 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 The Silversneakers Fitness 718-855-0326 Program This senior center offers daily www.silversneakers.com lunches and a variety of activities This program is the nation’s including tai chi, aerobics, yoga, leading exercise program designed dancing, art classes, a computer exclusively for older adults and lab and cultural trips. involves aerobics and access to the fitness center and pool. This St. Francis College opportunity is offered to those 65+ 180 Remsen Street and applicants must be Medicare- Brooklyn, NY 11201 eligible members of a sponsoring 718-489-5272 health plan, though those who do www.sfc.edu/page.cfm?p=463 not meet this qualification may pay In addition to cultural and a fee. Below are locations within entertainment programming, St. the district: Francis College offers swimming, Tai-Chi and other fitness classes. Chinatown YMCA - Houston Street Center Weinberg Center for Balanced 273 Bowery Living New York, NY 10002 197 East Broadway 212-912-2460 New York, NY 10002 www.mannycantor.org/programs/ Jian Hui Dance Studio adults/weinbergcenter 118-122 Baxter Street Part of the Educational Alliance, New York, NY 10013 this program for registered 212-334-9998 members and seniors age 55 and above offers classes and workshops Southbridge Fitness to improve one’s fitness, flexibility, 66 Frankfort Street and personal health. Includes New York, NY 10031 yoga, swimming, pilates, tai chi, 212-964-4414 and more.

St. Charles Jubilee Senior Center 55 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, NY 11201

76 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Recreation Centers Manhattan: Centros de Recreacion 康樂體育中心 Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center Provided by the Department of 80 Catherine Street Parks & Recreation, these facilities New York, NY 10038 offer indoor pools, game rooms, 212-285-0301 libraries, computer resources and www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ more. Seniors age 62 and above recreationcenters/M194 receive a discounted fee of $25 for Features fitness room, playground, annual membership access to all artificial turf field, outdoor and centers. indoor basketball courts, and an indoor volleyball court. Brooklyn: Hamilton Fish Recreation Center McCarren Play Center 128 Pitt Street 776 Lorimer Street New York, NY 10002 Brooklyn, NY 11222 212-387-7687 718-218-2380 www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ recreationcenters/M033 recreationcenters/B058 Features an outdoor pool, outdoor Features an outdoor pool, indoor basketball court, cardio room, and and outdoor basketball courts, outdoor handball court. cardio room, fitness room, outdoor soccer field, and other fitness Tony Dapolito Recreation Center equipment. 1 Clarkson Streeet New York, NY 10014 Metropolitan Recreation Center 212-242-5228 261 Bedford Avenue www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ Brooklyn, NY 11211 recreationcenters/M103 718-599-5707 Features athletic fields, baseball www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ fields, indoor basketball courts, recreationcenters/B085 outdoor bocce courts, fitness Features an indoor pool, fitness room, handball courts, indoor and room, and cardio room. outdoor pools, and an outdoor soccer field. 77 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Walking Clubs Manhattan: Clubes de Caminar 健步班 New York Chinatown Senior Citizens Center These clubs are active in a variety 70 Mulberry Street of senior centers and other New York, NY 10013 facilities throughout New York City 212-233-8930 that provide services to seniors. Each club walks to achieve a target University Settlement number of steps, anywhere from Neighborhood Center 25,000 to 100,000+. Members use 189 Allen Street pedometers to count their steps. New York, NY 10002 Individual totals contribute to the 212-473-8217 club’s goal. Volunteer Opportunities Big Apple Senior Strollers Oportunidades para Voluntarios 212-442-8962 參予義工服務 www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ health/health.shtml Foster Grandparent Program A walking club for senior citizens 311 run by the NYC Department for the www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ Aging. volunteering/foster.shtml Seniors can work one-on-one to Brooklyn: provide support to at-risk children, helping them with developmental Pete McGuinness Senior Center and learning tasks. 715 Leonard Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 Home Safety Audit Program 718-383-1940 212-962-7559 www.nyfsc.org/services/repair.html Swinging Sixties Senior Center Organized by the New York 211 Ainslie Street Foundation for Senior Citizens, Brooklyn, NY 11211 volunteers aged 55 and above can 718-963-3793 be trained and dispatched to visit

