Food Resources
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- Map of Pantries and Grab and Go Meals
- Food Pantries
- Dept. of Education Grab and Go Meal Sites
- Delivery Services
- Food Stamps (SNAP)
- WIC
Mutual Aid Resources
Mutual Aid NYC
- We always recommend contacting Mutual Aid NYC at (646) 437-8080 for more options
- They have live operators available with these hours:
English | Spanish / Español |
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Monday to Thursday 2-8pm | Mon / Tues / Thurs: 5-8pm |
Friday 2-5pm | Weds: 2-8pm |
Fri: 2-5pm |
7 more languages represented, hours here.
Club A Grocery Redistribution
- Club A is an anarchist mutual aid group doing weekly grocery redistributions
- When: Wednesdays and Saturdays 11am-4pm
- Where: Bushwick City Farms (354 Stockton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206)
- More info: instagram.com/club_a_nyc
Feed the People Bed-Stuy
- What: grocery and meal distributions
- Where: Herbert Von King Park
- When: Saturdays at 3pm
- More info: instagram.com/feedthepeople_bedstuy
Map of Pantries and Grab and Go Meals
Food Pantries
Northeast
RiseBoro Community Partnership - Wellness Rising
- Address: 518 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (917) 810-3156 or (512) 758-2387
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Tuesdays 12-3pm
- FRESH PRODUCE ONLY
City Harvest Mobile Market
- Address: 921 Myrtle Ave (Handball Court of Tompkins Houses), Brooklyn, NY 11206
- P: (646) 412-0729
- ID required: no
- Status: open
- Hours: 1st Saturday and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 11am-1pm
Black Veterans for Social Justice
- Address: 665 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 852-6004
- ID required: no
- Status: open
- Hours: Wednesdays, 1pm-3pm or until food runs out
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
- Address: 333 Hart St
- Phone: (718) 455-6864
- ID required: no
- Status: open
- Hours: Tuesdays 8am-3pm
Metro World Child
- Address: 871 Bushwick Ave
- Phone: (718) 453-3352
- ID required: no
- Staus: open
- Hours: Saturdays, 10am-12:30pm
Overcoming Love Ministries - Pulaski Family Residence
- Address: 228 Pulaski St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 443-2267
- ID required: no
- Status: open
- Hours: Tuesdays 10:30am-12pm
Golden Harvest Food Pantry
- Address: 376 Throop Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 453-9490 ext. 224 or (718) 218-7129
- ID required: yes
- Status: open
- Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am-12pm
St. John’s Bread and Life Program
- Address: 795 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 574-0058
- Status: open
- ID Required: yes
Hours:
- Pantry: Monday-Thursday 8am-1pm
- Soup kitchen: Monday-Thursday 10am-12pm
Open Door Family Life Center
- Address: 999 Greene Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 455-3545
- Status: open
- ID Required: yes
- Hours: Saturdays, 8:30-10:30am
Brooklyn Rescue Mission
- Address: 919 Gates Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (917) 426-3001
- Status: open
- ID Required: yes
- Hours: Tues and Weds, 10-11:45am
Crossover Baptist Church Community Outreach Help Center - Soup Kitchen
- Address: 358 Kosciuszko St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 322-1200
- Status: open
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Tuesdays 9-11am; Wednesdays 12-2pm; Thursdays 9-11am; Saturdays 12-2pm
Northwest
Greater St. Stephen Church Food Pantry
- Address: 874 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 938-4532
- Status: open
- ID Required: no
- First-time visitors must provide proof of address and family composition
- Hours:
- Pantry: Wednesday, Friday 9:30AM-10:30AM
- Soup kitchen: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 11am-1pm
P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton
- Address: 700 Park Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 388-4581
- Status: unknown
- ID Required: unknown
- Hours: Mondays and Fridays 11am-5pm
Solid Rock Baptist Church
- Address: 120 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 679-4852
- Status: open
- ID Required: yes
- Hours: Monday and Thursday 9am-12pm
United Grand Chapter of Eastern Star
- Address: 441 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 624-2484
- Status: open
- ID Required: yes
- Hours: Fridays 10am-12pm
All People’s Church Apostolic Faith, Inc
- Address: 182 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 782-3703
- Status: open
- ID Required: unknown
- Hours: Saturdays 10am-12pm
Bridge Street Co Pantry at Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club
- Address: 217 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
- Phone: 844-369-6811
- Status: open
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Tuesdays, 8-10am
Salvation Army, Bedford Temple Corps - Soup Kitchen
- Address: 110 Kosciuszko St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 398-7971
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Thursdays, 10-11am
Salvation Army Brooklyn Bedford Corps Community Center
- Address: 601 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 622-0614
- Status: open
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Wednesday, 10am-12pm
Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center
- Address: 600 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 636-5151 ext. 109 or (973) 768-5344
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
- Hours: Schedule varies, please call number listed before visiting
The Migrant Kitchen at Lafayette Gardens
- Address: 343 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
- Phone: (917) 747-5601
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: unknown
Child Development Support Corporation
- Address: 352 Classon Ave, #358, Brooklyn, NY 11238
- Phone: (718) 398-2050 ext. 8401 or (917) 204-0276
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
- Hours: Thursdays, 11am-3pm
Macedonia Church of Christ
- Address: 289 Quincy St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (917) 803-5135
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
- Hours: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 12-2pm
Southeast
Bridge Street AME Missionary Free Food Program
- Address: 277 Stuyvesant Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 452-3936
