Community Board No. 2 Manhattan Senior Services Guide 2013
Prepared by:
Sasha Greene Chair of Social Services & Education Committee
Julio Rafael Mora Community Associate TABLE OF CONTENTS
HEALTH & MEDICAL SERVICES 5 Community Health Centers & Hospitals Rehabilitation Respite & Long Term Care Hospice & Palliative Care Specialized Clinics Mental Health Facilities & Services Health Care Coverage Drug Assistance
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Governmnent Agencies Benefit Search Engines Food Assistance Utility Assistance Direct Financial Assistance Transportation Senior Employment Services & Volunteer Opportunities Legal Services Special Health Needs LGBT Services HIV/AIDS Services Caregiver Resources Support & Empowerment Services Technology Services Pet Care Decluttering Services Advocacy Groups
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SENIOR CENTERS & HOUSING 25 Local Senior Centers Rental Assistance & Housing Services Homeless Services RECREATIONAL & LIFESTYLE 28 Museums Art Galleries Greenmarkets Parks Senior Discounts
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COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS New York Downtown Hospital 170 William Street, 4th Floor & HOSPITALS: (at Beekman Street) Senior Health New York, NY 10038 Beth Israel Medical Center 212.312.5000 275 8th Avenue http://www.downtownhospital.org (at West 24th Street) /senior-care-center New York, NY 10001 Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 212.463.0101 REHABILITATION SERVICES: http://wehealny.org/services/bi_se VillageCare Rehabilitation and niorhealth/index.html Nursing Center 214 West Houston Street Charles B. Wang (bet. 7th Avenue South & Community Health Bedford St.) Center (Social Serv.) New York, New York 10014 th 268 Canal St., 6 Fl. 212.337.9400 (Courtland Alley & Lafayette St.) www.villagecare.org/vcrnc New York, NY 10013 212.379.6988 Rehabilitation and sub-acute programs Fax: 212.266.2289 care for adults of all ages, but are Website: www.cbwchc.org sensitive to the needs and concerns of senior patients. Michael Callen-Audre Lorde Community Health Center Fox Rehabilitation 365 W. 18th St. 1 877.407.3422 (bet 8th & 9th Avenues) http://foxrehab.org/ New York, Ny 10011 212.271.7200 The private practice provides physical, www.callen-lorde.org occupational and speech rehabilitation.
Insurance accepted:
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RESPITE & LONG TERM CARE NY Foundation for Senior Citizens SERVICES: 11 Park Place, 14th Floor Caring Community Respite (bet. Church St. & Broadway) Services New York, NY 10007-2801 487 Hudson Street 212.962.7559 (Christopher & Barrow Sts.) http://www.nyfsc.org/index.html New York, NY10014 212.777.3555 After the three months, the client can hire the aide privately. The cost is negotiated http://www.caringcommunities.or with the client and the home attendant. g/registry/signin.php?mypage=regi stryindex HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: Visiting Nurse Service of Long Term Home Health Care NY-Hospice Program (LTHHCP) 1250 Broadway, 7th Floor (at West Visiting Nurse Service of NY 32nd Street) 212.609.1687 New York, NY 10001
212.609.1900 http://preview.www.vnsny.org/ou http://www.vnsny.org/our- r-services/by- services/by-life- service/medical/long-term-home- event/hospice/?gclid=CLTmlrvanqc health-care-program/ CFZ065Qod7AOPfA
Certified Home Health Agency VNS of NY Hospice has contracts to (CHHA) provide hospice services at the North Shore-LIJ Health System following facilities in Manhattan: 866.651.4200 http://www.northshorelij.com/NSL Hospitals: IJ/Home+Care+Network+Healthcar Metropolitan Hospital e+at+Home 1901 First Avenue New York, NY 10029 212.423.6262
NYU Langone Medical Center
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212.263.7300
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Bellevue Hospital Center The Jewish Home and Hospital 462 First Ave. 120 West 106th Street New York, NY 10016 New York, New York 10025 212.609.4100 212.870.4715 Margaret Dunphny is contact person at Bellevue, 347.628.7594, 212.609.1900 Assisted Living:
Skilled Nursing Facilities: The Shirley Goodman and Himan Brown Hospice Residence at Amsterdam House Carnegie East (96th Street and 1st 1060 Amsterdam Avenue Avenue) New York, NY 10025 844 Second Ave 212.316.7700 New York, NY 10128 DeWitt Rehab and Nursing 212.360.3176 Center 8 beds staffed by VNS team 211 East 79th Street Private pay and Medicaid New York, NY 10075 212.879.1600 Metropolitan Jewish Health System Northern Manhattan Administrative Office Rehabilitation and Nursing 39 Broadway, Room 200 Center (bet. Morris St. & Exchange Alley) 16 East 125th Street New York, NY 10006-3039 New York, New York 10035 212.420.2844 212.426.1284 http://hospicenyc.org/
Fort Tryon Center 801 W 190th St New York, NY 10040 212.543.6400
Terrence Cardinal Cooke 1249 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029 212.360.1000 6
NYU Langone Medical Center SPECIALIZED CLINICS: 550 First Avenue Neurology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, (bet. E. 30 & E. 33 Sts.) Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Podiatry, New York, NY 10016 & Internal Medicine 212.263.0300 Raymond Naftali Rehabilitation http://palliativecare.med.nyu.edu/ Center 508 West 26th Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues) Mt. Sinai Medical Center New York, NY 10001 Administrative Office Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 1 Gustav L Levy Place 646.230.9292 (5th Avenue bet. 98th & 101 Street) http://www.naftalicenter.com/ New York, NY 10029 212.241.1446 http://www.mountsinai.org/patien Orthopedics: t-care/service-areas/palliative-care New York Downtown Hospital Columbia Presbyterian 170 William Street, 4th Floor (at 212.305.3953 Beekman Street) New York, NY 10038 New York Downtown Hospital Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 170 William Street 212.312.5000 (bet. Beekman & Spruce Sts.) http://www.downtownhospital.org New York, NY 10038 /musculoskeletal-care 212.312.5816 http://www.downtownhospital.org Ophthalmology /senior-care-center The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary 310 East 14th Street (at 2nd
