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

SENIOR RESOURCE GUIDE GUÍA DE RECURSOS PARA PERSONAS MAYORES 年長者資訊指南

This guide has been made as accurate as possible at the time of printing. Please be advised that organizations, programs, and contact information are subject to change. Please feel free to contact our office at 212-298-5565 if you find information in this guide that has changed, or if there are additional resources that should be included in our next edition.

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CHAIR RANKINGCITIES COMMITTEE MEMBER CODESVICE­CHAIR THE SENATE SOCIAL SERVICES CITIES COMMITTEES STATE OF NEW YORK CODES COMMITTEES DANIEL SQUADRON CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES SENATOR,SENATOR, 25TH DISTRICT 26TH DISTRICT CORPORATIONS,& COMMISSIONS AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONSEDUCATION FINANCEHOUSING, CONSTRUCTION INVESTIGATIONS& COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS & GOVERNMENT OPERATIONSRECREATION SOCIAL TRANSPORTATIONSERVICES TRANSPORTATIONVETERANS

Dear Parent: Dear Friend,

I am pleased to offer you this Parent Resource Guide—a I am compilationproud to provide of accessible this Senior and Resource important Guide resources for the that 26th are State Senate District, a compilation of resources available right in our right in the neighborhood. I hope you will consider these neighborhood. Quality health care, housing options and a vibrant socialresourc communityes during are thevital school to our year. well-being. I hope these resources are helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate contact my office. I look forward to seeing you around the to contact my office. I look forward to seeing you around the neighborhood!district!

Sincerely, Sincerely,

Daniel Squadron Daniel Squadron State Senator th ALBANY OFFICE: 946 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ALBANY, NY 12247, (518) 45526 Senate‐ 2625 District 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 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 E-MAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: SQUADRON.NYSENATE.GOV CHAIR RANKINGCITIES COMMITTEE MEMBER CODESVICE­CHAIR THE SENATE CITIES SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEES STATE OF NEW YORK COMMITTEESCODES DANIEL SQUADRON CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES SENATOR,SENATOR, 25TH DISTRICT 26TH DISTRICT CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES & COMMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONSEDUCATION FINANCEHOUSING, CONSTRUCTION & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENTCULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS & OPERATIONS RECREATION SOCIAL TRANSPORTATIONSERVICES TRANSPORTATIONVETERANS

EstimadoDear Amigo,Parent:

EstoyI orgullosoam pleased de to ofrecer offer you esta this guía Parent para las Resource personas Guide mayores,—a “Seniorcompilation Guide,” para of accessible el Distrito and 26 importantdel Senado resources Estatal, unathat are recopilaciónright in thede recursos neighborhood. accesibles I hope e importantes you will consider en nuestra these comunidad. Atención médica de calidad, opciones de vivienda y una resources during the school year. comunidad social vibrante son vitales para nuestro bienestar. Espero que estos recursos sean útiles para usted. If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to Si ustedcontact tiene my alguna office. pregunta I look oforward comentario, to seeing no dude you around de ponerse the en contactodistrict! con mi oficina. Espero verlos en el distrito!

Sincerely, Atentamente,

Daniel Squadron Daniel Squadron Senador Estatal

ALBANY OFFICE: 946 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ALBANY, NY 12247, (518) 455 Distrito 26‐2625 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 CHAIR RANKINGCITIES COMMITTEE MEMBER CODESVICE­CHAIR THE SENATE CITIESSOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEES STATE OF NEW YORK COMMITTEESCODES DANIEL SQUADRON CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES SENATOR,SENATOR, 25TH DISTRICT 26TH DISTRICT CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES & COMMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONSEDUCATION HOUSING, CONSTRUCTIONFINANCE & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENTCULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS & OPERATIONS RECREATION SOCIALTRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRANSPORTATIONVETERANS

亲爱的朋友,Dear Parent:

我很榮幸代表州參議院第26選區提供這份年長者指南。一份能在我們社 區找到重要資訊包括有素質的健保服務和全面住房選擇,I am pleased to offer you this Parent Resource Guide 以及為這個充—a 滿活力的社區提供各項福利服務的指引。希望你在選擇這些服務時這本compilation of accessible and important resources that are 小冊子能幫到你。right in the neighborhood. I hope you will consider these 如你有任何問題或建議；請不要猶豫聯絡我們的辦事處或致電華語熱缐resources during the school year. 電話 （917） 254-3138. If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to 希望很快在其他社區活動中見到你！ contact my office. I look forward to seeing you around the district!

友好的, Sincerely,

Daniel Squadron 史葛静

第26选区参议员

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 Varick Street, 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 4th Street 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 212-688-6262 Funcionarios Electos www.gillibrand.senate.gov/ 民選代表/議員 US House of Representatives: NYS Governor: Andrew Cuomo 7th District — Nydia Velazquez NYS Capitol Building Brooklyn Office Albany, NY 12224 266 Broadway, Suite 201 518-474-8390 Brooklyn, NY 11211 www.governor.ny.gov/ 718-599-3658 velazquez.house.gov/ NYS Attorney General: Eric Schneiderman Lower East Side Office NYS Capitol Building 500 Pearl Street, Suite 973 Albany, NY 12224 New York, NY 10007 800-771-7755 212-619-2606 www.ag.ny.gov/ velazquez.house.gov/

NYS Comptroller: Southwest Brooklyn Office Tom DiNapoli 16 Court Street, Suite 1006 110 State Street Brooklyn, NY 11241 Albany, NY 12236 718-222-5819 518-474-4044 velazquez.house.gov/ www.osc.state.ny.us/ 10th District — Jerrold Nadler US Senate: Brooklyn Office 6605 Fort Hamilton Parkway Charles Schumer Brooklyn, NY 11219 780 Third Avenue, Suite 2301 718-373-3198 New York, NY 10017 nadler.house.gov/ 212-486-4430 www.schumer.senate.gov/ Manhattan Office 201 Varick Street, Suite 669 Kirsten Gillibrand New York, NY 10014 780 Third Avenue, Suite 2601 212-367-7350 New York, NY 10017 nadler.house.gov/ 10 Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要電話號碼

12th District — Carolyn Maloney 56th District — Joseph Lentol Brooklyn Office 619 Lorimer Street 619 Lorimer Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Brooklyn, NY 11211 718-383-7474 718-349-5972 assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Joseph-R- maloney.house.gov/ Lentol/

Manhattan Office 65th District — Vacant 1651 3rd Avenue, Suite 311 250 Broadway, Suite 2234 New York, NY 10128 New York, NY 10007 212-860-0606 212-312-1420 maloney.house.gov/ 66th District — Deborah Glick NYS Assembly: 853 Broadway, Suite 2007 New York, NY 10003 51st District — Felix Ortiz 212-674-5153 5004 4th Avenue assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Deborah- Brooklyn, NY 11220 J-Glick/ 718-492-6334 assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Felix-W- 74th District — Brian Kavanagh Ortiz/ 237 1st Avenue, Room 407 New York, NY 10003 52nd District — Jo Anne Simon 212-979-9696 341 Smith Street assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Brian- Brooklyn, NY 11231 Kavanagh/ 718-246-4889 assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Jo-Anne- New York City Council: Simon 1st District — Margaret Chin 53rd District — Maritza Davila 165 Park Row, Suite 11 249 Wilson Avenue New York, NY 10038 Brooklyn, NY 11237 212-587-3159 718-443-1205 council.nyc.gov/d1/html/members/ assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Maritza- home.shtml Davila/

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

2nd District — Rosie Mendez 39th District — Brad Lander 237 First Avenue, Suite 504 456 5th Avenue New York, NY 10003 Brooklyn, NY 11215 212-677-1077 718-499-1090 council.nyc.gov/d2/html/members/ council.nyc.gov/d39/html/members/ home.shtml home.shtml

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

12 Important Phone Numbers - Números de Teléfono Importantes - 重要電話號碼 Brooklyn, NY 11211 9th Precinct 718-963-5311 321 East 5th Street www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ New York, NY 10003 precincts/precinct_090.shtml 212-477-7811 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ 94th Precinct precincts/precinct_009.shtml 100 Meserole Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222 718-383-3879 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ precincts/precinct_094.shtml

Manhattan:

1st Precinct 16 Ericsson Place New York, NY 10013 212-334-0611 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ 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

7th Precinct 19 ½ Pitt Street New York, NY 10002 212-477-7311 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/ precincts/precinct_007.shtml

13 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Benefits Services/ The Senior Community Service Beneficios Employment Program (SCSEP) 福利指引及權利 helps job seekers improve their skills, obtain training, and find a Public Assistance job. The goal of the program is for 311 participants to gain the skills they www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ need to find and sustain employment services/cash.shtml in the workforce. Must be 55 or Cash benefits can provide essential over and meet certain income food, clothing, and shelter. Benefits requirements. vary depending on specific situations. Food Benefits Beneficios de Alimentos Employment Benefits 糧食福利 Beneficios de Empleo 就業福利 Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) ReServe www.health.ny.gov/prevention/ 633 3rd Avenue nutrition/csfp/ New York, NY 10017 718-498-9208 212-727-4335 The New York State Department of www.reserveinc.org/ Health’s Commodity Supplemental ReServe is an innovative Food Program (CSFP) offers free, nonprofit that matches continuing nutritious foods to seniors aged 60 professionals age 55+ with years of age and older. Additionally, organizations that need their senior families enrolled in CSFP expertise. can receive benefits to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at Senior Community Service farmers’ markets through the Employment Program Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition 2 Lafayette Street, 6th Floor Program. New York, NY 10007 311 Supplemental Nutrition www.aging.ny.gov/NYSOFA/ Assistance Program (SNAP) 311

