4 Real Women International, Inc.
449 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11216
Telephone: 866-494-4794 x 702
Serves the Crown Heights area
Ages: 18 years and up
Services:
4 Real Women International, Inc. (4RWI) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit franchise run by women for women, and their families, with operations in the United States and internationally. 4RWI, Inc. develops and presents innovative and creative insight-gaining programs and activities for women in individual or group settings. They do this through peer-counseling, mentoring, online and on-site workshops, seminars, interventions, and support groups. They challenge women to see that they have a purpose, that they too are agents of change and that they can use their talents and skills to maximize them into possibilities. In so doing, they are able to take their rightful places in society and this world and fulfill their purpose.
Please note: This program is a 7 week leadership program
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Albany Community Center
164 Troy Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718- 771-6462
Serves youth from the Albany Housing Development and surrounding area.
Ages: 6-12 years old
Services:
Provides after school tutoring in Math and Reading, Arts & Crafts, tabletop games and recreation.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p..m., Monday - Friday
After school program: 2:30-6:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Food Service: 3:00-5:00, 7:00-10:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
W.E.B. Du Bois High School ATTAIN Lab
402 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
ATTAIN is a Statewide technology based employment initiative funded by the New York State Legislature. ATTAIN provides communities access to new technologies, education, and technology training. ATTAIN also provides Local Departments of Social Services an opportunity to increase their TANF/FA and TANF 200% participant rates.
Through the use of state-of-the-art technology, ATTAIN labs offer over 30 occupational, academic and self-development courses. ATTAIN provides TANF/FA and TANF 200% eligible community residents with the ability to:
- Receive personalized pre-employment and job readiness training
- Increase employment opportunities and wages by using high-quality vocational, customer services and life management software.
- Supplement work experience by enrolling in basic skills, ESL, GED, and computer literacy sessions.
- Initiate on-line job searches
- Prepare and submit resumes to potential employers electronically
Bedford Haitian Community Center, Inc.
1534 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718-756-0600
Fax: 718-771-6597
Serves the Crown Heights Community and surrounding areas
Services:
Provides educational support and youth leadership programs, including leadership skills, academic enhancement, education and employment counseling, and youth social, cultural, and recreational activities. Also provides immigration and refugee assistance in the form of legal assistance, basic education in native language, and English for speakers of other languages assistance.
Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday thru Friday
Bethany United Methodist Church
1208 St. John’s Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-774-5689
Serves the Crown Heights area.
Ages: 9-15 years old
Services:
After school tutorial in homework (math, science, reading, social studies).
Hours: 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Brooklyn Arts Council (BACA)
195 Cadman Plaza West
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: 625-0080
Fax: 718-625-3294
Contact: Ella Weiss, President
Serves all of Brooklyn.
Ages: 6-18 years old
Services:
Provides numerous programs in the artssuch as film and video festivals, dance, drama, sculpture ,and puppet shows. Helps artists and art organizations to apply for grants.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday—Friday
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
145 Brooklyn Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-735-4400
Serves all of Brooklyn.
Ages: Pre-School– High School
Services:
Provides cultural enrichment activities in the form of hands-on art, science, and culture workshops, educational activities in the form of films, workshops, and science exhibits. Also provides community education and awareness programs, service learning in the form of peer mentors, educational advocacy, has tours, school projects and internships.
Hours: 1:00—6:00 PM Wednesday thru Friday
11:00 AM--6:00 PM Saturday and Sunday
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Please note: The museum is open on Tuesday during the months of July and August
Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 718- 638-5000
Serves all of Brooklyn.
Ages: All
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday—Friday
10:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m. Saturday—Sunday
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Chance for Children
2097 Fulton Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Telephone: 718-240-9494
Fax: 718-240-9877
Serves all of Brooklyn
Ages: Birth to 80 years old
Services:
Provides social, education and vocational alternative services to families and youth. Also has a Youth Information Center and a Free Food Market.