78 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 the homes of seniors in order to www.cssny.org/services/rsvp/ identify potential hazards and ways RSVP’s mission is two-fold: to resolve them. providing meaningful, invigorating opportunities for older adults and Home Sharing Program helping nonprofit organizations in 212-962-7559 New York City reach more clients www.nyfsc.org/services/home_ and provide more services. sharing.html Organized by the New York Community Activities and Groups Foundation for Senior Citizens, Actividades y Grupos Comunitarios this program matches adult 社區活動及圑體 “hosts” who wish to share excess space in their homes or apartments Battery Park City Seniors with compatible guests in need 21 West Thames Street of housing. This successful New York, NY 10280 program helps seniors relieve 212-912-0678 financial hardship and provides [email protected] companionship. A free membership group for seniors offering programs which include a New York Cares walking group, luncheons, theater 65 Broadway, 19th Floor trips, visits to museums as well as New York, NY 10006 exercise and art history classes. 212-228-5000 www.newyorkcares.org Battery Park City Conservancy New York Cares is New York City’s Public Programs largest volunteer organization that 75 Battery Place arranges volunteer programs for New York, NY 10280 nonprofits, city agencies and public 212-267-9700 schools. www.BpcParks.org This non-profit organization is Retired Senior Volunteer in charge of approximately 36 Program acres of public space and hosts 105 East 22nd Street, Suite 401 programs which include walking New York, NY 10010 tours, bird watching, drawing 212-614-5394 classes, tai-chi classes, music and

79 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 dance performances and gardening Franklin Delano Roosevelt, NY projects. Post 1284 346 Broadway, Room 3E American Legion New York, NY 10013 245 West Houston Street, Room 212B Fraternity, NY Post 612 New York, NY 10014 1 Washington Square Village 212-807-3066 Suite 2A nylegion.net New York, NY 10012 The American Legion, the 212-228-3330 nation’s largest wartime veterans organization, is devoted to , NY Post 18 mutual helpfulness, and is 346 Broadway, Room 3E committed to mentoring youth and New York, NY 10013 sponsoring wholesome programs in our communities, advocating Liberty-Grand Street, NY Post 22 patriotism and honor, promoting 346 Broadway, Room 3E strong national security, and New York, NY 10013 continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans. Lt. B. R. Kimlau, NY Post 1291 191 Canal Street Local Posts: New York, NY 10013 212-925-5528 Colonel John R. Slattery, NY www.ltkimlau.com/ Post 1099 346 Broadway, Room 802 Metropolitan, NY Post 385 New York, NY 10013 346 Broadway, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013 Customs, NY Post 51 346 Broadway, Room 3E New York City Police, NY Post New York, NY 10013 460 346 Broadway, Suite 812 Department of Public Works, NY New York, NY 10013 Post 1222 646-801-8839 346 Broadway, Room 802 al460.org/ New York, NY 10013 80 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Rhinelander East Side , NY Post 1217 NY Post 6 346 Broadway, Room 802 346 Broadway, Room 3E New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10013 Washington Square, NY Post Robert L Hague, NY Post 1242 1212 346 Broadway, Room 3E 193 Prince Street New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10012 212-674-9517 Schoolmens, NY Post 543 346 Broadway, Room 802 New York, NY 10013

Sgt. Carl G. Tos, NY Post 1396 346 Broadway, Room 802 New York, NY 10013

St. Stanislaus Memorial, NY Post 1771 519 Leonard Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 718-383-9822 ststanspost1771.org/

United Manhattan, NY Post 9 346 Broadway, Room 3E New York, NY 10013 212-567-0474