14 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/snap- New York, NY 10011 benefits-food-program.page 718-722-8013 Formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, SNAP provides food support Health Benefits to low-income New Yorkers including Beneficios de la Salud working families, the elderly and 健保福利 the disabled to increase their ability to purchase food. To receive SNAP BigAppleRx benefits, a household must qualify 888-454-5602 under eligibility rules set by the federal www.bigapplerx.com government. To see if you’re eligible, A free discount card accepted at visit www.nyc.gov/accessnyc. many pharmacies in New York City; cannot be used in conjunction with SNAP Offices: other discounts/insurance but can be used for medications not covered. Brooklyn: Elderly Pharmaceutical Fort Greene Insurance Coverage (EPIC) 275 Bergen Street, 1st Floor 800-332-3742 Brooklyn, NY 11217 www.health.ny.gov/health_care/ 718-722-8013 epic/ EPIC is a free New York State North Brooklyn program that helps income-eligible 500 Dekalb Avenue, 4th Floor seniors aged 65 and older to Brooklyn, NY 11205 supplement their out-of-pocket 718-722-8013 Medicare Part D drug plan costs. EPIC helps pay the Medicare Part Williamsburg D drug plan premiums for low-to 30 Thornton Street moderate income members. EPIC Brooklyn, NY 11206 also provides supplementary drug 718-722-8013 coverage for Part D covered drugs purchased while in the Medicare Manhattan: Part D coverage gap. To join EPIC, one must be a NYS resident age 65 Waverly or over, have an annual income less 12 West 14th Street, 4th Floor

15 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 than $75,000 (single) or $100,000 seniors over the age of 65 for basic (married), be enrolled or eligibile hospital and medical expenses. to be enrolled in a Medicare Part D Medicare can also be supplemented plan, and must not be receiving the by additional public and private full Medicaid Benefit. Pharmacies plans, like the prescription drug must be EPIC participants. coverage Medicare Part D supplement plan, depending on Medicaid individual needs and qualifications. Medicaid is a state-run health insurance program that is primarily Extra Help With Medicare available to people with limited Prescription Drug Plans incomes or resources but it is also 800-772-1313 available to those who meet other www.ssa.gov/medicare/ requirements. prescriptionhelp/ Extra Help pays for the costs of To find out whether you qualify for Medicare prescription drug plans. Medicaid visit ACCESS NY at www. You are eligible for Extra Help if nyc.gov/accessnyc your resources and income are or call the NYC Human Resources below a certain level. Administration at (718) 557-1399. Medicare Rights Center Boerum Hill Medicaid Office 216 West 37th Street, 3rd Floor 35 4th Avenue New York, NY 10018 Brooklyn, NY 11217 212-869-3850 718-623-7427 www.MedicareRights.org The Medicare Rights Center offers Chinatown Medicaid Office many free resources to help people 115 Chrystie Street, 5th Floor with Medicare and their caregivers New York, NY 10002 understand their rights and options. 212-334-6114 Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Medicare Programs 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4273) 212-639-9675 www.medicare.gov www.aging.ny.gov/NYSOFA/ Medicare is a federal health Programs/EconSecurity/SMP.cfm insurance program that covers all These programs assist Medicare and

16 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Medicaid beneficiaries in order to Home Energy Assistance prevent healthcare fraud by teaching Program (HEAP) beneficiaries how to best protect 800-692-0557 (General) their personal identity, report errors 212-331-3150 (Heat Line) on health care bills and identify www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/energy- inappropriate charging for service. assistance-page HEAP is a federally funded program Housing Benefits that assists eligible households Beneficios de Vivienda with grants to pay regular and 房屋福利 emergency energy heating costs. HEAP eligibility is determined by Disabled Rent Increase whether the household income is Exemption (DRIE) below the current New York State 66 John Street, 3rd Floor, income guidelines that correspond New York, NY 10038 to the household size and the 311 household energy costs. HEAP may www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/ be able to offer a benefit even if heat service/1522/disability-rent- and utilities are included in the rent increase-exemption-drie-program or the applicant lives in subsidized The DRIE program freezes the rents housing and pays directly for of disabled people living in rent- heating costs. regulated apartments or Mitchell Lama buildings. Households that New York City Housing Authority are eligible include those receiving 212-306-3000 (General) Supplemental Security Income, 718-707-7771 (Customer Contact Social Security Disability Income, Center) a disability pension from the US www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/index.page Department of Veteran Affairs, or disability related Medicaid Residential Emergency Services if the applicant has received to Offer Home Repair to the Supplemental Security Income or Elderly (RESTORE) Social Security Disability Income 212-480-6700 in the past. Applicants also must be www.nyshcr.org/Programs/ in a household that in the previous RESTORE/ calendar year had a combined RESTORE program funds may income of $50,000 or less. be used to pay for the cost of 17 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 emergency repairs to eliminate • Rent an apartment that is hazardous conditions in homes regulated by the Division of owned by the elderly when the Housing and Community homeowners cannot afford to make Renewal (DHCR) (i.e. rent the repairs in a timely fashion. controlled or rent stabilized 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. a credit against their real estate taxes from the City of New York. Social Security Applicants must meet ALL of the Seguro Social eligibility requirements. 社會安全保障福利

For SCRIE eligibility, applicants U.S. Social Security Administration must: 800-772-1213 • Be 62 years of age or older; www.ssa.gov 18 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 If you require a new Social Security counties for seniors and people with Card, need to update your personal disabilities who have difficulty with information, or your employer public transit. For eligibility and requests that you visit a Social reservations call the number above. Security Office, go to one of the following Card Centers: Reduced-fare Metrocards 718-330-1234 Brooklyn: web.mta.info/nyct/fare/rfindex.htm 154 Pierrepont Street, 6th Floor Individuals who are 65 and older Brooklyn, NY 11201 or have a disability may apply for a Reduced-fare Metrocard. Proof of Manhattan: age is needed when applying for a 123 William Street, 3rd Floor Reduced Fare Metrocard and can New York, NY 10038 be provided with a birth certificate, Medicare card, social security Supplemental Security Income (SSI) award letter, driver’s license or NY 800-772-1213 State non driver’s ID. www.ssa.gov/disabilityssi/ssi.html A monthly payment for people with Veterans Benefits low income to supplement social Beneficios de Veteranos security. 退伍軍人福利

Transportation Benefits U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Beneficios de Transporte 1-800-827-1000 交通福利 www.va.gov

Access-a-Ride Regional Office: web.mta.info/nyct/paratran/guide. 245 West Houston Street htm New York, NY 10014 877-337-2017 800-827-1000 Access-A-Ride, for the same price as full public transit fare, provides Veteran Administration New door-to-door shared van rides 24/7 York Harbor Healthcare System - throughout New York City and Brooklyn nearby Nassau and Westchester 80 Poly Place

19 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 Brooklyn, NY 11209 Benefit Screening 718-836-6600 Preevaluación de Beneficios www.nyharbor.va.gov/ 福利篩查

Veteran Administration New ACCESSNYC York Harbor Healthcare System - 311 Manhattan www.nyc.gov/accessnyc 423 East 23rd Street ACCESSNYC is a free electronic New York, NY 10010 information and screening tool 212-686-7500 that allows people of all ages to www.nyharbor.va.gov/ identify and screen their eligibility for over 30 city, state, and federal New York City Mayor’s Office of benefit programs, including SNAP, Veteran Affairs (MOVA) HEAP, and Medicaid. It also 108 Leonard Street provides information on agency New York, NY 10013 office locations that are near you. 212-442-4171 Available in Spanish, Chinese, www.nyc.gov/veterans Russian, Korean, Haitian Creole, MOVA advises the Mayor on issues and Arabic. and initiatives impacting the veteran and military community. MOVA Benefits Checkup works with the U.S. Department 571-527-3900 of Veterans Affairs (VA), the New www.benefitscheckup.org/ York State Division of Veterans Benefits CheckUp is a free service Affairs (NYSDVA), City Agencies, from the National Council on veteran’s organizations and other Aging. Benefits CheckUp asks a stakeholders to offer services to series of questions to help identify veterans, their dependents and benefits that could save you money survivors. and cover the costs of everyday expenses. You can apply for many of the programs online or you can print an application form.

20 Benefits - Beneficios - 福利指引及權利 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.

21 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 Legal Resources based civil legal services to low- income individuals, families, Recursos Legales community groups, and nonprofit 法律資訊 organizations in Brooklyn for over 44 years. Non emergency walk-in Citywide: clients will generally not be seen.

New York City Clerk Brooklyn Office for the Aging 141 Worth Street (BOFTA) 212-669-2400 111 Livingston Street, 7th Floor www.cityclerk.nyc.gov Brooklyn, NY 11201 For marriage licenses. 718-645-3111 www.legal-aid.org/en/civilpractice/ NYC Department of Health brooklynofficefortheaging.aspx Bureau of Vital Records BOFTA provides services to 125 Worth Street vulnerable seniors in areas such as New York, NY 10013 housing, health care, government 212-639-9675 benefits, disability benefits, and www.nyc.gov/vitalrecords family law. For birth and death certificates. Legal Services NYC, NY Law Help Brooklyn Programs www.lawhelpny.org/ 105 Court Street, 3rd Floor Provides low and moderate-income Brooklyn, NY 11201 individuals with free and low-cost 718-237-5500 legal information and assistance. www.legalservicesnyc.org Provides free legal advice and Brooklyn: representation to those who would otherwise be unable to afford it. Brooklyn Legal Services Focus is on housing, government 260 Broadway, Suite 2 benefits, consumer, and family law Brooklyn, NY 11211 cases. 718-487-2300 www.bka.org Brooklyn Legal Services has provided high-quality, neighborhood

22 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 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 Avenue B 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/ 199 Water Street citybarjusticecenter New York, NY 10038 Provides several programs, 212-577-3300 including a Legal Referral Service, www.legal-aid.org Veterans Assistance Project, Serves low income residents with Consumer Bankruptcy Project, legal assistance regarding public and an Elder Law Project. Has a benefits, housing, social security, free advice hotline for low-income elder abuse and more. callers.