- Status: unknown
- ID Required: unknown
- Hours: Wednesday 11:00AM-1:30PM
United Methodist Parish, Haitian Evangelical Clergy - Food Pantry
- Address: 1139 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 574-6610 or (347) 666-3381. Call to verify they’re still operational
- Status: unknown
- ID Required: unknown
- Hours: unknown
The Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center - Soup Kitchen
- Address: 1151 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 455-4102
- Status: unknown
- ID Required: unknown
- Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 10-11:30am
Faith Assemblies of God - Food Pantry
- Address: 1014 Gates Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (646) 431-9729 or (347) 614-3235
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
Hours:
- Pantry: Saturdays, 9:30am-12pm
- Soup kitchen: Saturday, 9:30am-12pm
Thurston Memorial Outreach Ministries
- Address: 1243 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: P: (718) 452-3646, (718) 452-3260 or (917) 432-7614
- Status: open
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Fridays 5-7:30pm
CORE Services Group
- Address: 771 MacDonough St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 453-3300
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
- Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
Cornerstone Baptist Church
- Address: 574 Madison St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 574-5900
- Status: closed
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Tuesdays, 11am-1pm
St. Philips Episcopal Anglican Church
- Address: 265 Decatur St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 778-8700
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Wednesdays, 9am-1pm
Faith-Based Food Distribution and Development Corp
- Address: 121 Chauncey St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (917) 995-6891
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Saturday 9am-12pm
- Connected with NYC Public School free meal distribution plan. Must be 18+ to pickup food
King Emmanuel Community Services
- Address: 207A Bainbridge St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 733-1650
- Status: closed
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30am-12pm
Union Baptist Church - Food Pantry
- Address: 461 Decatur St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 455-0204
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm
Food Distribution Center - Unity Faith Outreach
- Address: 179 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 443-4194
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Fridays, 12-2pm
Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church SK
- Address: 790 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 467-0987
- Status: open
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Tuesdays, 12-2pm grab and go meals
The Campaign Against Hunger
- Address: 2010 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 773-3551
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
Hours:
- Food pantry: Mondays 10am-3pm; Tues-Weds 10am-6pm; Thursdays 10am-3pm; Fridays 10am-6pm
- Mobile market: Tuesday and Thursday 3-6pm; Friday 11am-1:30pm
St. Paul Pentecostal Church
- Address: 133 Thomas S Boyland St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (917) 604-9644 or (718) 453-6393
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Saturdays 11am-1pm
Neighbors Together
- Address: 2094 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 498-7256
- Status: unknown
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-2pm: lunch, Monday-Thursday 4-6pm: dinner
Blessed Assurance Church of God Charity
- Address: 2093 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (347) 965-1725
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
- Hours: Saturdays, 6-11am
Calvary Free Will Baptist Church
- Address: 1520 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11207
- Phone: (718) 498-3767
- Status: unknown
- ID required: unknown
- Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm and Thursdays, 12-1pm
True Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus
- Address: 2364 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 385-0248
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Saturdays, 10am-12pm
Glover Memorial Baptist Church
- Address: 2134 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (347) 432-3065
- Status: open
- ID required: no
Hours:
- Food pantry: Thursdays, 9-11am
- Soup kitchen: Wednesday 12-2pm
God’s Deliverance Temple Inc
- Address: 438 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (347) 234-3828
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
- Hours: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, 11am-12pm
Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church - Soup Kitchen
- Address: 228 Decatur St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 493-8770
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
- Hours: Saturdays, 11am-12pm
Southwest
Bethel Sunshine Camp
- Address: 344 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 789-0034 OR (347) 731-6824
- Status: open
- ID Required: unknown
- Hours: Tuesday 7PM-8PM; Friday 7PM-8PM
St. George’s Episcopal Church
- Address: 800 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 789-6036
- Status: open
- ID Required: no
Hours:
- Pantry: Friday 10:00AM-2:00PM
- Soup kitchen: Thursdays 12-2pm
Mount Hope Pilgrim Spiritual Baptist
- Address: 416 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 398-1284
- Status: unknown
- ID Required: unknown
- Hours:
Siloam Presbyterian Church Food Pantry
- Address: 260 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 789-7050
- Status: open
- ID Required: yes
- Hours: Weds 9:30am-12:30pm
Newman Memorial United Methodist Church Community Development Corporation
- Address: 257 Macon St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 622-7955, (347) 526-5373
- Status: open
- ID Required: yes
- Hours: Wednesday 10:30AM-2:00PM
Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Pantry
- Address: 69 MacDonough St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 783-5383
- Status: open
- ID required: yes
- Hours: Thursdays, 5-6pm
Beulah Church of God in Christ Jesus - Food Pantry