Veterans Administration, NY Post 1347 346 Broadway, Room 802 New York, NY 10013

81 Educational and Cultural Resources - Recursos Culturales y Educativos - 教育及文化資訊 Educational and Cultural In this free monthly series, seniors 65 and over watch classic movies Resources on the big screen while enjoying Recursos Culturales y complimentary popcorn and soda. Educativos 教育及文化資訊 Brooklyn Arts Council- Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) NYC-ARTS Cultural Guide for 20 Jay Street, Suite 616 Seniors Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.nyc-arts.org/seniors 718-625-0080, ext. 234 The cultural guides for seniors www.brooklynartscouncil.org/ provide details on New York City documents/2100 cultural groups’ programs for SPARC provides selected artists senior citizens and groups; ticket with a stipend in exchange for and membership discounts; and the creation and delivery of arts assistance available for visitors programming for seniors. Artists with disabilities. The cultural will engage participating seniors in groups include museums, dance an art project or series of cultural and theater companies, libraries, programs over the course of the performing arts venues, zoos and residency, which will also include more. a public program component –

exhibits, readings, performances, Performing Arts open houses or other cultural Artes Escénicas interactions open to the surrounding 表演藝術 community. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Center for the

Performing Arts Brooklyn Academy of Music 2900 Campus Road Senior Cinema Brooklyn, NY 11210 30 Lafayette Avenue 718-951-4660 Brooklyn, NY 11217 www.BrooklynCenter.org 718-636-4122 Presents classical music, opera, www.bam.org/programs/senior- ballet, modern dance, popular cinema

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artists in concert, and more. to present new and high quality Seniors age 65 and older receive work in music, theater, film, visual $2 off ticket prices. arts, and dance for audiences of all ages. Heights Players 26 Willow Place Third Street Music Settlement Brooklyn, NY 11201 New Horizons Band and New 718-237-2752 Horizons Chorus www.HeightsPlayers.org 235 East 11th Street Presents musicals, dramas and New York, NY 10003 comedies, as well as readings and 212-777-3240 workshops. With Senior discount, Offers adults age 50+ the play tickets are $18 and musical opportunity to learn how to play tickets are $23. an instrument in a band or how to sing in a chorus. All skill levels St. Francis College Special welcomed. Participants in band Events may bring their own instruments or 180 Remsen Street rent them. Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-489-5272 Museums www.sfc.edu/page.cfm?p=463 Museos St. Francis College hosts a variety 博物館 of special lectures, concerts and performances. Brooklyn:

Manhattan: BRIC Rotunda Gallery 33 Clinton Street Borough of Manhattan Brooklyn, NY 11201 Community College (BMCC) 718-683-5604 Tribeca Performing Arts Center bricartsmedia.org/contemporary-art/ 199 Chambers Street exhibitions New York, NY 10007 This contemporary art gallery 212-220-1459 produces six shows per year, www.TribecaPac.org featuring works by those who live, This performing arts center strives work or were born in Brooklyn.

83 Educational and Cultural Resources - Recursos Culturales y Educativos - 教育及文化資訊 Brooklyn Historical Society Center at 128 Pierrepont Street BLDG 92 Brooklyn, NY 11201 63 Flushing Avenue 718-222-4111 Brooklyn, NY 11205 www.BrooklynHistory.org 718-907-5992 Dedicated to preserving and www.bldg92.org encouraging the study of Originally a part of one of Americas Brooklyn’s history, this urban first Naval Yards, BLDG 92 has history center houses an array of been transformed into a museum exhibitions as well as workshops dedicated to the history of the and a library. Discounted Brooklyn Navy Yard and Naval admission of $6 for seniors. operations in general. Admission is free and within the building is an Brooklyn Museum art gallery located on the third floor. 200 Brooklyn, NY 11238 New York City Transit Museum 718-638-5000 Corner of Boerum Place & www.BrooklynMuseum.org Schermerhorn Street Senior discount: Admission for Brooklyn, NY 11201 senior citizens is $10. 718-694-1600 The Brooklyn Museum, housed www.mta.info/mta/museum in a 560,000-square-foot, Beaux- Senior discount: “Senior Arts building, is one of the oldest Wednesdays” offers free admission and largest art museums in the to all senior citizens (62+); on other country. Its world-renowned days, there is a reduced admission permanent collections range from fee of $5 for senior citizens. ancient Egyptian masterpieces to The New York Transit Museum is contemporary art, and represent the largest museum in the United a wide range of cultures. The States that is dedicated to urban Museum also offers year-round transportation history. It is home to programs for adult learners, over 100 years of transit artifacts including art-making classes and memorabilia, including and one-day workshops, films, elevator and subway cars. performing arts, gallery talks and tours.