Manhattan Legal Services New York Legal Assistance Group 40 Worth Street, Suite 606 7 Hanover Square, 18th Floor New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10004 646-442-3100 212-613-5000 www.legalservicesnyc.org www.nylag.org Provides free legal advice and Provides free civil legal services representation to those who would to New Yorkers who cannot afford otherwise be unable to afford it. Focus attorneys. Services include: direct is on housing, government benefits, representation, case consultation, consumer, and family law cases. advocacy, community education,

23 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 training, financial counseling, and 311 impact litigation. www1.nyc.gov/site/dca/index.page The New York City Department of 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- NY State Attorney General income veterans, with a focus on Consumer Frauds and those living with Post Traumatic Protection Bureau Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, 120 Broadway, 3rd Floor substance abuse problems, and New York, NY 10271 mental illness. By appointment only. 800-771-7755 (General Hotline) www.ag.ny.gov/bureau/consumer- Consumer Protection fraud-bureau Protección al Consumidor The Bureau of Consumer Frauds 保障消費者權益 and Protection prosecutes businesses and individuals engaged Do Not Call Registry in fraudulent, misleading, deceptive Consumer Assistance Hotline or illegal trade practices. In 888-382-1222 addition to litigating, the Bureau www.donotcall.gov mediates thousands of complaints National registry that allows each year from individual consumers to block most consumers. telemarketing calls to home or mobile phones. Register by phone or NYS Division of Consumer online. Protection 800-697-1220 (Consumer NYC Department of Consumer Assistance Hotline) Affairs 800-503-9000 (Senior Information 42 Broadway, 9th Floor Line) New York, NY 10004 www.dos.ny.gov/ consumerprotection/

24 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 Advocates for and works to 212-279-5794 (South Manhattan empower New York consumers Office) through education and direct www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ assistance. The agency hosts a services/adult_process.shtml monthly toll-free “Senior Consumer APS is a state mandated case Information Line” which allows management program that arranges Seniors statewide to access free for services and support for information they can use to stay physically and/or mentally impaired safe, maximize their independence adults who are at risk of harm. and improve their everyday lives. Spanish spoken. Cardozo Guardianship Clinic 55 Fifth Avenue Elder Abuse New York, NY 10003 Abuso de Ancianos www.cardozo.yu.edu/clinics- 老人受虐待 professional-skills/clinics/ guardianship-clinic Always Dial 911 in Case of The Guardianship Clinic provides Emergency. direct legal services to the Siempre llame al 911 en caso de community by assisting low-income una emergencia. individuals and families coping with 如有緊急情況請致電 911. disability and incapacity who are seeking or opposing guardianships; Adult Care and Assisted Living to provide assistance to the courts, Complaints Hotline particularly in dealing with low- 866-893-6772 income individuals seeking or needing guardianship services; and Home Care/Hospice Hotline to represent guardians with respect 800-628-5972 to problems relating to guardianship proceedings. Nursing Home Abuse Hotline 888-201-4563 Jewish Association for Services for the Aged - Legal Social Work Adult Protective Services (APS) Elder Abuse Program (LEAP) 212-630-1853 (to refer a new case) www.jasa.org/community/legal- 718-722-4830 (Brooklyn Office) assistance 212-273-5272

25 Legal Resources - Recursos Legales - 法律資訊 JASA’s LEAP offers specially www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ trained attorneys and social services/crime-victims.shtml workers to identify, eliminate, and Services include: crisis intervention, prevent abuse. LEAP staff provide emergency assistance, case legal assistance and social services assistance, counseling and directly to seniors. advocacy.

Kings County District Attorney’s New York County District Office Elder Abuse Unit Attorney’s Office Elder Abuse 350 Jay Street, 15th Floor Program Brooklyn, NY 11201 1 Hogan Place 718-250-3071 New York, NY 10013 www.brooklynda.org/elder-abuse- 212-335-8920 unit/ The Elder Abuse Program focuses The Elder Abuse Unit prosecutes on investigating and prosecuting crimes against victims 60 and older. cases involving elderly victims of crime and also provides social LiveOn NY - Elder service referrals. Abuse Initiative 49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10036 212-398-6565 www.liveon-ny.org Raises public awareness about elder abuse, strengthens nonprofit and governmental capacities to assist victims, and organizes advocacy campaigns to increase funding for abuse prevention services.

New York City Department For The Aging - Elderly Crime Victims Resource Center 2 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10007 311

26 Advocacy and Action Groups - Grupos de Defensa y Acción - 公益維護及維權團體 Advocacy and Action Groups 212-308-1414 www.americangeriatrics.org Grupos de Defensa y Acción AGS is a not-for-profit dedicated to 公益維護及維權團體 improving the health, independence and quality of life of older people. Alliance for Retired Americans - New York Chaper Elder Care Resource Center 518-783-6231 150 Broad Hollow Road, Suite 120 www.nysara.org Melville, New York 11747 The Alliance for Retired Americans 1-877-Elder-50 is a nationwide organization with www.eldercareresourcecenter.info over 4.2 million members. They This is a website created to provide have information on voting and information and contacts to those voter protection, long-term care and who need help. It has over 1,200 nursing homes, health care reform, links to elder care resources Social Security, and Medicare, including government benefits, among other issues. support organizations, geriatric doctors, and skilled nursing American Association for Retired facilities. Persons (AARP) 780 Third Avenue, 33rd Floor Jewish Association Serving the New York, NY 10017 Aging 866-227-7442 247 West 37th Street www.aarp.org New York, NY 10018 National organization that offers 212-273-5200 Medicare supplemental health www.jasa.org insurance, along with other JASA provides a wide range of insurance, discounts on prescription services to adults age 55 and older. drugs and other goods, advocacy The services include protective services, and other information for services, caregiver assistance, people age 50 and over. meals, and mental health services.

The American Geriatrics Society LiveOnNY (AGS) 49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor 40 Fulton Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10036 New York, NY 10017 212-398-6565

27 Advocacy and Action Groups - Grupos de Defensa y Acción - 公益維護及維權團體 www.liveon-ny.org 202-332-2275 LiveOn NY is a membership theconsumervoice.org organization of more than 200 The Consumer Voice helps ensure senior service agencies. Its goal that consumers are empowered is to ensure that the elderly of to advocate for themselves. They New York City receive quality advocate for public policies that services by helping senior service support quality care, train and organizations build their capacity support individuals and groups that to provide superior programs advocate for consumers of long- and services through advocacy, term care, and promote the critical training, innovative programming, role of direct-care workers. and the exchange of ideas. New York Gray Panthers Medicare Rights Center 244 Madison Avenue, Suite 396 266 West 37th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10016 New York, NY 10018 917-535-0457 212-869-3850 www.graypanthersnyc.org www.medicarerights.org A national organization committed The Medicare Rights Center is to social justice including the the largest independent source of expansion of health care programs, healthcare information for people the creation of suitable housing, with Medicare, and works to bring fighting discrimination, and the consumer voice to the national promoting peace. debate on Medicare reform. It provides direct assistance to older New York State Coalition for the adults and people with disabilities, Aging as well as friends, family, 1450 Western Avenue, Suite 101 caregivers, and professionals Albany, NY 12203 who have Medicare questions or 518-765-2790 problems. www.coalitionforaging.org Dedicated to helping older adults National Consumer Voice for live independently, with dignity Quality Long-Term Care and with the appropriate support 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, services in their communities. Suite 425 Washington, DC 20036

28 Advocacy and Action Groups - Grupos de Defensa y Acción - 公益維護及維權團體 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 www.sageusa.org Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders is dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults.

29 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 Henry Street 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 information about patients’ rights and nursing home alternatives.

30 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation formerly homeless men and women and Healthcare with special needs over the age of 50. 155 Dean Street 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

31 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 social and recreational services. residences operated by the Educational Alliance. Seniors who Pierrepont House for the Elderly live in Podell House take advantage 55 Pierrepont Street of the comprehensive social services Brooklyn, NY 11201 and senior programming offered 718-852-3390 through the Weinberg Center for www.ccbq.org/what-we-do/housing- Balanced Living at Manny Cantor services/pierrepont-house-elderly Center. Pierrepont House for the Elderly is a 188-unit senior citizen independent Helen Harris Senior Housing living program sponsored by 80 Rutgers Slip Catholic Charities. As a caring New York, NY 10002