Avenue) New York, NY 10003 Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
212.979.4192
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MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES The Hudson Guild 441 West 26 Street & SERVICES: (bet. 9th & 10th Avenue) Beth Israel Medical Center New York, NY 10001 Outpatient Geriatric Psychiatric, 212.760.9800 Outpatient Mental Health Center www.hudsonguild.org 10 Nathan Perlman Place Hudson Guild is a fully licensed, (East 15th St. bet. 1st & 2nd Avenues) professionally staffed mental health clinic. New York, NY 212.420.2400 Psychotherapy and psychiatry services www.wehealny.org/services/psych are offered. iatry/services.asp The Center for Hearing and The Division of Geriatric Psychiatry of Communication Beth Israel Medical Center offers 50 Broadway, 6th Floor comprehensive evaluation and treatment, (bet. Exchange Alley & Morris St.) including inpatient geriatric psychiatry, outpatient geriatric psychiatry and house New York, NY 10004 calls to homebound patients. 917.305.7700
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services The center provides hearing testing, Greenberg Manhattan West/YCL hearing aid fitting, speech therapy and mental health counseling for those who Counseling Center are hard of hearing or deaf. All of the th th 125 West 50 Street, 6 Floor therapists are sign language fluent. (bet. 6th & 7th Avenues) Mental health services include psychiatric New York, NY 10020 evaluation, individual, couple, family and 212.582.9100 group therapy, medication consultation www.jbfcs.org and maintenance, psychological and educational evaluations of adults and The Jewish Board of Family and adolescents, crisis intervention, parenting Children’s Services provides outpatient counseling and support, case mental health services incorporating management services, information and psychologists, psychiatrists, social referral. workers and case managers in 14 clinics and centers.
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Fifth Avenue Center for National Alliance on Mental Counseling and Psychotherapy Illness of NYC 50 West 23rd Street 505 8th Avenue Suite 1103 (bet. 5th & 6th Avenues) (bet. W. 35th & W. 36th Sts.) New York, NY 10011 New York, NY 10018 212.989.2990 212.995.5824 www.tfacc.org www.naminycmetro.org
The Fifth Avenue Center for Counseling It is a support, education and advocacy and Psychotherapy offers individuals, organization serving individuals and couples, family and group psychotherapy families affected by mental illness. They to patients with a wide variety of offer support groups for individuals living diagnoses. The staff includes clinical with mental illness and groups for family, social workers, psychologists and friends and caregivers. Services are free psychiatrists who provide talk therapy of charge. and medication management to children, adolescents and adults. The NAMI-NYC Metro Helpline provides New Yorkers with information, support, Greenwich House: Senior Center referrals, resources on mental illnesses, and the Senior Health & and how to navigate New York City’s Consultation mental health system. 27 Barrow Street 212.684.3264 (bet. 7th Avenue S. & W. 4th St.) [email protected] New York, NY 10014 Postgraduate Center for Mental 212.242.4140 Health www.greenwichhouse.org Center for Adult Psychotherapy Greenwich House services include a 71 West 23rd Street, 7th floor mental health age program, a music (bet. 5th & 6th Avenues) school, early childhood education, New York, NY 10010 chemical dependency and methadone 212.576.4195 maintenance programs, a senior center and the Senior Health and Consultation www.pgcmh.org Center. The Senior Health & Consultation The center provides outpatient Center provides adults over age 60 with psychiatric treatment that includes affordable primary care and mental medication management, insight oriented health services. psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, & family & group psychotherapy. 9
1-800-LIFENET HEALTH CARE COVERAGE: 1-800-LIFENET, a confidential, toll- NYC Department of Aging Senior free 24 hr. help line for New York Services City residents and is operated by 2 Lafayette Street the Mental Health Association of New York, NY 10007 New York City in partnership with http://www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/ht the New York City Department of ml/services/services.shtml Health and Mental Hygiene. The city agency provides description and LIFENET operates 24 hours per organizes the types of services and day/7 days per week. LIFENET is programs that are available to seniors. multilingual and multicultural. Medicare In Spanish: 1-877-AYUDESE (1- 1-800-MEDICARE (633-4227) 877-298-3373) www.medicare.gov In Mandarin, Cantonese and Medicare Right Center Consumer Korean dialects: 1-877-990-8585 Hotline 1-800-334-4114 All other languages: 1-800- Administrative office LIFENET (1-800-543-3638) 520 Eighth Avenue LIFENET assists people who are (bet. W. 36th & W. 37th Sts.) experiencing a crisis. LIFENET has North Wing, 3rd Floor authorized linkages with the 23 New York, NY 10018 mobile crisis teams and Emergency Phone: 212.869.3850 Medical Services (EMS). This Fax: 212.869.3532 unique, life-saving authority allows www.medicarerights.org LIFENET to provide a prompt Medicaid response to callers in urgent need https://www.cms.gov/home/medic of psychiatric assistance. aid.asp
HRA’s Info Line for Medicaid
1877.472.8411
