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| RESOURCES |
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Organizations |
| Albany Community
Center
164 Troy Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718- 771-6462
Serves 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
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ATTAIN
(Advanced
Technology Training and Information Networking)
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:
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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
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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
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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
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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_
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Crown Heights Youth Collective
113 Rogers Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Telephone: 718-756-7600
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
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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
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Family
and Community Support Services, Inc.
124 Utica Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
(P) 718-771-3136
(F) 718-773-4273
www.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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Graham-Windham Neighborhood Family Service
Center
131 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-771-3131
Serves the Crown Heights area.
Ages: 0 to 18 years old
Services: Provides preventive services
such as preventing children from entering foster care.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday—Friday
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Crown Heights Community Mediation Center
256 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 718-773-6886
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
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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
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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
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William L. Chisolm, H.D.F.C.
1920 Union Street, Suite 1E
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Telephone: 718-774-0123
Serves the Crown Heights& Brownsville
areas.
Ages: 7-21 years old
Services: Provides after school tutoring
and homework assistance, health education, a variety of indoor/outdoor
games, sports, cultural events, and arts projects.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday—Friday
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| Day
Care Centers |
| Albany
Avenue Day Care
196 Albany Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-773-0071
Serves children ages 2.5 to 9
Edward L. Cleveland Day Care &
Kindergarten
1185 Park Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-778-6559 / 6560
Serves children ages 2.6 to 6
Friends of Crown Heights Day Care
Center
671-675 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718-638-8686
Serves children ages 2 months-5 years
The Garden of Learning Day Nursery
834 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718-778-0996
Serves children ages 2-6
George C. Conliffe Day Care Center
1435 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-778-1498
Serves children ages 2.6 to 9
Haitian American Day Care Center
1491 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718-756-0253
Serves children ages 2.6 to 6
Haitian American Day Care #3
813 Sterling Place
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718-771-3800
Serves children ages 2 to 10
John Edward Bruce Day Care #2
1173 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-773-5795
Serves children ages 2.6 to 9
Kiddies Day Nursery
232 Troy Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-604-1896
Serves children ages 2 to 4
Magic Kingdom Nursery School
275 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-493-9290
Serves children ages 1 to 13
Nile Day Care Center Inc.
787A Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 718-398-2837
Serves children ages 2.5 to 6
Park Place Day Care Center
963 Park Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-778-8558
Serves children ages 2.6 to 5
Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute for Children, Inc.
1078 Park Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-237-9202
Serves children ages 8 to 14
St. Johns Day Care Center
1492 St. Johns Place
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 718-756-0496
Serves children ages 2.9 to 10
St. Marks Day Care Center
505 St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-638-3838
Serves children ages 2.6 to 11
Tiny Tots Nursery Service
242 Albany Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-774-1713
Serves children ages 2 to 6
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YORK CITY DEPT. OF EDUCATION
TWEED BUILDING
52 CHAMBERS STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007
TELEPHONE: (212) 374-2000
Office
of Community Superintendent
Regional Learning Support Centers
Region 8:
131 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, NY
718-935-3900
Region covers Community School Districts 13 and 16
Regional Superintendent is Carmen Farina
Region 6:
5619 Flatland Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
718-968-6100
Region covers Community School District 17
Regional Superintendent is Gloria Buckery
Satellite Offices
District 13:
355 Park Place
Brooklyn, NY
718-636-3204
District 16:
1010 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
718-574-2800
District 17:
1224 Park Place
Brooklyn, NY
718-826-7800
For more information, visit the Education
Department's website:
www.nycenet.edu
Region
8
 Elementary
Schools
P.S. 9
80 Underhill Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 834-6790
Grade Span: K-6
P.S. 335
130 Rochester Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 493-7736
Grade Span: K-6
P.S. 243
1580 Dean Street
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 574-2404