32 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 212-566-2729 Assitance with Property Tax and Utilities Hong Ning Housing for the Ayuda con los Impuestos de Elderly Propiedad y Utilidades 50 Norfolk Street 物業稅、租務及能源等的補助 New York, NY 10002 212-475-7730 Disabled Homeowner’s Exemption (DHE) Ridge Street Gardens (New York 311 Foundation for Senior Citizens) www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ 80 Ridge Street, Suite 92 landlords-dhe.page New York, NY 10002 The Disabled Homeowner’s 212-598-4148 Exemption (DHE) provides a Located on the Lower East Side, property tax abatement for eligible Ridge Street Gardens provides 100 property owners who have a units of subsidized, low income medically certifiable disability and housing for seniors. an annual income below $37,399. You cannot receive both DHE and St. Margaret’s House SCHE. If your property qualifies for 49 Fulton Street both, only SCHE will be granted. New York, NY 10038 212-766-8122 Real Property Tax Credit Located in the heart of downtown tax.ny.gov/pit/credits/real_property_ Manhattan, St. Margaret’s House is tax_credit.htm comprised of one- and two bedroom The Real Property Tax Credit provides units. Common areas include a relief to low income senior residents of community dining room, library New York State. Contact the New York and outdoor gardens. In order to be State Department of Taxation and eligible, applicants must be 62 or Finance for more details. older or disabled/mobility impaired. Additional income and household Residential Emergency Services size criteria also apply. to Offer Home Repair to the Elderly (RESTORE) 212-480-6700 www.nyshcr.org/programs/restore The RESTORE Program is available 33 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 to low-income seniors who need and have an annual household financial assistance for emergency income of less than $84,050 are home repairs. The maximum grant eligible for the Enhanced STAR is $5,000 and is only available to program. those who have lived in their homes for at least three years. The program Veterans’ Tax Exemption is administered through RESTORE- www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ qualified agencies in your service landlords-veterans.page area. Call or visit the website for The Veterans’ Tax Exemption is additional info. a partial property tax exemption available to property owners who Senior Citizens Homeowner served in the U.S. armed forces in Exemption (SCHE) WWI & II, Korea, Vietnam, or the www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ Gulf War. The spouse or registered landlords-sche.page domestic partner of a qualified SCHE provides a tax reduction for veteran, the unmarried surviving property owners who own and live spouse of a qualified veteran, and in a co-op, condominium or a one-, a Gold Star parent (the parent of two-, or three family home. To be a child who died in the line of duty eligible, applicants must be at least while serving in the U.S. armed 65 years of age or older with an forces during one of the periods income of 37,399 or less. above) are also eligible for this exemption. New York State School Tax Relief Program (STAR) Assistance with Rent 311 Asistencia de Alquiler www.tax.ny.gov/pit/property/star/ 租務補助 index.htm New York State Residents who are Disabled Rent Increase homeowners qualify for the Basic Exemption (DRIE) School Tax Relief (STAR) program 311 regardless of age if their annual www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/ adjusted gross income is $500,000 tenants-drie.page or less and the property is their The DRIE program freezes the rents primary residence. Residents 65 and of disabled people living in rent- older who qualify for Basic STAR

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

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

36 Housing - Vivienda - 有關房屋方面 issues to New York City residents, community-based organizations and other service providers.

Metropolitan Council on Housing 339 Lafayette Street, Suite 301 New York, NY 10012 212-979-6238 (Membership) 212-979-0611 (Tenants’ Rights) metcouncilonhousing.org/ A citywide membership-based tenants’ advocacy organization that 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.

37 Transportation - Transporte - 有關交通事項 Transportation Travel Assistance Transporte Servicios de Asistencia de Viaje 交通輔助 有關交通事項 Community Arranged Resident Transportation Discounts Transportation Program Descuentos de Transporte (C.A.R.T.) 交通費折扣 11 Park Place, 14th Floor New York, NY 10007 E-ZPass 212-962-7559 www.e-zpassny.com/ www.nyfsc.org/services/freetrans. Apply for an E-ZPass online, at html a retail location, or via mail. See Operating in Manhattan, from the website for more details. Battery to 96th Street on the East Side and to 110th Street on the West Reduced-fare Metrocards Side five days a week, C.A.R.T.’s 718-330-1234 five vans take seniors to and from web.mta.info/nyct/fare/rfindex.htm medical appointments and hospitals, Individuals who are 65 and older planned activities at senior centers or have a disability may apply for a and entitlements on which they Reduced-fare Metrocard. Proof of depend. C.A.R.T. also delivers meals age is needed when applying for a to homebound seniors living in Reduced Fare Metrocard and can mid-Manhattan. In addition to its be provided with a birth certificate, established routes, Project C.A.R.T. Medicare card, social security provides private car service for award letter, driver’s license or NY emergencies as well as for medical, State non driver’s ID. social service and entitlement appointments and visits to relatives and friends in hospitals or nursing homes.

Downtown Connection Free Bus 120 Broadway, Suite 3340 New York, NY 10271 212-566-6700

38 Transportation - Transporte - 有關交通事項 www.DownTownNY.com/getting- Access-a-Ride around/downtown-connection web.mta.info/nyct/paratran/guide. Operated by the Downtown htm Alliance, the free Downtown 877-337-2017 Connection bus route operates Access-A-Ride, for the same price from 10a.m.-7.30p.m., seven days as full public transit fare, provides a week except Thanksgiving, door-to-door shared van rides 24/7 Christmas Day and New Year’s throughout New York City and Day, with free Americans with nearby Nassau and Westchester Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant counties for seniors and people with service. Buses come on average at disabilities who have difficulty with 10-minute intervals on weekdays - public transit. For eligibility and traffic permitting - and at 15-minute reservations call the number above. 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

39 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 Health Care 866-881-2809

Recursos de Salud New York State Health Insurance 健保照顧 Resource Center Long-Term Care www.health.ny.gov/facilities/long_ Health Care Proxy term_care/ 800-342-9871 Provides information on long-term www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh- care and insurance policies for New 1430.pdf York State. Individuals who are unable to make health care decisions can designate Health Insurance Programs a Health Care Proxy to make health Programas de Seguro de Salud care decisions on their behalf. 健康保險計畫

Health Insurance Information Medicaid Counseling and Assistance Medicaid is a state-run health Program (HIICAP) insurance program that is primarily 212-602-4180 available to people with limited www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ incomes or resources but it is also benefits/health.shtml available to those who meet other The NYC HIICAP is New York’s requirements. source for free, current and impartial information about To find out whether you qualify for health care coverage. Through a Medicaid visit ACCESS NY at www. helpline and volunteer counselors, nyc.gov/accessnyc or call the NYC HIICAP provides information on Human Resources Administration at all aspects of health insurance (718) 557-1399. including Medicare, prescription drug information, long-term care Boerum Hill Medicaid Office insurance, Medicaid for people with 35 4th Avenue Medicare, and more. Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-623-7427 or 718-623-7428 New York State Department of Health Chinatown Medicaid Office Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza 115 Chrystie Street, 5th Floor Albany, NY 12237 New York, NY 10002 40 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 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 Hospitals best protect their personal identity, Hospitales report errors on health care bills 醫院 and identify inappropriate charging for service. Complaints Related to New York Hospitals New York State of Health New York State Department of 1-855-355-5777 Health www.nystateofhealth.ny.gov/ Centralized Hospital Intake Program NY State of Health is a marketplace Mailstop: CA/DCS where individuals can shop for and Empire State Plaza enroll in affordable health insurance Albany, NY 12237

41 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 1-800-804-5447 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 - Brooklyn Community Health Clinics 800 Poly Place Clínicas de Salud Comunitarias Brooklyn, NY 11209 社區健康診所 718-836-6600 www.nyharbor.va.gov/ Brooklyn:

Woodhull Hospital CABS Health Center 760 Broadway 94-98 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11206 Brooklyn, NY 11206 718-963-8000 718-388-0390 nyc.gov/hhc/woodhull www.chnnyc.org/locations/cabs-

42 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 health-center/ Woodhull Williamsburg Spanish spoken. Community Health Center 279 Graham Avenue Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Brooklyn, NY 11221 Center 718-963-7821 120 Richards Street www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/woodhull/ Brooklyn, NY 11231 html/centers/centers.shtml 718-945-7150 www.addabbo.org Manhattan:

ODA Primary Care Health Betances Health Center Center 280 Henry Street 14-16 Heyward Street New York, NY 10002 Brooklyn, NY 11249 212-227-8401 718-260-4600 www.betances.org/ www.odahealth.org Geriatric care at Betances provides A not-for-profit healthcare provider comprehensive medical services that offers a full range of primary to address the core primary and care and specialty services. specialty medical needs of patients 60 years of age and older. Williamsburg Family Health Center Catherine M. Abate Health 99 Division Avenue Center Brooklyn, NY 11249 150 Essex Street 718-599-6200 New York, NY 10002 www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/ 212-477-1120 williamsburg-family-health-center www.chcnyc.org/our-locations/ catherine-m-abate Woodhull Greenpoint Geriatric care, preventative Community Health Center medicine, nutrition counseling, 875 Manhattan Avenue social services and health education Brooklyn, NY 11222 are offered. Spanish and Chinese 718-630-3220 spoken. www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/woodhull/ html/centers/centers.shtml

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

44 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 Roberto Clemente Center daily living (e.g., dressing, bathing, 540 East 13th Street personal care) and instrumental New York, NY 10009 activities of daily living (e.g., 212-387-7400 shopping, housekeeping, cooking), who want to remain at home and Smith Family Health Center are not eligible for Medicaid. 60 Madison Street Case managers help elders and New York, NY 10038 their families decide what help is 212-346-0500 needed and arrange for services that may include non-medical in- Home Care Options home services, non-institutional Opciones de Cuidado Domiciliario respite services for caregivers, 家居照顧的選擇 ancillary services and other services available in the community. EISEP CPC Home Attendant Program supports and supplements care 1 York Street, 2nd Floor provided by families and friends. New York, NY 10013 Participants whose incomes are 212-219-8100 above 150% of poverty share in the Provides personal care services cost of the services, according to a in the home to clients who are sliding scale. medically disabled, aged and/ or physically handicapped. The Home Care Service Program program is staffed with bilingual/ (HCSP) bicultural Chinese and Spanish 311 speaking registered nurses and www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ case coordinators to supervise the services/long_term_care.shtml delivery of home care services. The Home Care Services Program (HCSP) offers access to Medicaid- Expanded In-Home Services for funded long-term care programs the Elderly Program (EISEP), designed to help eligible elderly or NYC Dept. for the Aging disabled individuals remain safely www.nyc.gov/html/caregiver/ at home, rather than in a nursing getttinghelp-2.html. home or other institution. In some EISEP assists older New Yorkers cases, the Home Care Services who need help with activities of Program will assess medical needs and determine the appropriate care