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HIICAP (Health Insurance MediGap Information Counseling and https://www.cms.gov/Medigap/ Assistance Program) Medigap is supplemental insurance that NYC Dept. for the Aging covers the gaps of the Medicare Plan 280 Broadway, Room 212 Coverage. Click here (bet. Chambers & Reade Sts.) (http://www.medicare.gov/find-a- New York, NY 10007 plan/questions/medigap-home.aspx) for 1.800.701.0501 the Medigap Policy Search. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/be nefits/health.shtml GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Social Security Administration 1.800.772.1213 DRUG ASSISTANCE: www.socialsecurity.gov Elderly Pharmaceutical The Social Security Administration Insurance Coverage (EPIC) provides a comprehensive website that informs on their programs, benefits, P.O. Box 15018 eligibility requirements, ability to file Albany, NY 12242-5018 applications online, and other resources. 800.332.3742 Department for the Aging A NY State operated program that 2 Lafayette Street provides seniors with financial assistance New York, NY 10007 for their drug prescriptions. 311 Medicare: Part D Description http://www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/home Drug Coverage /home.shtml 1.800.633.4227 The Dept. of Aging mission is to work for http://www.medicare.gov/navigati the empowerment, dignity and quality of life of New York City’s diverse older adult on/medicare-basics/medicare- population as well as support their benefits/part-d.aspx families through advocacy, education and the coordination and delivery of services.
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NYS Office for the Aging FOOD ASSISTANCE: http://www.aging.ny.gov/ Meals On Wheels New York State Office for the Aging Citymeals-on-Wheels mission is to help older New Yorkers 355 Lexington Avenue sustain their independence through advocacy, development and delivery of New York, NY 10017 person-centered, consumer-oriented, and 212-687-1296 cost-effective policies, programs and The organization provides nutritious services. The goals are to support and meals and human companionship to empower the elderly and their families by homebound elderly in New York City. also partnering with the network of public and private organizations that God’s Love we Deliver serve them. 116 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10013 212.294.8100 BENEFIT SEARCH ENGINES: www.glwd.org
Benefits Check Up The organization provides free nutritious www.benefitscheckup.org meals delivered to individuals living with a serious illness in NYC. Eldercare Locator 1-800-677-1116 Human Resource Administration www.eldercare.gov (HRA) Food Stamps Program
Dept. for the Aging Quick Check The program provides food English, Spanish & Russian assistance to eligible low-income http://www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/ht residents of NYC to improve their ml/senior/quick_check.shtml ability to purchase food. To get an application by mail, please call 311 or Infoline at 877-472-8411. You may also visit a local Food Stamp Center, which are open from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Please call 311 for a list or go to the website.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/ht ml/directory/food.shtml
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Emergency FoodLine UTILITY ASSISTANCE: The automated hotline provides information on the hours of Human Resource Administration operation and the locations of soup Utility Assistance Program (UAP) kitchens and food pantries that are The State mandated program nearest to the individual. Please functions as a liaison between call 311 or 1-866-888-8777 utility companies and eligible Food Bank of NY clients. It provides financial 39 Broadway, 10th Floor assistance in paying energy bills to New York, NY 10006 families or individuals that are Phone: 212.566.7855 elderly, physically disabled and/or Fax: 212.566.1463 mentally impaired. For more http://www.foodbanknyc.org/ information, please call the Heat Line at 212.331.3150. Food Bank For New York City hunger- http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/ht relief organization working to end food ml/directory/heap.shtml poverty throughout the five boroughs by organizing food, information and support Weatherization Referral and for community survival and dignity. Packaging Program (WRAP) Supplemental Nutrition Contact: 311 Assistance Program (SNAP) Provides low-income elderly with 1.877.472.8411 free weatherization services to http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ lower their energy bills and SNAP or the Food Stamps program, is a increase the comfort of their homes. federal assistance program that provides Services include insulation, access to nutritious food to low income or replacement of doors and windows no income individuals or families. and repairs furnaces and roofs.
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DIRECT FINANCIAL Access-a-Ride 877.337.2017 ASSISTANCE: http://mta.info/nyct/paratran/gui Supplemental Security Income de.htm (SSI) Provides transportation to people with This is a federal income supplement disabilities who are unable to use bus or program that provides monetary subway service for their trips. assistance to the elderly, blind and Project C.A.R.T. (Community disabled people to meet their basic Arranged Resident needs. Please contact 1-800-772- Transportation Program) 1213 to determine eligibility. 404 West 54th Street http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/services. New York, NY 10019 htm 212.956.0855 The program offers free van service for
the frail elderly to medical appointments, senior centers, and hospitals from the TRANSPORTATION: Battery to 96th Street on the East Side Reduced-Fare MetroCard and to 110th Street on the West Side. Program Ambulance Service Center An ambulance provides emergency 3 Stone Street and non emergency transportation. New York, NY 10004 Ambulances are serviced by 718.243.4999 emergency medical technicians who http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/ht either provide treatment to those in ml/dmh/mhs_mta.shtml need of immediate care or arrange Monday-Friday 9 am to 5 pm for timely transport to the next This program reduces the fare of public level of care (emergency room). transportation for seniors who are 65 years of age or older or people with disabilities. The reduced card functions the same as a regular MetroCard, except that it is personalized with your name and photograph.