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Manhattan: interactive, family-friendly tours led by guides in period costume. Anne Frank Center 44 Park Place Museum at Eldridge Street New York, NY 10007 12 Eldridge Street 212-431-7993 New York, NY 10002 www.annefrank.com 212-219-0888 The Anne Frank Center USA is www.EldridgeStreet.org a full service gallery that uses This museum is one of New York’s Anne Frank’s life and words to City’s most treasured American explore the disastrous effects of Jewish sites, which you can injustice and prejudice. Through a explore on your own or with a permanent exhibition on her life, as guided tour. Tours are offered well as interactive displays, visitors on every hour on the hour. With learn about Anne’s world in hiding senior discount admission is $10 and her incredible optimism and Monday admission is free. despite the chaos around her. Also on display are copies of her famous Museum of American Finance diary, family photos, and other 48 Wall Street artifacts from the Holocaust. New York, NY 10005 212-908-4110 Lower East Side Tenement www.moaf.org/index Museum The Museum of American Finance 103 is the nation’s only independent New York, NY 10002 museum dedicated to preserving, 877-975-3786 exhibiting and teaching about www.tenement.org American finance and financial Senior discount: Tickets for senior history. Housed in an historic citizens (65+) are offered at a bank building on Wall Street, reduced fee of $20. the Museum’s magnificent grand This museum provides a glimpse mezzanine banking hall provides into the heart-tugging hardship and an ideal setting for permanent continuing relevance of the turn-of- exhibits on the financial markets, the-century American immigrant money, banking, entrepreneurship, experience. Offers a number of and Alexander Hamilton.

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Museum of Chinese in America Senior discount: The museum 215 Centre Street offers a reduced admission fee of New York, NY 10013 $14 to senior citizens and is free on 212-619-4785 Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 www.mocanyc.org p.m. Senior discount: Museum The New Museum of admission is $5 for senior citizens Contemporary Art is Manhattan’s (65+) and is free for all ages on only museum solely devoted to Thursdays. contemporary art and is a leading This museum illustrates the rich venue for new art. history and culture of Chinese- Americans through historical and New York City Fire Museum visual art exhibitions, walking 278 Spring Street tours, and extensive archives. New York, NY 10013 212-691-1303 Museum of Jewish Heritage www.NycFireMuseum.org 36 Battery Place Senior discount: The museum New York, NY 10280 offers a reduced admission fee of 646-437-4202 $5 for senior citizens. www.mjhnyc.org The museum surveys the profession Senior discount: Reduced admission of firefighting from the days of price of $10 for senior citizens hand-pumped, horse-drawn fire (65+), and is free for all ages every engines to the modern era’s blaze- Wednesday from 4p.m. to 8p.m. dousing behemoths. This museum uses personal objects, photos, and film to highlight Jewish One World Observatory cultural heritage from the 19th and 285 Fulton Street 20th century. New York, NY 10007 844-696-1776 New Museum of Contemporary oneworldobservatory.com/ Art One World Observatory provides 235 Bowery breathtaking views of the city New York, NY 10002 skyline from the 102nd floor of 1 212-219-1222 World Trade Center. www.NewMuseum.org