45 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 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 Mental Health Services visit seniors at home - to assess Servicios de la Salud Mental their needs and to supervise the 心理健康科服務 more than 1,000 home attendants the Foundation employs to meet Brooklyn: their needs. Home attendants are trained by Foundation staff Brooklyn Veterans Center to perform daily tasks such as 25 Chapel Street, Suite 604 health-related personal care, Brooklyn, NY 11201 housekeeping, shopping, cooking 718-630-2830 and accompanying seniors to medical appointments. Heights and Hills 57 Willoughby Street, 4th Floor Visiting Nurse Service of New Brooklyn, NY 11201 York 718-596-8789 800-675-0391 www.HeightsAndHills.org www.vnsny.org Heights and Hills delivers This home health care service information, direction and support provides members of the for the elderly of Brooklyn. community support using both

46 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 Manhattan: New York, NY 10002 212-720-4540 Geriatric Mental Health Alliance A full-service mental outpatient of New York City clinic, the CFCC provides 50 Broadway, 19th Floor evaluations, therapy and community New York, NY 10004 outreach. 212-614-5772 www.mhaofnyc.org/gmha/ Hamilton Madison House Social The Geriatric Mental Health Adult Day Program Alliance (GMHA) operates a 253 South Street, 2nd Floor, East Geriatric Mental Health Training Wing and Technical Assistance Center New York, NY 10002 without walls that provides support 212-349-3724 to various provider systems to Striving to improve the quality of increase their capacity and skill to life for those 55 years and above meet the mental health needs of the with dementia and memory loss, older adults with whom they work. this program offers transportation, nutritious meals, support groups, Greenwich House Senior Health and recreational activities. Staff and Consultation Center speaks Mandarin and Cantonese. 27 Barrow Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10014 Manhattan Veterans Center 212-242-4140 ext. 251 32 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Suite 200 www.greenwichhouse.org/senior_ New York, NY 10004 health/index 212-951-6866 This program offers affordable consultation as well as help with the University Settlement necessary changes that come with Consultation Center aging. Services are provided at the 184 Eldridge Street center, but necessary home calls can New York, NY 10002 sometimes be made. 212-453-4522 www.universitysettlement.org/us/ Hamilton Madison House programs/mental_health_services/ Chinatown Family Consultation consultation_center/ Center (CFCC) The Consultation Center works to 253 South Street, 3rd Floor provide mental health services to

47 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 those in need. Professionals at the Medicare Part D drug plan costs. Center speak English, Mandarin, EPIC helps pay the Medicare Part Cantonese and Spanish. D drug plan premiums for low- to moderate income members. EPIC Prescription Discounts also provides supplementary drug Descuentos de Recetas Médicas coverage for Part D covered drugs 藥品折扣計畫 purchased while in the Medicare Part D coverage gap. To join AARP Prescription Discount EPIC, one must be a NYS resident Program age 65 or over, have an annual 877-422-7718 income less than $35,000 (single) www.aarppharmacy.com or $50,000 (married), be enrolled in This program was created by AARP a Medicare Part D plan, and must to provide exclusive discounts not be receiving the full Medicaid on FDA-approved prescription Benefit. Pharmacies must be EPIC medications and specialty drugs. participants.

BigAppleRx Extra Help Paying for Medicare 311 Prescription Drug Plans www.bigapplerx.com 800-772-1213 A free discount card accepted at www.ssa.gov/medicare/ many pharmacies in New York City; prescriptionhelp/ cannot be used in conjunction with Extra Help pays for the costs of other discounts/insurance but can Medicare prescription drug plans. be used for medications not covered. You are eligible for Extra Help if your resources and income are Elderly Pharmaceutical below a certain level. Insurance Coverage (EPIC) 800-332-3742 Blood Pressure Programs www.health.ny.gov/health_care/ Programas de la Presión Arterial epic/ 量度血壓服務 EPIC is a free New York State program that helps income-eligible Organized by the New York City seniors aged 65 and older to Department for the Aging, trained supplement their out-of-pocket senior volunteers measure the

48 Health Care - Recursos de Salud - 健保照顧 blood pressure of their peers in bi- Brooklyn, NY 11217 weekly screening and monitoring 718-694-0895 sessions. Adhering to a special protocol developed in association Manhattan: with the Department of Health, the volunteers keep records and University Settlement Senior follow-up with anyone whose blood Center pressure is too high. The program 189 Allen Street is available at the following senior New York, NY 10002 centers: 212-473-8217

Brooklyn:

Diana H. Jones Senior Center 9 Noll Street Brooklyn, NY 11206 718-782-3601

Eileen Dugan Senior Center 380 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 718-596-1956

Park Slope Senior Center 463A Seventh Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-832-3726

Prospect Hill Senior Center 283 Prospect Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-499-9574

Raices Times Plaza Senior Center 460 Atlantic Avenue

49 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 Senior Centers Services include lunch, case assistance, educational, Centros de Ancianos recreational and health 老人中心 promotional activities.

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

50 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 Polish and Slavic Center (PSC) nutrition and wellness programs, a “Krakus” Senior Center walking club and bingo and card 176 Java Street playing. Brooklyn, NY 11222 718-383-3434 Manhattan: www.polishslaviccenter.org/ en/m.16.page.html?agid=25 BRC Senior Center Krakus activity is not limited to 30 Delancey Street serving meals. Krakus also offers New York, NY 10002 educational and recreational 212-533-2020 activities such as chess, cards, www.brc.org/programs_senior_ dominoes, bingo, movies, a choir services.php and many more activities. ESL BRC’s Senior Center provides classes are offered twice a week. community, social and educational Polish spoken. activity, health and mental health services, recreation, and nutritious St. Charles Jubilee Senior Center meals. 55 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Chinese American Planning 718-855-0326 Council NY Chinatown Senior www.ccbq.org/what-we-do/older- Citizens Center adult-services 70 Mulberry Street Provides nutritional, educational, New York, NY 10013 recreational, health promotional, 212-233-8930 social service and intergenerational CSCC is celebrated for its orchestra programs as well as multi-cultural room, where seniors actively practice events. and perform for their predominantly Cantonese-speaking peers. This Swingin’ Sixties Seniors Center senior center also offers the Senior 211 Ainslie Street Strollers walking club. Brooklyn, NY 11211 718-963-3793 CPC Project Open Door This senior center offers breakfast 168 Grand Street 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-

51 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 services/open-door-senior-center New York, NY 10002 CPC provides meals, social 646-201-4251 activities such as art shows, and www.GrandSettlement.org/ homecare services to New York’s programs/senior-services population of elderly Chinese. The Grand Coalition offers 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 Greenwich Street 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 wellness including arts, computers, games, activities, social work services, and current events discussions, and specialized services for homebound holiday celebrations are offered. seniors are offered. This senior center also offers a Stay Well Exercise Program, providing Hamilton Madison House City weekly exercise classes to enhance Hall Senior Center balance and build muscle strength 100 Gold Street, Lower Lobby which run approximately 40-50 New York, NY 10038 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,

52 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 Medicaid, Medicare, and senior and assistance with social services housing. It also offers nutritious such as Medicare, Access-A-Ride, meals, recreational activities, and and Meals-On-Wheels. educational classes. UJC Adult Luncheon Club Mott Street Senior Center 15 Willett Place 180 Mott Street New York, NY 10002 New York, NY 10002 212-673-9328 212-966-5460 www.ujces.org/events.aspx www.nyfsc.org/services/sencenters. html University Settlement Exercise, bingo and mahjong, Neighborhood Center dancing, painting, ceramics, 189 Allen Street sculpting, sewing, knitting, and New York, NY 10002 crocheting, among other activities, 212-473-8217 are offered. Each day, members www.universitysettlement.org/ can enjoy delicious, nutritionally us/programs/older_adults/senior_ balanced breakfasts and lunches, center/ many of which feature Italian and Breakfast and lunch, classes, Chinese dishes. activities, and social services including errand escorts and meal Southbridge Adult and Senior delivery for homebound seniors are Citizens Center offered. This senior center also offers 90 Beekman Street bi-weekly blood pressure screening New York, NY 10038 and monitoring sessions, a walking 212-732-9363 club and the Stay Well Exercise www.southbridgetowers.com/ Program, a program that provides development/community_groups. weekly exercise classes that run aspx approximately 40-50 minutes. A variety of recreational and cultural programs are open to Weinberg Center for Balanced anyone over 55 in the downtown Living area, including health and fitness 197 East Broadway programs, arts and crafts, drawing New York, NY 10002 and chess. The Center also offers 646-395-4270 a nurse, a shopping van service, mannycantor.org/program/adults/ 53 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 weinberg-center/ nursing services, and limited Provides empowering classes, transportation to medical workshops, and social events appointments. Provides classes focused on maintaining personal in yoga, board games, creative health, engaging the senses and writing, tai chi, mah-jong, arts, motivating individuals through dance, 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 and 72 Columbia Street health and wellness programs. New York, NY 10002 212-982-4171 Naturally Occuring Retirement www.grandsettlement.org/ Communities programs/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 and 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. 54 Senior Centers - Centros de Ancianos - 老人中心 Hamilton Madison House, Smith Lillian Wald Houses Senior Center Senior Center NORC 12 Avenue D 50 Madison Street New York, NY 10009 New York, NY 10038 212-260-2731 212-349-3724 ext. 9312 The Center provides important Case management and benefit and nutritional information and offers entitlement, hot lunches served five affordable hot lunches Sunday days a week, a variety of scheduled through Friday and dinners Monday classes including computer classes through Friday. Seniors can geared toward seniors with participate in recreational activities limited or no prior knowledge of and use the two fitness rooms, computers, “Stay Well” exercise complete with machines and free classes, ceramics classes and more weights. The staff speaks Chinese are provided. and Spanish.