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Types of Ambulance Service: Ambulette
Basic Life Support (BLS) An ambulette is a van used to transport patients in non- It is a level of medical care, which is emergency situations. It is used for patients with life wheelchair accessible and is threatening illnesses or injuries appropriate for those who until a person can be given full primarily use a wheelchair or who medical care at a hospital. cannot walk any significant Advanced Life Support (ALS) distance. It is used for medical transport only. Ambulettes can be It is a set of life saving protocol and used to transport people to skills that extend BLS to further physician appointments, dialysis support the circulation and provide treatment, physical therapy an open airway and adequate appointments, hospitals, skilled ventilation. Skills include cardiac nursing and rehabilitation facilities monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, and any other medical facilities. intravenous cannulation, medication administration through Providers parenteral and enteral routes, and Citicoach- 212.777.1277 pediatric advanced life support to Friendship-718.589.7004 name a few. Transcare- 718.251.8888
Providers American Medical Response (AMR) 718.628.5757
Transcare 718.251.8888 Senior Care 718.430.9700
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SENIOR EMPLOYMENT LEGAL SERVICES: SERVICES & VOLUNTEER Metropolitan Council on Housing OPPORTUNITIES 339 Lafayette Street, #301 Senior Employment Services New York, NY 10012 220 Church St. 212.979.0611 New York, NY 10007 Hotline (Monday-Wednesday- 212.442.1355 Friday 1:30-5 p.m.) Hours: M-F 9 AM - 5 PM 212.979.6238 Services: Housing Court Answers * Job training and placement Contact: 212.962.4795 * Assistance for Title-V eligible persons Information Tables:
Languages: Spanish, Chinese • New York City Housing Authority 170 languages (phone Termination Hearings Office interpretation) 250 Broadway, 2nd floor New York, NY 10007 Senior Resource Center Thursdays 1 pm to 5pm 2 Lafayette St. • Manhattan New York, NY10007 111 Centre Street Phone: 311 New York, NY, 10013 Hours: M-F 9 AM - 5 PM Second Floor Clerk's Office- Room 225 Monday through Thursday, 9 am to 5 Services: pm, Friday 9 am to 1 pm (Maybe * Assistance with SCRIE, HEAP and closed between 1pm and 2pm) WRAP applications (for seniors) * Medicare Part D NYLAG (New York Legal * Referral to DFTA's other direct Assistance Group) rd th service units 450 West 33 Street, 11 Floor Languages: Spanish, Chinese, New York, NY 10001 Russian 212.613.5000 ext. 2 170 languages (phone A non-profit organization that provides interpretation) free legal services in civil law matters to low income New Yorkers.
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Volunteers of Legal Service LawHelp/NY.org/NY 281 Central Park South It is an online tool that provides New York, NY 10010 comprehensive information 212.966.4400 regarding free legal services to low- www.volsprobono.org income residents and vulnerable
The organization has several Elderly populations of New York City. Project Legal Clinics offered at various senior centers in Manhattan: Hudson Guild Senior Services SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS: 119 Ninth Avenue (bet. 17th & 18th Sts.) New York, NY Lighthouse International- 212.924.6710 National Assoc. of the Visually First & third Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Handicapped st Our Lady of Pompeii 22 W. 21 St. 25 Carmine Street New York, NY 10010 New York, NY 10012 212.889.3141 212.989.3620 Fax: 212.727.2931 Third Tuesday at 10 a.m. [email protected] Legal Services-NYC www.navh.org (Lower Manhattan) The organization provides programs and 90 John Street, Suite 301 services to individuals who are at risk, or New York, New York 10038-3243 are experiencing, vision loss in order to Tel: 646.442.3100 preserve their safety, independence and Fax: 212.227.9798 ability to lead productive lives. http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/ Alzheimer’s Association Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal 360 Lexington Avenue, 4th Floor Services New York, NY 10017 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Phone: 646.744.2900 55 Fifth Avenue, Room 1103 New York, NY 10003 A voluntary, non-profit health organization that specializes in providing 212.790.0240 Alzheimer care and support.
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Visions: Services for the Blind HEAR NOW and Visually Impaired 1800.648.4327 500 Greenwich St., 3rd fl. www.sotheworldmayhear.org/hear New York, NY 10013 now/ 212.625.1616 Hear Now is a national non-profit Fax: 212.219.4078 program committed to assisting those [email protected] permanently residing in the U.S. who are www.visionsvcb.org deaf or hard of hearing and have no other resources to acquire hearing aids. The organization provides programs and services to blind and visually impaired Mayor’s Office of People with seniors and individuals with multiple Disabilities disabilities as well as their families. 100 Gold Street, 2nd Floor YAI National Institute for People New York, NY 10038 with Disabilities 212.788.2830 320 W. 13th St., 2nd fl. www.nyc.gov/html/mopd/html/ab New York, NY 10014 out/about.shtml 212.273.6100 The agency provides programs, services, http://www.yai.org/ activities, advocacy and other resources to maintain and protect the quality of life The YAI mission is to provide hope and and dignity of people with disabilities in opportunity for people with New York City. developmental and learning disabilities through their comprehensive programs and services.