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Skyscraper Museum Libraries 39 Battery Place Bibliotecas New York, NY 10280 圖書館 212-968-1961 www.skyscraper.org Brooklyn: The Skyscraper Museum celebrates the architecture of New York The Brooklyn Public Library offers City through photography and a free Books-by-Mail service that interactive exhibits. There is a provides books-on-tape, eBooks $2.50 admission for seniors. and audio for e-readers as well as audio CDs and DVDs to seniors Smithsonian National Museum who are homebound and have of the American Indian a vision disability. To find out 1 Bowling Green more about this program, contact New York, NY 10004 the Service to the Aging (SAGE) 212-514-3700 office at 718-236-1760 or email www.nmai.si.edu [email protected]. Admission is free every day for all ages. A panoply of Native American Library art gathered from every corner of the 109 Remsen Street continent, including masks, pottery, Brooklyn, NY 11201 and other assorted artifacts. 718-623-7100 www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/ South Street Seaport Museum brooklyn-heights 12 Fulton Street New York, NY 10038 Carroll Gardens Library 212-748-8600 396 Clinton Street www.seany.org Brooklyn, NY 11231 The South Street Seaport Museum 718-596-6972 preserves and interprets the www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/ history of New York City as a carroll-gardens world port, a place where goods, labor and cultures are exchanged Central Library through work, commerce, and the 10 Grand Army Plaza interaction of diverse communities. Brooklyn, NY 11238

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718-230-2100 Hamilton Fish Park Library http://www.bklynlibrary.org/ 415 East Houston Street locations/central New York, NY 10002 212-673-2290 Greenpoint Library www.nypl.org/locations/hamilton- 107 Norman Avenue fish-park Brooklyn, NY 11222 718-349-8504 Mulberry Street Library www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/ 10 Jersey Street greenpoint New York, NY 10012 212-966-3424 Williamsburgh Library www.nypl.org/locations/mulberry- 240 Division Avenue street Brooklyn, NY 11211 718-302-3485 New Amsterdam Library www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/ 9 Murray Street williamsburgh New York, NY 10007 212-732-8186 Manhattan: www.nypl.org/locations/new- amsterdam Battery Park City Library 175 North End Avenue Seward Park Library New York, NY 10282 192 East Broadway 212-790-3499 New York, NY 10002 www.nypl.org/locations/battery- 212-477-6770 park-city www.nypl.org/locations/seward- park Library 33 East Broadway Stephen A. Schwarzman New York, NY 10002 Building (Main Branch) 212-964-6598 Fifth Avenue at www.nypl.org/locations/chatham- New York, NY 10018 square 917-275-6975 www.nypl.org/locations/ schwarzman

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Tompkins Square Library A searchable database, Age- 331 East 10th Street Friendly College provides New York, NY 10009 information about educational 212-228-4747 opportunities for older adults at www.nypl.org/locations/tompkins- local colleges and universities. square Baruch College Discount Programs 55 Lexington Avenue Programas de Descuentos New York, NY 10010 折扣計畫 646-312-1000 www.baruch.cuny.edu Project S.T.E.P. (Senior Theatre Seniors age 60 or older can audit Enrichment Program) classes for $80 per semester. 11 Park Place, 14th Floor New York, NY 10007 Borough of Manhattan 212-962-7655 Community College www.nyfsc.org/services/sentheatre. 199 Chambers Street html New York, NY 10007 The New York Foundation for 212-220-8000 Senior Citizens collaborates with www.bmcc.cuny.edu the Theatre Development Fund Seniors are able to apply as a non (TDF) to give seniors ages 62 matriculated student and audit and over an opportunity to obtain classes for $80 a semester. low-cost tickets for on- and off- Broadway performances. Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Lifelong Learning Continuing Education 2900 Bedford Avenue Continuación de Educación Brooklyn, NY 11210 成人教育 718-951-5647 www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/ Age-Friendly NYC College Link academics/centers/irpe.php 1216 5th Avenue Offers an extensive array of New York, NY 10029 courses, workshops and lectures 212-822-7251 in art, literature, history, foreign www.agefriendlycollege.org/ languages, computers and