Henry Street Settlement, NORC/ NY Foundation for Senior Citizens Vladeck Cares LaGuardia Senior Center 351 Madison Street 280 Cherry Street New York, NY 10002 New York, NY 10002 212-477-0455, ext. 19 212-732-3656 www.HenryStreet.org/programs/ For a small suggested contribution, senior-services/norcvladeck-cares. seniors can eat balanced meals html (breakfast and lunch) that have been This program provides free services carefully planned by nutritionists. to residents of Vladeck Houses who Seniors can participate in a range are 60 years of age and older to of activities: exercises, arts and assist them in independent living, crafts, music, bingo, mahjong, health scheduling and transportation to promotion, and English classes. medical appointments, financial management and long term care planning. Health screenings, free flu shots, and counseling services are also available. Nurses and social workers speak English, Spanish, and Chinese.

55 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Nutrition and Wellness Brooklyn, NY 11211 Nutrición y Bienestar 718-387-2316 營養及健康服務 GOLES Healthy Aging Program (GHAP) Support Services 169 Avenue B Servicios de Apoyo New York, NY 10009 支持協調服務 212-533-2541 www.goles.org/services.html Alert and Alive Programs This preventative healthcare Informal Alert and Alive discussion initiative assists those in the Lower groups are offered at centers East Side age 50 and above. Offers throughout the City. They are led by counseling and assistance for trained senior volunteers in sessions housing and health services as well that run continuously. Members as referrals and cultural programs. share their beliefs, attitudes and concerns about aging in a warm and New York Foundation for Senior congenial atmosphere. Alert and Citizens, Inc. Alive Programs can be found at the 11 Park Place, 14th Floor following locations: New York, NY 10007 212-962-7559 Brooklyn: www.nyfsc.org The New York Foundation for Senior Diana H. Jones Senior Center Citizens provides a wide range of 9 Noll Street support services for older adults, Brooklyn, NY 11206 including information about housing, 718-782-3601 transportation, senior centers, activities and theatre discounts. Eileen Dugan Senior Center 380 Court Street Service Program for Older People Brooklyn, NY 11231 at Grand Street Settlement 718-596-1956 72 Columbia Street New York, NY 10002 Northside Senior Center 212-787-7120 ext. 514 179 North 6th Street www.spop.org/

56 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 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 only United Jewish Council of the East limited Medicaid services (recipients Side of Medicaid home and personal care 235 East Broadway services are currently ineligible for New York, NY 10002 home delivered meals). To request 212-233-6037 meals-on-wheels service, please call www.ujces.org the case management agency listed The UJC provides services to East below that is closest to your home: Side senior citizens, including friendly visiting, telephone Brooklyn: reassurance, and access to food service pantries. Heights and Hills Community Council Food Access and Assistance 57 Willoughby Street, 4th Floor Acceso a Alimentos y Asistencia Brooklyn, NY 11201 送餐及護理服務 718-596-8789 www.heightsandhills.org The City of New York Home- Delivered Meals for Seniors Ridgewood Bushwick Case 311 Management New York City delivers nutritionally 555 Bushwick Avenue balanced meals to the homes of Brooklyn, NY 11206 seniors age 60 and older who are 718-821-0254 unable to attend a group meal program or prepare their own meals. Manhattan:

Citymeals-on-Wheels New York Foundation for Senior 212-687-1234 Citizens www.citymeals.org/ 11 Park Place This privately funded organization New York, NY 10007 provides home-delivered meals to 212-962-7817 anyone who is: 60 years of age or www.nyfsc.org 57 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Jewish Association for Services Staten Island Ferry Whitehall for the Aged (JASA) Meals and Terminal Greenmarket Nutrition 4 South Street, inside Ferry 212-273-5272 Terminal Building www.jasa.org/community/meals Open Tuesday & Friday year-round Provides home-delivered and kosher meals. Tompkins Square Greenmarket Ave A and East 7th Street Greenmarkets Open Sunday year-round Mercados Publicos 綠色市集 Tribeca Greenmarket Greenwich Street between For more information on Chambers Street and Duane Street greenmarkets, including a list of Open Saturday (year-round) and vendors, visit www.grownyc.org/ Wednesday (March - December) greenmarket or call 311. Union Square Greenmarket Manhattan: North and West sides of Union Square Park Abingdon Square Greenmarket Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Hudson Street and West 12th Street and Saturday year-round Open Saturday year-round Water Street Greenmarket Bowling Green Greenmarket Water Street at Coenties Slip Broadway at Battery Place Open Thursday July - November Open Tuesday & Thursday year-round Brooklyn: City Hall Park Greenmarket Broadway at Chambers Street Brooklyn Borough Hall Open Tuesday & Friday March - Greenmarket December Plaza at Court Street and Montague Street Saint Mark’s Church Open Tuesday, Thursday and Greenmarket Saturday year-round East 10th Street and 2nd Avenue Open Tuesday June - November

58 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Heights and Hills Friendly Visiting Carroll Street, between Smith Street Service and Court Street 57 Willoughby Street, 4th Floor Open Sunday year-round Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-596-8789 Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Program matches volunteers of all Prospect Park West and Flatbush ages with homebound and isolated Avenue seniors for weekly companionship - Open Saturday year-round volunteers and clients go on walks, run errands, cook together, play Greenpoint/McCarren Park cards, knit, talk about music, art, Greenmarket sports, politics, their families, and Union Avenue between Driggs whatever else they find in common. Avenue & North 12th Street Open Saturday year-round SAGE Friendly Visitor Program 305 7th Avenue, 6th Floor Friendly Visiting New York, NY 10001 Visitas Domiciliarias Amistosas 212-741-2247 府上探訪服務 www.sageusa.org/cure/visitor.cfm All those who participate in this Henry Street Settlement Senior program must be a SAGE client, Companion Program or a referral, friend, neighbor, or 265 Henry Street other service provider. Once a client New York, NY 10002 decides to participate, a SAGE 212-477-0455 staff person comes to the home of Senior Companions are volunteers the client and matches the client who make independence a reality with a volunteer. All volunteers are for older adults. Senior Companions screened, trained, and committed to are at least 55 years old, can use at least one year with each client. mass transit, and are available 10- 40 hours a week. Senior Companion Visiting Neighbors services include companionship, 3 Washington Square Village friendly visiting, light errands, meal Suite 1F planning, medication reminders, New York, NY 10012 caregiver respite, and medical 212-260-6200 escort. www.visitingneighbors.org/

59 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 This service matches volunteers with and other life-threatening physical seniors 60+ in Lower Manhattan. illnesses. Volunteers are carefully screened and trained, and are committed to Heights and Hills a few hours each week. Volunteers 57 Willoughby Street, 4th Floor will escort seniors to medical Brooklyn, NY 11201 appointments, on errands, and to the 718-596-8789 grocery store. www.HeightsAndHills.org Heights and Hills promotes Support Groups successful aging in place by Grupos de Apoyo providing case management for 支持協調服務團体 homebound seniors, information, referral and supportive counseling Center for Bereavement for family and friends caring for 118 East 93 Street, Suite 1C seniors, as well as transportation New York, NY 10128 services. 212-289-8570 www.centerforbereavement.com Caregiver Resources Provides grief counseling and Recursos para Cuidadores therapy in a safe, confidential, 給予照顧/護理的資訊 and private setting to assist in the mourning process through Caregivers Action Network individual grief counseling/therapy 202-454-3970 or in bereavement groups with other www.caregiveraction.org/ mourners, facilitated by a seasoned, Provides educational materials licensed therapist. and guides for family caregivers, including resources and information Friends In Deed on workshops and tips for 594 Broadway, Suite 706 caregiving. New York, NY 10012 212-925-2009 The Eldercare Locator www.FriendsInDeed.org 800-677-1116 Friends In Deed is a crisis www.eldercare.gov/ center that provides emotional This public service developed by and spiritual support for anyone the U.S. Administration on Aging diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, cancer

60 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 connects seniors and their families Adult Day Programs to local services. Programas Durante el Día para Adultos 成人日間活動計劃 Hamilton Madison House Caregiver Services Manhattan Hamilton Madison House Adult 100 Gold Street, Lower Level Day Services New York, NY 10038 253 South Street, 2nd Floor 212-788-1688 New York, NY 10002 Provides services to the Chinese 212-720-4540 and Korean communities including www.hamiltonmadisonhouse.org supportive counseling, respite care, Hamilton Madison House’s mission shopping assistance and home visits. is to improve quality of life for participants with memory loss while NYS Caregiving & Respite providing support and education Coalition to caregivers and family members. 585-244-8400 Services include meals, door to www.nyscrc.org/ door transportation, social and Provides information, research and recreational activities, and support support to caregivers. groups. Mandarin and Cantonese spoken. Williamsburg Social Services 32 Penn Street VillageCare Adult Day Health Brooklyn, NY 11211 Center 718-782-2315 121B West 20th Street This center, run by the Jewish New York, NY 10011 Association Serving the Aging 212-337-9220 (JASA), provides social services www.vcny.org/communitycare and support to senior citizens of all Adult Day Health Care program backgrounds. providing comfort and promoting independence through a full range of nursing, nutritional, case management, rehabilitative services and social activities. Services include physical therapy, personal care assistance, health- related diagnostic services, and 61 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 social services, as well as full-time Brooklyn, NY 11201 nursing services. A comprehensive 718-998-3000 therapeutic recreation program www.bcid.org/ includes creative arts, exercise, yoga, Empowers persons with disabilities tai chi, discussion groups, lectures, by improving the quality of their live musical entertainment, movies, lives and fostering their integration and local trips. Individualized into the mainstream of society. Also programs are geared to helping develops educational programs persons with behavioral health including training for advocacy for problems, Parkinson’s disease, their individual civil rights. Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other chronic illnesses. Private door- Center for Independence of the to-door transportation is provided. Disabled of New York 841 Broadway, Suite 301 Services for People with Disabilities New York, NY 10003 Servicios para las Personas con 212-674-2300 Discapacidades www.cidny.org 殘障人仕服務 Provides benefits counseling and direct services to those with Access-a-Ride disabilities. Also advocates to 877-337-2017 improve the lives of people living web.mta.info/nyct/paratran/guide. with disabilities. htm Access-A-Ride, for the same price Mayor’s Office for People With as full public transit fare, provides Disabilities door-to-door shared van rides 24/7 100 Gold Street, 2nd Floor throughout New York City and New York, NY 10038 nearby Nassau and Westchester 311 counties for seniors and people with 711 (Relay Service for Deaf/Hard disabilities who have difficulty with of Hearing) public transit. For eligibility and www.nyc.gov/mopd reservations call the number above. The Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities works to ensure that New Brooklyn Center for Independence Yorkers with disabilities can lead of the Disabled happy, healthy and productive lives. 27 Smith Street, Suite 200 62 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 Services for the Visually Impaired visually-impaired, deaf-blind, and/ Servicios para Personas con or have combined hearing-vision Discapacidades Visuales loss to live, work and thrive in their 視障人仕服務 community of choice.