Center for the Independence of the Disabled in New York 212.674.2300 www.cidny.org
A non-profit organization that is part of the Independent Living Centers Movement, that provides multiple services and programs to enhance the quality of life and preserve self- determination for people living with disabilities. 18
Human Resources LGBT Center Administration Adult Protective 208 West 13th Street Services (APS) (bet. 7th & 8th Avenue) 311 or 212.630.1853 New York, NY 10011 www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/direc 212.620.7310 tory/adult.shtm http://www.gaycenter.org/commu nity/seniors The state mandated case management program organizes services and provides The LGBT Center offers SAGE sponsored support to minimize and counteract the programming for seniors focusing on risks that physically and mentally aging issues, life planning and legal rights. impaired populations have to confront in In addition, there are multiple support, maintaining their independence. educational & recreation groups to Additionally, the program emphasizes on enhance quality of life. Along with these providing support needed for clients to services, Center CARE (Counseling, continue living within the safety of their Advocacy, Recovery & Education) communities provides social services focusing on health care, grief and bereavement, LGBT SERVICES: substance abuse & recovery groups, Family therapy, immigration & HIV/AIDS. Services and Advocacy Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and GRIOT Circle: A Safe Space for Transgendered Elders (SAGE) LGBT Elders of Color 25 Flatbush Avenue, 5th Floor 305 7th Avenue, 15th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11217 (bet. W. 27th & W. 28th Sts.) 718.246.2775 New York, NY 10001 http://www.griotcircle.org http://www.sageusa.org/index.cfm This organization provides programs and SAGE is the largest & oldest organization services to LGBT people of color that that focuses on improving the quality of address the issues of isolation, fear of life and addressing the needs of the LGBT aging and improve quality of life. senior population. It offers a multitude of programs and services such as counseling, case management, group discussion, education programs, respite services, recreation programs and social activities.
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Empire State Pride Agenda HIV/AIDS SERVICES: Foundation LGBT Health and Human Services HRA-HIV/AIDS Service Network Administration (HASA) 647 Hudson Street, The objective of the department is New York, NY 10014 to expedite and coordinate essential 212.627.0305 social services and medical care for www.prideagenda.org people living with HIV/AIDS to The Network is a group of nonprofit LGBT maintain and improve their quality organizations that provides non-HIV of life. related health and wellness services to LGBT New Yorkers, including youth, To obtain more information on the seniors, people of color, and women. service, please call ServiceLine at 212.971.0626. Gay Men of African Descent http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/ht 103 E. 125th St . #503, ml/directory/hasa.shtml New York, NY 10035 212.828.1697 Callen Lorde-HIV/AIDS Service www.gmad.org/ 356 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 GMAD is working to improve quality of life within the New York City black gay 212.271.2700 community by effectively fighting the http://www.callen- triple threat of AIDS, homophobia and lorde.org/services/hiv.html racism through education, advocacy, health and wellness, and social support. The community health center provides The organization offers a drop-in center comprehensive care and support, such as for seniors, YMSM's, health and wellness free testing, counseling and accessing counseling, prevention education, street resources. outreach and HIV testing.
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Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) CAREGIVER RESOURCES: 446 West 33rd Street New York, NY 10001 Family Caregiver Alliance 212.367.1000 http://www.caregiver.org/caregiv http://www.gmhc.org/ er/jsp/home.jsp
The organization provides HIV/AIDS Family Caregiving 101 prevention, comprehensive care and http://www.familycaregiving101.o advocacy. rg/ Greenwich House AIDS Mental Health Project 122 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor Caring. Com New York, NY 10001 http://www.caring.com/ 212.255.8980 USA Government Caregiver The organization offers outpatient Resources treatment services for adults with HIV, or http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topic to HIV-Affected individuals. s/Health/caregivers.shtml Village Care NY 154 Christopher Street New York, NY 10014 SUPPORT & EMPOWERMENT 212.337.5600 SERVICES: http://www.villagecare.org New York City Self Help Center The community based, non-profit 120 West 57th Street organization provides rehabilitation New York, NY 10107 services and comprehensive, continuing 212.586.5770 care to persons living with HIV/AIDS and seniors. This organization provides information on local support groups in your area, along with providing guidance on how to form a support group independently.
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Gilda’s Club NYC TECHNOLOGY SERVICES: 195 West Houston Street New York, NY 10014 Older Adult Technology Services 212.647.9700 (OATS) 1713 Eighth Avenue, #8 Provides social and emotional support for Brooklyn, NY 11215 cancer patients, family and friends. 718.360.1707 Friends of Karen http://www.oats.org/ 118 Titicus Road The non-profit organization educates and Purdys, NY 10578 supports older adults in using 212.308.1378 information technology to improve their quality of lives and encourage social and Provides emotional, financial and civic engagement. advocacy support for children with life threatening illnesses and their families. Senior Planet Contact takes place at the hospitals or A website developed by OATS to share home of the child. ideas and exchange resources for building DOROT a digital community and improving quality of life. 171 West 85th Street http://www.seniorplanet.org/ New York, NY 10024 212.769.2850 http://www.dorotusa.org/ PET CARE: Provides social services that promote and maintain independent living for seniors. Beth Israel-Amie’s Place Patient Simultaneously, the organization offers Care Program support and resources to caregivers. First Avenue at 16th Street New York, NY 10003 Visiting Neighbors http://www.wehealny.org/services 80 Eighth Avenue, Suite 415 /bi_amie/index.html New York, NY 10011 Jana Rader, MSW 212.260.6200 212.420.5681 http://www.visitingneighbors.org/ [email protected].