89 Educational and Cultural Resources - Recursos Culturales y Educativos - 教育及文化資訊 more. Also film screenings, tai NY State residents 60 years of chi or yoga classes and trips. age or older can attend classes as Membership fee is required. matriculating or non-matriculating students tuition-free. CUNY School of Professional Studies The New School, Institute for 119 West 31st Street Retired Professionals (IRP) New York, NY 10001 66 West 12th Street, Room 502 212-652-2869 New York, NY 10011 www.sps.cuny.edu 212-229-5682 Senior citizens may enroll in www.newschool.edu/irp/ undergraduate courses only, on an IRP members are people who audit basis for $80 a semester. have come together to create a community in which each person’s City College - QUEST: A learning experience is enriched Community for Lifelong through exchange with other Learning members of diverse backgrounds 25 Broadway, 7th Floor and interests. The program is New York, NY 10004 open to retired and semi-retired 212-925-6625 ext. 229 people. Courses are offered in questcontinuingednyc.org/ history, literature, philosophy, This non-profit organization is self- the humanities, science, art, governed by retired professionals music, drama, and other subjects. age 55 years and above. Members An application and tuition fees use the facilities of the Center are required. Scholarships are for Worker Education at the City available. College of New York to participate in over 30 college level classes and NYU School of Continuing and workshops each semester. Professional Studies Professional Pathways Program Kingsborough Community 7 East 12th Street, Room 133 College, My Turn Program New York, NY 10003 2001 Oriental Boulevard 212-998-7200 Brooklyn, NY 11235 www.scps.nyu.edu 718-368-5079 www.kbcc.cuny.edu/myturn

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Pace University’s Adult Resource YMCA Center (PARC) Various Sites 1 Pace Plaza 212-630-9600 New York, NY 10038 www.ymcanyc.org/association/ 212-346-1244 classes/computer-classes www.pace.edu/continuing- Introductory and more advanced professional-education/senior- classes offered at various locations. programs Call or visit the web site for more This senior program, which information. costs $100 for one year, offers those ages 55+ a host of different opportunities. Those involved in the PARC program have access to lecture series, the school’s library, the school’s computer lab, and social events.

Computer Training Programs Entrenamiento de Computación 學習電腦

Brooklyn Public Library www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/ list?keys=computer+basics Offers introductory computer classes at a variety of branches throughout Brooklyn.

New York Public Library www.nypl.org/classes Offers hands-on classes from the basics to internet search strategies to Microsoft Word and Excel – and much more. Register online or contact local branches for details.

91 Financial Planning and Resources - Planificación y Recursos Financieros - 理財計畫及資訊 Financial Planning and income adults and individuals with disabilities are meeting their Resources financial obligations. Trained Planificación y Recursos volunteers meet one-on-one with Financieros seniors in their own homes to assist 理財計畫及資訊 in monthly bill-paying.

Free Credit Reports AARP Tax Counseling for the 877-322-8228 Elderly (TCE) www.annualcreditreport.com 888-687-2277 While there are many companies www.aarp.org/money/taxes/aarp_ that charge people to obtain copies taxaide/ of their credit reports, all New The IRS-sponsored TCE Program Yorkers are entitled to receive one provides free tax help to people free credit report each year from aged 60 and older. As part of the each of the major credit reporting program, AARP offers the Tax- agencies. All three national credit Aide counseling program at more bureaus (Experian, Equifax and than 7,000 sites nationwide during TransUnion) must provide you the filing season. Trained and with a copy of your credit report certified AARP Tax-Aide volunteer once every year, upon request, counselors help people of low- under provisions of the Fair Credit to-middle income with special Reporting Act. If you are the victim attention to those age 60 and older. of identity theft, you are entitled to

a second report from each agency. Bill Payer Program

195 Montague Street Grand Street Settlement Single Brooklyn, NY 11201 Stop 718-858-2360 80 Pitt Street www.cscs-ny.org/money_ New York, NY 10002 management/index.php 646-201-4289 Coordinated by the Council of www.grandsettlement.org/ Senior Centers and Services programs/adult-a-family-services of New York City, Inc. (CSCS) This program provides legal with the AARP Foundation, this consultation, financial counseling free service ensures that low-