Hours: 1:00 to 6 p.m. Monday—Thursday,
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday
Community Counseling and Mediation
810 Classon Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 718-230-5100
Serves all of Brooklyn
Ages: All
Services:
Preventive services such as mental health counseling; anger management, teen pregnancy and AIDS support groups.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday—Friday
Crown Heights Community Mediation Center
256 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 718-773-6886
Website: Crownheights.org
Our Blog: crownheightsmediationcenter.blogspot.com
Serves the Crown Heights Area
Ages: All
Services:
Provides a neutral place where youth and adults can air grievances, settle disputes and work together to achieve common goals.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Monday—Friday
Crown Heights North Association, Inc.
Telephone: (718) 774-3834
Website: Crownheightsnorth.org
Mission:
The Crown Heights North Association, Inc. (CHNA) is a charitable organization dedicated to the preservation of the historic buildings of Crown Heights North community and residents. CHNA is also devoted to community revitalization, economic advancement, housing stabilization and cultural enhancement.
Recognizing and respecting the rights of home owners, a major purpose of CHNA is to maintain an ongoing collaboration with community residents and business owners to stabilize and preserve the architectural heritage of the housing stock. CHNA is committed to working with elected representatives, government officials, Community Board 8, and various civic organizations to secure and maintain their support. Crown Heights North Association's encompassing mission is to highlight the aesthetically valuable legacy of the many historic buildings concentrated in the neighborhood and to preserve the areas marvelous heritage for posterity.
Crown Heights Revitalization Movement
Website: revitalizecrownheights.org
Mission:
The Crown Heights Revitalization Movement (CHRM) is a newly-formed community group, with a comprehensive community vision:
1) to achieve parity with other Brooklyn neighborhoods by dramatically reducing the number of residential social service beds, while at the same time; 2) advocating that appropriate social services and job creation be made available for current residents of the neighborhood; 3) revitalizing key business districts; and 4) improving neighborhood safety and infrastructure.
Through direct action, education, mobilizing efforts, and advocacy, CHRM is restoring this neighborhood so that it will be safe, thriving, and meet the many needs of everyone who lives and works here.
Crown Heights Service Center
121 New York Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718- 774-9800
Serves the Crown Heights area.
Ages: 15-21 years old
Services:
Provides educational support and youth leadership programs, education and employment counseling, educational workshops, information and referral, GED tutorials, after school programs,career development and employment assistance.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday—Friday
Crown Heights Youth Collective
113 Rogers Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Telephone: 718-756-7600
Website: chycbrooklyn.org
Serves the Crown Heights area.
Ages: All
Services:
Provides counseling, homework assistance, recreation, dance, arts & crafts, photography, career development and employment assistance.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Crow Hill Community Association
790 Washington Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 718-228-7928
Website: crowhillcommunity.org
Serves the Crown Heights area.
Ages: All
Mission:
CHCA is a small, nonprofit, self-help organization comprised of residents and merchants living and working in the Crow Hill area of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The organization has great aspirations and has made a major difference in promoting the development of Crow Hill with a focus on Franklin Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Atlantic Avenue. The group has a wealth of creative ideas with which to invigorate this vital community, and is committed to rebuild Crow Hill with integrity, commitment, and quality.
DREAMS YouthBuild & Young Adult Training Program
1615 St. John's Place
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Telephone: 718-455-4308
Fax: 718-574-3159
Website: www.DREAMSYOUTHBUILDGED.COM
Serves the Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant Community and surrounding areas
Ages: 17-24
Services:
Dreams YouthBuild partners with the New York City Department of Education's GED Plus Program, giving young adults the opportunity to
obtain their GED while providing them with the skills needed to become Dedicated, Responsible, Accountable, Motivated and Self Sufficient.
In addition to providing participants with educational opportunities, they are also equipped with life, career and job readiness skills needed to compete in today's job market .Call location for hours of operation.
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Educators for Children, Youth and Families
593 Vanderbilt Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 718-230-4287
Fax: 718-498-7076
Serves the Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Community and surrounding areas
Services:
Provides educational support and youth leadership programs, individual and family counseling, leadership skills training, community service, and academic enhancement services. Also provides school mediation and cultural and diversity workshops and training.Call location for hours of operation.
124 Utica Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-771-3136
Fax: 718-773-4273
Web site: fcss-nyc.org
Services:
Provide fathers with educational parenting skills and social support networks; like dads helping dads mentoring. They provide fathers empowerment workshops so that fathers can be informed of their rights. Fathers gain access to greater resources. Help fathers become effective role models to their children.