Provides support services that maintain Providing pet care in emergencies for and promote the independence of seniors patients at Beth Israel. and their connection to the community. 22
Jewish Association for Service for DE-CLUTTERING SERVICES: the Aged (JASA) Pet Projects Jewish Association for Service for 132 West 31st Street the Aged (JASA) New York, NY 10001 Pet Projects http://www.jasa.org/services/supp 132 West 31st Street ort/decluttering.html New York, NY 10001 Caroline Van Zandt, LCSW http://www.jasa.org/services/supp 212.273.5217 ort/decluttering.html Provides dog walking, litter box Assists in eliminating dangerous attendants, foster care and transportation accumulation of papers, furniture, and to the veterinarian. Person must be at other materials to meet home care agency least 60 yrs old and reside in Manhattan, and create a safe environment south of 125th Street to qualify.
PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) New York ADVOCACY GROUPS: PO Box 333 New York, NY 10159 Coalition of Institutionalized http://pawsny.org/citymeals Aged & Disabled (CIAD) 917.733.2170 425 East 25th Street New York, NY Provides pet care assistance such as dog 212.481.7572 walking, litter maintenance, feeding etc. www.ciadny.org to homebound seniors. A non-profit advocacy organization that
promotes the empowerment of institutionalized senior and disabled residents by educating members on how to protect and improve the quality of life and care within the institution.
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The National Consumer Voice for National Council on Aging Quality Long Term Care 1202.479.1200 001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite www.ncoa.org 425 Non-profit service and advocacy Washington, DC 20036 organization that unite other non-profits, Tel: 202.332.2275 businesses and government to develop Fax: 202.332.2949 creative solutions to improve the quality www.theconsumervoice.org of life for all seniors, especially those who [email protected] are vulnerable and disadvantage.
The organization educates and empowers American Association of Retired the families and consumers of long term Persons (AARP) care facilities on how to improve their 1.212.758.1411 quality of life and the level of care within www.aarp.com the institution. AARP is a non-profit, non-partisan Long Term Care Community membership and advocacy organization Coalition that is dedicated to enhancing the quality 242 West 30th Street, Suite 306 of life for people over age 50. New York, NY 10001 Community Service Society: Tel: 212.385.0355 Advocacy, Counseling, and Fax: 212.239.2801 Entitlement Services Project www.ltccc.org (ACES) Non-profit advocacy coalition that focuses 1212.614.5552 on improving the quality of life of long- http://www.cssny.org/services/ac term care consumers through es_vita_financial_coaching_corps/ strengthening regulation, surveillance and enforcement. ACES Project helps low-income New Yorkers receive needed public benefits and services.
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SENIOR CENTERS: New York Chinatown Senior Center Center on the Square Senior 70 Mulberry Street Center New York, NY 10013 Caring Community 212 233-8930 20 Washington Square North New York, NY 10011 Mott Street Senior Center 212.777.3555 ext. 106 Citizens Center 180 Mott Street Caring Community Independence New York, NY 11012 Plaza Senior Center 212.966.5460 310 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10014 Bowery Residents Committee 212.267.0499 Homeless Senior Services Center 30 Delancey Street Our Lady of Pompeii Senior New York, NY 10002-2905 Caring Community 212.533.2020 25 Carmine Street New York, NY 10014 McBurney YMCA Senior Center 212.989.3620 125 W 14th St. (bet. 6th & 7th Avenues) Greenwich House New York, NY 10011 Judith C. White Senior Center 212.912.2300 27 Barrow Street Fax: 212.741.8339 New York, NY 10014 www.ymcanyc.org/mcburney 212.242.4140
Caring Community First Presbyterian 12 West 12th Street New York, NY 10011 212 924-2810
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This program offers an exemption from RENTAL ASSISTANCE & rent increases. In addition, the property HOUSING SERVICES: owner receives a credit against their real estate taxes. New York Foundation for Senior Citizens Disability Rent Increase 11 Park Place, 14th Floor Exemption (DRIE) (bet. Broadway & Church St.) NYC Department of Finance New York, NY 10007-2801 DRIE Exemption 212.962.7559 59 Maiden Lane, 22nd Floor http://www.nyfsc.org/services/ho (bet. Williams & Nassau Sts) using.html New York, NY 10038 Call 311 It is a non-profit organization that is http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/htm dedicated to helping New York's seniors enjoy productive and dignified lives in l/property/property_tax_reduc_dri their own homes and communities as well e_dr_ll.shtml as to help them avoid the need for Program offers eligible tenants an premature institutionalization. They exemption from rent increases. The provide housing alternatives to owner of building receives a credit accomplish this objective by providing against their real estate taxes. subsidized and enriched housing, transitional housing for the homeless and home sharing. St. Margaret’s House Senior Citizen Rent Increase 49 Fulton Street Exemption (SCRIE) (bet. Cliff & Pearl Sts.) NYC Department of Finance New York, NY 10038 SCRIE Exemption 212.766.8122 59 Maiden Lane, 22nd Floor Fax: 212.571.1634 (bet. Williams & Nassau Sts.) A residential community for seniors and New York, NY 10038 the mobility impaired with 251 rental apartments. All residents receive Section Call 311 8 rent subsidies. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/htm l/property/property_tax_reduc_scri e.shtml