92 Financial Planning and Resources - Planificación y Recursos Financieros - 理財計畫及資訊 and benefits and social service needy. It fights poverty through assistance. comprehensive social services and strives to treat every Human Resources individual with dignity and Administration Emergency respect. Its grassroots Jewish Assistance for Adults (EAA) Community Council network 718-557-1399 works to strengthen families and www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ neighborhoods throughout New services/cash.shtml York City. New York City residents may apply for a one-time emergency grant, NYC Financial Empowerment also called a “One Shot,” when an Centers unforeseen circumstance prevents 311 the applicant from meeting an www.nyc.gov/html/ofe/html/find/ expense. An applicant must meet find.shtml eligibility guidelines and is subject In cooperation with a number of to investigative review of the non-profit organizations, New application. Emergency grant York City operates free Financial applicants may obtain rental Empowerment Centers in each assistance in cases of impending borough. The centers provide free evictions, assistance with home one-on-one financial counseling energy and utility bills, disaster by professional counselors in assistance including moving person or by phone in English expenses, and the purchase of and Spanish. It is best to make an personal items for health and appointment ahead of time. safety. Financial Protection Met Council Protección Financiera 120 Broadway, 7th Floor 財務保障 New York, NY 10271 212-453-9500 Center for NYC Neighborhoods www.MetCouncil.org 17 Battery Place, Suite 702 Met Council is the voice of the New York, NY 10004 Jewish poor and the first line 212-566-3050 of defense for the community’s www.cnycn.org

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The Center for New York City Equifax Security Freeze Neighborhoods (CNYCN) was P.O. Box 105788 created to address the local Atlanta, GA 30348 repercussions of the national 860-349-9960 foreclosure crisis. Through www.freeze.equifax.com comprehensive citywide programming that includes legal Experian Security Freeze services, housing counseling, and P.O. Box 9554 consumer education, CNYCN Allen, TX 75013 pursues multiple strategies to 888-397-3742 assist those at risk of losing their www.experian.com/freeze/center. homes to foreclosure. The center html also operates a free confidential foreclosure prevention hotline. TransUnion Security Freeze P.O. Box 6790 Credit Freeze Fullerton, CA 92834 New Yorkers who believe they 888-909-8872 are the victims of identity theft freeze.transunion.com can place a security freeze on their credit files. This prohibits New Economy Project – NYC crediting agencies from releasing Financial Justice Hotline the contents of their credit reports 212-925-4929 or scores so no new credit accounts www.neweconomynyc.org/ can be issued until the freeze nychotline is lifted. To activate the freeze, Provides information and referrals consumers must contact each of the for low-income residents regarding three individual credit-reporting issues with unfair debt collection agencies listed below via certified practices, tax refund loans, payday mail or overnight mail with a loans, credit reporting and repair. name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, and proof of current address. Individuals must contact each agency again when they want to lift the freeze.

94 Emergency Preparedness - Preparación para Emergencias - 緊急準備 Emergency Preparedness Ready New York Guide 311 Preparación para ww1.nyc.gov/site/em/ready/guide- Emergencias resources.page 緊急準備 This guide was collaboratively developed by DFTA and the Office Aware Prepare of Emergency Management (OEM). www.dhes.ny.gov/aware-prepare It addresses issues specific to A collective effort of NYS Agencies seniors and people with disabilities and other regional organizations, in the event of an emergency. The this website provides a variety of guide is available in English, resources to help individuals and Russian, Spanish and Chinese. their families prepare in the event of You can call 311 for the guide on an environmental disaster. audiotape.

Disaster Preparedness for Seniors Guide www.redcross.org/prepare/location/ home-family/seniors Developed by the American Red Cross, this guide helps seniors develop a plan of action in the event of a house fire, power outage, hurricane, or attack on the community.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hotline 800-621-3362 www.fema.gov Features tips on how to prepare for an emergency and how to apply for assistance after an emergency.