Fathers should contact them about their weekly support groups.
First Baptist Church of Crown Heights, Inc.
450 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Telephone: 718-493-1104
Fax: 718-493-1258
Serves the Crown Heights Community
Services:
Provides services for seniors in the form of friendly visiting, transportation, and access services; has meal delivery on Saturdays.
Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday thru Friday
671 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718-638-8686 Ext. 18, 19 or 30
Fax: 718-638-8775
Web site: friendsofcrownheights.org
Services:
Will provide Information, Assistance and Referral in areas such as: Housing, Education, Employment Training, Tax Assistance/Preparation, Daycare, Legal Aid, Medical Referrals, Mental Health Services, Developmental Delays/Disabilities and other Entitlement Program.
Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday thru Friday
Fund for the City of New York/Center for Court Innovation
520 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Telephone: 212-397-3050
Fax: 212-397-0985
(Operates within Paul Robeson High School, 150 Albany Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213)
Serves students of Paul Robeson High School
Services:
Provides family life and youth leadership programs, youth court hearings and training, community education and awareness in the form of interactive conflict skills and facilitated forums.
Glorious Trinity Baptist Church
285 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-774-9772
Serves the Crown Heights area.
Ages: 6-16 years old
Services:
Provides counseling, homework assistance, computer training, information & referral,recreation, teen pregnancy prevention and health awareness, and music instruction.
Hours: 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday—Friday
9:00 a.m. to Noon, Saturdays
Jewish Community Center/Synagogue
Chabad of Prospect Heights Brooklyn
569 Vanderbilt Avenue
Web site: chabadprospectheights.com
Rabbi: Mendy Hecht
Serves the Prospect Heights area.
Services:
Friday nights and Shabbat services, Shabbat dinners, Holiday programs, Lunch ‘n Learn, Bar/Bat mitzvah lessons, and much more.
MHANY Manangement, Inc.
2-4 Nevins Street,
2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Telephone: 718-246-8080 ext. 207
Website: www.mutualhousingny.org
Services:
MHANY Management, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides affordable homes for low and moderate income families through affordable rental and homeownership opportunities. MHANY also provides free First Time Homebuyer and Foreclosure Prevention training and customized personal counseling to its clients. They serve the NYC as well as own and manage a residential building in Patterson NJ.
For a list of buildings within Community Board 8, please visit t www.mutualhousingny.org for additional information.
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Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council
161 Underhill Avenue,
Bklyn, N.Y. 11238
Phone: 718-772-3074
Ms. Danae Oratowski, Pres
Website: phndc.org/
Mission:
The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC) assesses and represents the needs and concerns of the Prospect Heights community in terms of housing, economic development, physical environment, safety and security, and social services.
phndc.org is a portal for the exchange of news, events and information among Prospect Heights community members interested in the development of this unique and historic neighborhood.
Ralph Lincoln Service Center, Inc.
261 Buffalo Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-604-1358
Serves Crown Heights and the surrounding areas.
Ages: All
Services:
Provides counseling, GED prep, day camps, after school programs, career development and ESL programs. Also provides youth violence intervention and prevention programs, mediation and conflict resolution training, education workshops, youth health education, individual and family counseling, pregnancy prevention and parenting workshops, and health and nutrition instruction.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday—Friday
Social Security Administration
350 Troy Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-773-6438/800-772-1213
Serves the Crown Heights Area
Ages: All
Services:
Provides assistance with Social Security and Medicaid card replacements, Personal Earnings And Benefit Estimate Statements, SSI Benefits Retirement or Survivor Benefits, Medicare Payments and more.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday—Friday
Urban River Arts
690 St. Marks Ave, between Rogers Ave and Nostrand Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone:917-584-4616
E-mail: urbanriverarts@gmail.com
Website: urbanriverarts.org
Serves the Crown Heights Area
Urban River Arts is a community-based, non-profit organization devoted to the artistic, emotional and social development of children and adults, according to each person’s needs. Through individual and group activities that honor creative expression and through partnerships with educational organizations in the neighborhood, students build self-confidence, verbal and social skills, and the ability to express and communicate their deepening understanding of the world through the visual arts.