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NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) Queens Customer Contact Center 90-27 Sutphin Boulevard, The New York City Housing Authority 4th Floor (NYCHA) provides decent and affordable Jamaica, NY 11435 housing in a safe and secure living Telephone: 718.707.7771 environment for low- and moderate- Mon.-Fri. 8am - 5pm income residents throughout the five boroughs. The agency focuses on enhancing resident’s quality of life by offering the opportunity to participate in HOMELESS SERVICES: community, educational and recreational Prevention Assistance and programs, as well as job readiness and training initiatives to compete in the job Temporary Housing (PATH) market. To be eligible for a senior 346 Powers Avenue building, you or your co-head (spouse or (bet. 141st & 142nd Sts.) domestic partner, if any) must be at least Bronx, NY 10454 62 years of age and all other household Open 24 hours, 7 days a week members must be at least 62 years of age. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dhs/ht http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/a ssistance/app_for_pubhsg.shtml ml/homeless/famserv.shtml
To apply, please call the Customer A program provides safe, temporary Contact Center at (718) 707-7771 to housing to families with children who are request an application to be mailed to you under 21 and pregnant families. Must go in person. or visit one of the three centers: Adult Family Intake Center (AFIC) Bronx/Manhattan Customer Contact Center 400-430 East 30th St. 478 East Fordham Road (bet. 1st Ave. & FDR) (1 Fordham Plaza), 2nd Floor New York, NY 10016 Bronx, NY 10458 http://www.nyc.gov/html/dhs/ht Telephone: 718.707.7771 ml/homeless/famserv.shtml#afic#a Mon-Fri. 8am - 5pm fic
Brooklyn/Staten The program provides safe, temporary Island Customer Contact Center housing for adult families with no 787 Atlantic Avenue, 2nd Floor children under 21. Brooklyn, NY 11238 Telephone: 718.707.7771 Mon.-Fri. 8am - 5pm
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GOLES (Good Old Lower East East Village History Project Side) 308 Bowery 171 Avenue B (between 10th & New York, NY 10012 11th St.) 212.614.8702 New York, NY 10009 Ukrainian Museum 212.533.2541 222 East 6th Street Fax: 212. 533.8126 New York, NY10003 212.228.0110 http://www.goles.org/ http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org The neighborhood housing and / preservation organization is dedicated to New Museum of Contemporary tenants’ rights, homelessness prevention, Art economic development, and community 235 Bowery revitalization. New York, NY10002 212.219.1222 http://newmuseum.org/ RECREATIONAL & LIFESTYLE: Drawing Center Museums: 35 Wooster St. Museum of Comic and Cartoon New York, NY 10013 Art (MoCCA) 212.219.2166 594 Broadway http://www.drawingcenter.org/ab Suite 401 out_visit.cfm New York, NY10012 Anne Frank Center USA 212.254 3511 38 Crosby Street http://www.moccany.org/ 5th Floor New York, NY 10012 Merchant's House Museum 212.431.7993 29 East Fourth Street http://www.annefrank.com/ New York, NY 10003 212.777.1089 Children's Museum of the Arts http://merchantshouse.com/ 182 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10012 212.274.0986 http://www.cmany. 28
New York City Fire Museum YIVO Institute for Jewish 278 Spring Street Research New York, NY 10012 15 W. 16th St. 212.691.1303 New York, NY10011 http://www.nycfiremuseum.org/ 212.246.6860 http://www.yivo.org/ Jackie Robinson Museum Center For Jewish History 1 Hudson Square 15 W. 16th St. 75 Varick Street 2nd Floor New York, NY10011 New York, NY10013 212.294.8301 212.290.8600 http://www.cjh.org/ http://www.jackierobinson.org/ab out/museum.php Lower East Side Tenement Museum American Numismatic Society 103 Orchard Street 75 Varick St New York, NY 10002 11th Floor 212.982.8420 New York, NY10013 http://www.tenement.org/ 212.571.4470 http://www.numismatics.org/ Art Galleries:
Museum Of Chinese in America Frielich Bros-Deutsch Bros 215 Centre Street 670 Broadway New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10012 212.619.4785 212.777.3051 http://www.mocanyc.org/ Marc Jancou Contemporary Italian American Museum 680 Broadway 155 Mulberry St. New York, NY10012 New York, NY 10013 212.473.2100 212.965.9000 http://www.marcjancou.com/ http://www.italianamericanmuseu Russeck Gallery m.org/ 478 W Broadway New York, NY10012 212.475.9939
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14 Sculptors Gallery Dranoff Fine Art 168 Mercer St 591 Broadway New York, NY10012 New York, NY10012 212.966.5790 212.966.0153 http://14sculptors.com/ http://www.dranofffineart.com/
Martin Lawrence Galleries Caldwell Snyder Gallery 457 W Broadway 451 W Broadway New York, NY10012 New York, NY 10012 212.995.8865 212.387.0208 http://martinlawrence.com/indexh Susan Megson Gallery 5.html 456 W Broadway Kelly June Gallery New York, NY10012 591 Broadway 212.254.8090 New York, NY10012 Ceres Gallery 212.226.1660 547 W 27 St. Suite 201 http://www.junekellygallery.com/ New York, NY10001 Exhibit A 212.947.6100 160 Mercer St http://www.ceresgallery.org/ New York, NY 10012 Atelier International Art Group 212.343.0230 Inc Sperone Westwater 594 Broadway 121 Greene St New York, NY 10012 New York, NY10012 212.431.0630 212.253.0648 http://www.atelierart.com/atelier_ http://www.speronewestwater.co international_art_group_ARCHIVES. m/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html htm Visual Arts Gallery Meisel Susan P Decorative Arts 137 Wooster St 141 Prince St New York, NY10012 New York, NY 10012 212.598.0221 212.254.0137