American Foundation for the Lighthouse International Blind 15 West 65th Street 2 Penn Plaza, Suite 1102 New York, NY 10023 New York, NY 10121 800-284-4422 212-502-7600 www.lighthouseguild.org www.afb.org Assists people of all ages who are Provides directory of services for blind or partially sighted to lead seniors with vision impairments. independent and productive lives.

Computer Center for Visually National Federation of the Blind Impaired People at Baruch of New York State College 718-567-7821 55 Lexington Avenue www.nfbny.org New York, NY 10010 The National Federation of the 646-312-1420 Blind is the largest organization of www.baruch.cuny.edu/ccvip blind and low-vision people in the The Computer Center for Visually United States. The group strives to Impaired People (CCVIP) has reform general attitudes towards been in the business of Assistive the blind. Technology training, research and service since 1978. New York State Commission for the Blind Helen Keller Services for the 866-871-3000 Blind - Brooklyn ocfs.ny.gov/main/cb 57 Willoughby Street Provides a listing of not-for-profit Brooklyn, NY 11201 agencies in New York that offer 718-522-2122 resources for those with visual www.helenkeller.org/ impairments. Helen Keller Services for the Blind enables individuals who are blind,

63 Nutrition and Wellness - Nutrición y Bienestar - 營養及健康服務 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, including prevocational, skills training, and job placement.

64 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Recreation and Fitness courts, playgrounds, and sprinklers.

Recreación y Brooklyn Bridge Park Acondicionamiento Físico Furman Street and Montague Street 康樂及健身 to Plymouth Street and Adams Street Parks 718-222-9939 Parques www.brooklynbridgepark.org 公園 Features a carousel, playgrounds, kayaking, rowing, biking, dog runs, Brooklyn: volleyball, fitness, swimming, and weekend family programs. Adam Yauch Park Atlantic Avenue, Columbia Place, Bushwick Inlet Park State Street Kent Avenue between North 7th www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Street and North 10th Street adamyauchpark www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features dog friendly areas, bushwickinletpark playgrounds, fitness equipment, and Features a multipurpose field, a sprinklers. green building with a green roof,

a viewing platform, playground, American Playground football field, baseball field, soccer Franklin Street between Milton field, and public access to the Street and Noble Street waterfront. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ americanplayground/ Carroll Park Features basketball courts, handball Court Street to Smith Street, courts, playgrounds, and 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, playgrounds, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ sprinklers, and wi-fi. bedfordplayground/ Features basketball courts, handball

65 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 lawns, picknicking, and cobblehillpark/ barbecue areas. Features playgrounds. Grand Ferry Park Commodore Barry Park Grand Street and River Street Navy Street to North Elliot Place, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ between Flushing Avenue and Park grandferrypark/ Avenue Features dog friendly areas. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ commodorebarrypark Hillside Park Features baseball fields, basketball Columbia Heights and Vine Street courts, football fields, handball www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ courts, outdoor pools, playgrounds, hillsidepark/ and sprinklers. Features dog friendly areas and wifi hotspots. De Hostos Playground Harrison Avenue between Walton Jacob’s Ladder Playground Street and Lorimer Street Clymer Street between Kent www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Avenue and Wythe Avenue dehostosplayground/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features basketball courts, jacobsladderplayground/ handball courts, playgrounds, and Features a playground. sprinklers. Marcy Park South DiMattina Playground Marcy Avenue and Division Hicks Street and Rapelye Street Avenue www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ dimattina-playground/ marcy-park-south/map Features dog friendly areas, Features handball courts and playgrounds, and sprinklers. basketball courts.

East River State Park McCarren Park Kent Avenue and North 10th Street Berry Street, Nassau Avenue, 66 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Lorimer Street, Driggs Avenue, Street North 10th Street, Manhattan www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Avenue, Bayard Street, Union mothercabrinipark Avenue Features playgrounds. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ mccarren-park Roberto Clemente Ballfield Features baseball fields, basketball Division Avenue between Wythe courts, bocce courts, dog friendly Avenue and Kent Avenue areas, eateries, fitness equipment, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ football fields, handball courts, B382A ice skating rinks, outdoor pools, Features a baseball field. playgrounds, recreation centers, running tracks, skate parks, soccer Rodney Park South fields, sprinklers, tennis courts, and Rodney Street between Division wifi. Avenue and South 9th Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Middleton Playground B223OC/map Lee Avenue between Lynch Street Features basketball courts and a and Middleton Street playground. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ middletonplayground/ Roebling Playground Features basketball courts, Lee Avenue between Wilson Street handball courts, sprinklers, and a and Taylor Street playground. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ roeblingplayground/ Monsignor McGolrick Park Features basketball courts, Russell Street, Monitor Street handball courts, and a playground. between Nassau Avenue and Driggs Avenue Sobel Playground www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Division Avenue between Lee mcgrmcgolrickpark Avenue and Roebling Street Features dog friendly areas, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ playground, and sprinklers. sobelplayground/ Features a playground. Mother Cabrini Park President Street and Van Brunt 67 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 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 Capsouto Park www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Varick Street between Canal Street abcplayground/ and Laight Street Features basketball courts, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ playgrounds, and sprinklers. capsoutopark Features a fountain and chess tables. 68 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Captain Jacob Joseph courts, dog runs, playgrounds, and Playground sprinklers. Henry Street and Rutgers Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/m122 Corlears Hook Park Features playgrounds. Jackson Street, Cherry Street, FDR Drive City Hall Park www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M017 Broadway, Park Row and Features baseball fields, Chambers Street playgrounds, dog runs, and www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ sprinklers. cityhallpark Features benches, eateries and Duane Park wifi. Hudson Street, Duane Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Collect Pond Park M025/ Leonard Street between Centre Features benches. Street and Lafayette Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ East River Park M242/ Montgomery Street to East 13th Features benches. Street and FDR Drive www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Columbus Park Playground eastriverpark/ Baxter Street, Mulberry Street, Features barbecuing areas, Worth Street, Bayard Street baseball fields, basketball fields, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M015 bicycling and greenways, dog Features basketball courts, runs, fitness equipment, football playgrounds, and sprinklers. fields, playgrounds, running tracks, soccer fields, sprinklers, eateries Coleman Playground and tennis courts. Cherry Street, Pike Street, Monroe Street, and Market Street Governors Island www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ govisland.com colemanplayground/ Governors Island is a 172-acre Features baseball fields, handball island located in the heart of courts, skate parks, basketball New York Harbor. Features bike

69 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 rentals, mini-golf, children’s play Luther Gulick Playground area, sprinklers, ballfields, and Willett Street, Broome Street, hammocks. Accessible via ferry Columbia Street, Delancey Street from Pier 6 at Brooklyn Bridge www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Park and the Battery Maritime luthergulickplayground Building at 10 South Street in Lower Features basketball courts, Manhattan. The park is open from handball courts, playgrounds, and late May through late September. sprinklers.

Hamilton Fish Park Playground One Pitt Street, Stanton Street, Sheriff Madison Street between Catherine Street, East Houston Street Street and Oliver Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ hamilton-fish-park playgroundone/ Features a pool, basketball courts, Features basketball courts, handball courts, fitness equipment, playgrounds, and sprinklers. wifi, rec center, playground, and sprinklers. Sara D. Roosevelt Park East Houston Street to Canal Hudson River Park - Pier 40 Street between Chrystie Street and West Side Highway and West Forsyth Street Houston Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ 212-627-2020 saradroosevelt www.hudsonriverpark.org/ Features basketball courts, Features dog-runs, mini golf, handball courts, playgrounds, trapeze, play areas, kayaking and a soccer fields, sprinklers, and carousel. volleyball courts.