Grade Span: K-6
High Schools
Acorn Community High School
561 Grand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 789-2258
Fax: 789-2260
Grade Span: 9-12
Region 6
Elementary Schools
P.S. 22
433 St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 857-4503
Grade Span: K-5
P.S. 138 (Beacon School)
760 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 467-0800
Grade Span: K-8
P.S. 167
1025 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 774-2640
Grade Span: K-5
P.S. 191
1600 Park Place
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Telephone: 756-1206
Grade Span: K-6
P.S. 289
900 St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 493-3824
Grade Span: K-5
P.S. 316
750 Classon Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 638-4043
Intermediate
Schools
M.S. 394
188 Rochester Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 756-3164
Grade Span: 6-8
I.S. 390
1224 Park Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 493-5445 or 5446
Grade Span: 6-8
I.S. 340
227 Sterling Place
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 857-5516
Grade Span: 6-8
High Schools
Prospect Heights High School
883 Classon Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Telephone: 636-5800
Fax: 789-7279
Grade Span: 9-12
Paul Robeson H.S. for Business and Technology
150 Albany Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 774-0300
Fax: 467-3692
Grade Span: 9-12
Non–Public Schools
Arista Preparatory School
755 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 493-9292
Affiliation: Nonsectarian
Grade Span: 1-8
Carmel Christian School
126 Rogers Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 774-7743
Affiliation: 7 Day Adventist
Grade Span: Pre-K to 9
David Grayson Christian Academy
and Kiddie Kollege Pre-School
1237 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 774-4924
Affiliation: Pentecostal
Grade Span: Pre-K to 6
Ebenezer Elementary School
991 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 774-9386
Affiliation: 7 Day Adventist
Grade Span: Pre-K to 8
Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
721 Lincoln Place
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 773-7200
Affiliation: Lutheran
Grade Span: Pre-K to 8
Hadar Hatorah School
824-825 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 735-0200
Affiliation: Jewish
Grade Span: Post high school
Hebron SDA Bilingual School
920 Park Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 778-5124
Affiliation: 7 Day Adventist
Grade Span: Pre-K to 8
Mount Moriah Christian Academy
1149 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 953-4364
Affiliation: Pentecostal
Grade Span: Pre-K to 6
Oholei Torah Elementary
667 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 778-3340
Affiliation: Jewish
Grade Span: K-8
St. Gregory The Great Parish School
991 St. Johns Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 774-3330
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Grade Span: Pre K-8
St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School
560 Sterling Place
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Telephone: 638-5884
Dr. Kenneth Cottrell, Principal
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Grade Span: Pre K-8
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| Health
Care Centers |
|  St.
John’s Episcopal Hospital
1545 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-604-6010
http://www.interfaithmedical.com/
Services: Hospital and Clinic
Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
520 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-636-1000
Services: General residential adult care for seniors
and disabled individuals
www.cnrhealthcare.org
Marcus Garvey Nursing Home
810 St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
718-467-7300
Services: General residential adult care for seniors
and disabled individuals
www.mgnh.com
American Red Cross in Greater
NY,
Brooklyn Chapter
165 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: 718-330-9200
Services: Serves all Brooklyn;No Age Limit
Provides disaster services, safety & health training,
transportation services to the elderly.
Brooklyn AIDS Task
Force (BATF)
502 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Telephone: 718-622-2910
Fax: 718-622-2965
Services: Infectious disease prevention and support
services; multidisciplinary, “one-stop” approach to
continuum care.
Brooklyn Medical Group, Empire
Chapter
546 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Telephone: 718-604-4800
Services: All medical; No Age Limit
Crown Heights Child Health Clinic
1218 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-735-0561
Services: Primary and preventative healthcare services
from 0 to 18 years old.
Parkway Family Health Center
391 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718-771-6800
Services: OB/GYN, prenatal care, Pediatrics, adolescent
care, WIC, social services, nutrition, immunization,
Internal Medicine
Pierre Toussaint Family Health
Center
1110 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-735-1900
Services: Various Clinics
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| Senior
Citizen Centers |
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Albany Avenue Senior Center
196 Albany Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 773-3722
Fax: 718-773-6476
BHRAGS Senior Center
19 Grant Square
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 467-9590
Fax: 718-773-0111
Hugh Gilroy Senior Center
447 Kingsboro 4th Walk, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Telephone: 756-8400
Fax: 718-756-8532
Parkway Stuyvesant Senior Active
Mind Program
77 New York Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: 718-604-1948
Fax: 718-604-1948
St. Louis Senior Center
230 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Telephone: 718-771-7945
Fax: 718-467-2524
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Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Development Project
Brooklyn
Atlantic Yards Project Community Benefits Agreement
Housing Guidelines
for new development and BSA applications
Atlantic Yards Project
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