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Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Tobey Fine Art Foundation 580 Broadway 26 Wooster St New York, NY 10012 212.431.7878 New York, NY 10013
212.431.2609 Westwood Gallery http://www.leslielohman.org/ 578 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Montserrat Gallery Inc 212.925.8581 584 Broadway http://www.westwoodgallery.com/ New York, NY 10012 Gallery 292 212.941.8899 120 Wooster St http://www.montserratgallery.com New York, NY 10012 / 212.431.0292 Sara Meltzer On View Teller Susan Gallery 588 Broadway 568 Broadway #612 New York, NY 10012 New York, NY 10012 212.941.7335 .212.343.8256 http://susantellergallery.com/ Meisel Louis K Gallery Marcus Curt Gallery Inc 141 Prince St 2 5th Ave New York, NY10012 New York, NY 10011 212.677.1340 212.226.3200 http://www.meiselgallery.com/LK http://curtmarcusgallery.com/ MG/ CFM Gallery Buzzco Assoc Inc 112 Greene St 33 Bleecker St New York, NY 10012 New York, NY 10012 212.966.3864 212.473.8800 http://www.buzzzco.com/ Franklin Bowles Galleries 431 W Broadway
New York, NY 10012 212.226.1616
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Honda Fine Art South Village Farmer’s Market 55 Great Jones St 6th Avenue between Carmine Street and New York, NY 10012 West 3rd Street 212.477.4086 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8am – 7pm July through October Jonathan Shorr Gallery Hester Street Greenmarket 109 Crosby St Essex Street between Hester Street and New York, NY 10012 Canal Street 212.925.2723 Sundays, 8am – 6pm July through Late November MoMA 11 West 53rd Street PARKS: New York, NY http://www.moma.org/ Washington Square Park 5 Ave, Waverly pl., W.4 St. & Macdougal St Meet Me At MoMA: http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/was A free program designed for individuals hingtonsquarepark/ with dementia that highlights themes, James J Walker Park artists and exhibitions at the MoMA. They Hudson St, St Luke’s Pl, Clarkson St, 7 Av are scheduled once a month in Tuesdays http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M03 from 2:30 pm to 4:00 p.m. Space is limited 8/ and pre-registration is required. Contact
MoMA Access programs at 212.333.1265. Minetta Playground Minetta Lane, W.3 St. and Ave. of Americas GREENMARKETS: http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M12 5B/ Union Square Greenmarket North & west sides of Union Square Park Downing St. Playground Monday, Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday Downing St to Carmine St, Av of Americas 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M02 Winter EBT Hours: December-June, 7/map 10am-4pm http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregr eenmarket William F. Passannante Ballfield WIC and FMNP checks accepted at farmer W Houston St, Av of Americas, Macdougal stands. EBT/Food Stamps accepted at the http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M12 market info tent 0A/map
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Mercer Playground SENIOR DISCOUNTS: Mercer St. between Houston & W. 4 St http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M29 AMC Theaters 5/ $9.50 admission, 60+ Hudson River Park W. side between Battery Place & W. 59 St Amtrak http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/index. 15% discount is given to seniors over 62 asp on the lowest available rail fare Father Demo Square 10% off is given to seniors over 60 when Ave of Americas, Bleecker, & Carmine St using cross-border services (i.e. Amtrak & http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M19 VIA Rail Canada) 1/ http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/Content Server?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayou Minetta Triangle N/E Corner Ave of Americas & Minetta St t&cid=1241305460008 http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M12 5D/ Avis AARP membership required Minetta Green 1(800)331-1212 S/E Corner Minetta Lane & Ave of Americas http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M12 Banana Republic 5A/ 65+ receive 10% off Vesuvio Playground Thompson St bet. Spring and Prince St Dunkin Donuts http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ves 50+ receive 10% off any purchase uvioplayground/facilities/sprayshowers
Father Fagan Park Hyatt Hotels Ave of Americas bet. Prince and Spring St Rates of the rooms determine discounts http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M20 http://newport.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/o 7/ ffers/details.jsp?offerId=100720&isBook Hudson River Park able=true Broadway to 4 Ave, E 14 St to E 17 St http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/unio Marriott Hotels nsquarepark Rates of the rooms determine discounts http://www.marriott.com/specials/senio r/default.mi
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McDonald’s Discounts differ per restaurant
Regal Cinemas $4.00 off admission, 50+
Subway 10% off for seniors over 60
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