Little Flower Playground Sophie Irene Loeb Playground Madison Street between Clinton Henry Street, Market Street, East Street and Rutgers Street Broadway www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ littleflowerplayground/ sophieireneloeb/facilities/ Features basketball courts, playgrounds handball courts, playgrounds, and Features a playground. sprinklers. 70 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Seward Park 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. Vesuvio Playground Spring Street between Thompson Tanahey Playground Street and Sullivan Street 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. Washington Market Park 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, William Passannante Ballfield Worth Street, and Duane Street West Houston Street, between 6th www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Avenue and Macdougal Street thomaspainepark www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Features eateries and wi-fi. williampassannanteballfield/ Features playgrounds and Tompkins Square Park ballfields. Avenue A to Avenue B from East 7th Street to East 10th Street 212-387-7685

71 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Indoor Pools Outdoor Pools Piscinas Cubiertas Piscinas Descubiertas 室內泳池 室外泳池

Metropolitan Recreation Center Brooklyn: Pool 261 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop Up Brooklyn, NY 11211 Pool www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Pier 2 metropolitan-recreation- www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ center/facilities/indoor-pools/ brooklynbridge- metropolitan-pool park/facilities/outdoor-pools/ Must be a member of the brooklyn-bridge-park-popup-pool Metropolitan Recreation Center to use the pool. Membership is free Commodore Barry Pool for youths under 18, $25 for youths Flushing and Park Avenues, Navy 18-24 and $150 for adults. and North Elliot Streets 718-243-2593 Tony Dapolito Pool Clarkson Street and Seventh McCarren Park Pool Avenue South 776 Lorimer Street www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ Brooklyn, NY 11222 tony-dapolito-recreation-center/ 718-965-6580 facilities/indoor-pools/tony- dapolito-pool Manhattan: Must be a member of the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center to use Hamilton Fish Pool the pool. Membership is free for Pitt Street and Houston Street youths under 18, $25 for youths 212-387-7687 18-24 and $150 for adults. Pool is closed during summer months to Tompkins Square Pool make room for outdoor pool. Avenue A between East 7th Street and East 10th Street 212-387-6784

72 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 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 Bowery 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 This program, a joint effort www.ManhattanYouth.org between the NYC Parks The Downtown Community Center Department and the Department of open swim and lap sessions as Health and Mental Hygiene, offers well as several swim clinics and classes in a number of recreation exercise classes for community

73 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 centers in both Manhattan and New York, NY 10038 Brooklyn. Classes offered range 212-285-0301 from zumba to yoga and pilates and are run by qualified instructors. Chinatown YMCA Cornerstone Below are centers located in or 200 Madison Street close to the district. Call for more New York, NY 10002 information on classes and times. 212-385-9349

Brooklyn: Community Center at Stuyvesant High School Independence Towers 345 Chambers Street 114 Taylor Street New York, NY 10282 Brooklyn, NY 11249 212-267-9700 718-302-3416 Hamilton Fish Recreation Center McCarren Play Center 415 East Houston Street 776 Lorimer Street New York, NY 10002 Brooklyn, NY 11222 212-673-2290 718-218-2380 Two Bridges Community Center Metropolitan Recreation Center 286 South Street 261 Bedford Avenue New York, NY 10002 Brooklyn, NY 11211 212-385-9352 718-599-5707 Two Bridges Neighborhood Williamsburg Community Council Center 82 Rutgers Slip 195 Graham Avenue New York, NY 10002 Brooklyn, NY 11206 212-233-7859 718-387-7482 The Silversneakers Fitness Manhattan: Program www.silversneakers.com Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center This program is the nation’s 80 Catherine Street leading exercise program designed

74 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 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 Recreation Centers 55 Pierrepont Street Centros de Recreacion Brooklyn, NY 11201 康樂體育中心 718-855-0326 This senior center offers daily Provided by the Department of lunches and a variety of activities Parks & Recreation, these facilities including tai chi, aerobics, yoga, offer indoor pools, game rooms, dancing, art classes, a computer libraries, computer resources and

75 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 more. Seniors age 62 and above www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ receive a discounted fee of $25 for recreationcenters/M194 annual membership access to all Features fitness room, playground, centers. artificial turf field, outdoor and indoor basketball courts, and an Brooklyn: indoor volleyball court.

McCarren Play Center Hamilton Fish Recreation Center 776 Lorimer Street 128 Pitt Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 New York, NY 10002 718-218-2380 212-387-7687 www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ recreationcenters/B058 recreationcenters/M033 Features an outdoor pool, indoor Features an outdoor pool, outdoor and outdoor basketball courts, basketball court, cardio room, and cardio room, fitness room, outdoor outdoor handball court. soccer field, and other fitness equipment. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center 1 Clarkson Streeet Metropolitan Recreation Center New York, NY 10014 261 Bedford Avenue 212-242-5228 Brooklyn, NY 11211 www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ 718-599-5707 recreationcenters/M103 www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ Features athletic fields, baseball recreationcenters/B085 fields, indoor basketball courts, Features an indoor pool, fitness outdoor bocce courts, fitness room, and cardio room. room, handball courts, indoor and outdoor pools, and an outdoor Manhattan: soccer field.

Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center 80 Catherine Street New York, NY 10038 212-285-0301

76 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 the homes of seniors in order to

77 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 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 www.cssny.org/services/rsvp/ dance performances and gardening projects. 78 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 American Legion Franklin Delano Roosevelt, NY 245 West Houston Street, Room Post 1284 212B 346 Broadway, Room 3E New York, NY 10014 New York, NY 10013 212-807-3066 nylegion.net Fraternity, NY Post 612 The American Legion, the 1 Washington Square Village nation’s largest wartime veterans Suite 2A organization, is devoted to New York, NY 10012 mutual helpfulness, and is 212-228-3330 committed to mentoring youth and sponsoring wholesome programs Greenwich Village, NY Post 18 in our communities, advocating 346 Broadway, Room 3E patriotism and honor, promoting New York, NY 10013 strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow Liberty-Grand Street, NY Post 22 servicemembers and veterans. 346 Broadway, Room 3E New York, NY 10013 Local Posts: Lt. B. R. Kimlau, NY Post 1291 Colonel John R. Slattery, NY 191 Canal Street Post 1099 New York, NY 10013 346 Broadway, Room 802 212-925-5528 New York, NY 10013 www.ltkimlau.com/

Customs, NY Post 51 Metropolitan, NY Post 385 346 Broadway, Room 3E 346 Broadway, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10013

Department of Public Works, NY New York City Police, NY Post Post 1222 460 346 Broadway, Room 802 346 Broadway, Suite 812 New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10013 646-801-8839 al460.org/

79 Recreation and Fitness - Recreación y Acondicionamiento Físico - 康樂及健身 Rhinelander East Side Wall Street, 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

80 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 assistance available for visitors arts programming for seniors. with disabilities. The cultural Artists will engage participating groups include museums, dance seniors in an art project or series and theater companies, libraries, of cultural programs over the performing arts venues, zoos and course of the residency, which will more. also include a public program

component – exhibits, readings, Performing Arts performances, open houses or Artes Escénicas other cultural interactions open to 表演藝術 the surrounding 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.

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Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn Navy Yard 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 Eastern Parkway 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.

83 Educational and Cultural Resources - Recursos Culturales y Educativos - 教育及文化資訊 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 explore injustice and prejudice. Through a on your own or with a guided tour. permanent exhibition on her life, as Tours are offered on every hour well as interactive displays, visitors on the hour. With senior discount learn about Anne’s world in hiding admission is $10 and Monday and her incredible optimism 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 Orchard Street 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 an into the heart-tugging hardship and ideal setting for permanent exhibits continuing relevance of the turn-of- on the financial markets, money, the-century American immigrant banking, entrepreneurship, and experience. Offers a number of 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 212-619-4785 on Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. - www.mocanyc.org 9:00 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 Senior discount: Reduced admission profession of firefighting from price of $10 for senior citizens the days of hand-pumped, horse- (65+), and is free for all ages every drawn fire engines to the modern Wednesday from 4p.m. to 8p.m. era’s blaze-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 Brooklyn Heights Library art gathered from every corner of the 280 Cadman Plaza West 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 Chatham Square Library 33 East Broadway Stephen A. Schwarzman New York, NY 10002 Building (Main Branch) 212-964-6598 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street 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 more. Also film screenings, tai 88 Educational and Cultural Resources - Recursos Culturales y Educativos - 教育及文化資訊 chi or yoga classes and trips. NY State residents 60 years of Membership fee is required. age or older can attend classes as matriculating or non-matriculating CUNY School of Professional students tuition-free. Studies 119 West 31st Street The New School, Institute for New York, NY 10001 Retired Professionals (IRP) 212-652-2869 66 West 12th Street, Room 502 www.sps.cuny.edu New York, NY 10011 Senior citizens may enroll in 212-229-5682 undergraduate courses only, on an www.newschool.edu/irp/ audit basis for $80 a semester. IRP members are people who have come together to create a City College - QUEST: A community in which each person’s Community for Lifelong learning experience is enriched Learning through exchange with other 25 Broadway, 7th Floor members of diverse backgrounds New York, NY 10004 and interests. The program is 212-925-6625 ext. 229 open to retired and semi-retired questcontinuingednyc.org/ people. Courses are offered in This non-profit organization is self- history, literature, philosophy, governed by retired professionals the humanities, science, art, age 55 years and above. Members music, drama, and other subjects. use the facilities of the Center An application and tuition fees for Worker Education at the City are required. Scholarships are College of New York to participate available. in over 30 college level classes and workshops each semester. NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies Professional Kingsborough Community Pathways Program College, My Turn Program 7 East 12th Street, Room 133 2001 Oriental Boulevard New York, NY 10003 Brooklyn, NY 11235 212-998-7200 718-368-5079 www.scps.nyu.edu www.kbcc.cuny.edu/myturn

89 Educational and Cultural Resources - Recursos Culturales y Educativos - 教育及文化資訊 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.

90 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

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91 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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93 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 Aware Prepare Office of Emergency Management www.dhes.ny.gov/aware-prepare (OEM). It addresses issues A collective effort of NYS Agencies specific to seniors and people and other regional organizations, with disabilities in the event of an this website provides a variety of emergency. The guide is available resources to help individuals and in English, Russian, Spanish and their families prepare in the event Chinese. You can call 311 for the of an environmental disaster. guide on 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.

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