- Address: 956 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 636-8500
- Status: open
- ID required: unknown
Hours:
- Pantry: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30am-2pm
- Soup Kitchen: Wednesday, 12:30-2pm
Hebron French-speaking Seventh Day Adventist Church
- Address: 1256 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 778-6454
- Status: open
- ID required: no
Hours:
- Pantry: 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, 9am-12pm
- Soup kitchen: Sundays 12:30-2pm
Bedford Central Presbyterian Church
- Address: 1200 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 467-0740
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: Thursdays, 1-3pm
Dept. of Education Grab and Go Meal Sites
Northeast
P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia
- Address: 18 Beaver St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 443-9402
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- No accessibility
Brighter Choice Community School
- Address: 280 Hart St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 453-4081
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- No accessibility
EBC High School for Public Service
- Address: 1155 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- Partially accessible
J.H.S. 057 Whitelaw Reid
- Address: 125 Stuyvesant Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- No accessibility
P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell
- Address: 616 Quincy St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens
- Address: 990 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
Northwest
P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker
- Address: 114 Kosciuszko St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- No accessibility
I.S. 117
- Address: 300 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- Kosher available
- No accessibility
Southeast
Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology
- Address: 1396 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- Fully accessible
P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair
- Address: 820 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- No accessibility
Boys and Girls High School
- Address: 1700 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11213
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- Partial accessibility
Mott Hall IV
- Address: 1137 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- No accessibility
Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory High School: A College Board School
- Address: 2021 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
- Partially accessible
Southwest
P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey
- Address: 432 Monroe St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Status: open
- ID required: no
- Hours: M-F 3-5pm
Delivery Services
Invisible Hands
- Volunteers provide free, contactless delivery of groceries and supplies to the most at-risk community members facing COVID-19. This effort is focused primarily on the elderly, disabled, and immunocompromised, but is available to help anyone in need
- Household must cover the cost of groceries. Volunteers can also go to pantries for you
To request a delivery:
- Call (732) 639-1579, OR
- Fill out a delivery request form here: https://invisiblehandsdeliver.org/request-a-delivery
Get Food NYC: Food Delivery Assistance
- The City of New York is providing meals and/or shelf-stable items to families who meet all of the following criteria as a result of the COVID-19 emergency:
- No members of the household can go out and get food because they are at increased medical risk or homebound
- No neighbors or family members can go out and get food for you
- You do not receive meal assistance from other providers, including Meals on Wheels or God’s Love We Deliver; and
- You are unable to afford meal delivery or grocery delivery
- Households that qualify may order 3 days of food at a time for up to a month. Unfortunately, the city does not have the capacity to allow for client selection of what will go in the boxes they receive
To register:
- Call 311, OR
- Create an account here: https://cv19engagementportal.cityofnewyork.us/#/display/5e7555117ad6750216160409
Food Stamps (SNAP)
About
- The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) or “Food Stamps” is a program designed to provide direct assistance in purchasing food from grocery stores, bodegas, and many farmer’s markets
- There are specific income requirements for participation in the program. You can learn more here
How to Apply
- Online via Access HRA: https://a069-access.nyc.gov/accesshra/
- Via phone by calling 311
Organizations providing registration assistance
These organizations will help you collect documentation, determine eligibility, and answer any questions you might have.
Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
- Address: 1368 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 636-6900
- Status: regular operations
- Languages: English and Spanish
- Hours: M-F 9am-5pm
- Website: https://restorationplaza.org/
Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center - WIC Program
- Address: 20 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 857-4268
- Status: phone/virtual operations
- Languages: English, Bengali, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish
- Hours: MWF 9am-5pm and Tuesday Thursday 9am-6pm
- Website: https://www.bsfhc.org/contact
St. John’s Bread and Life Program - Single Stop
- Address: 795 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 574-0058 ext. 125
- Status: phone/virtual operations
- Languages: English and Spanish
- Hours: M-Thu 8am-2pm
- Website: https://www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/wic-main-campus
Your Network Caring Community Advocate (YNCCA) - Brooklyn
- Address: 16 Sumner Place, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (917) 335-5757
- Status: phone/virtual
- Languages: English
- Hours: M-Thu 9am-7pm
Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger
- Address: 2010 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 773-3551 ext. 112
- Status: regular and phone/virtual operations
- Languages: English and Spanish
- Hours: M and Thu 10am-4pm; Tues, Weds and Fri 10am-6pm
- Website: https://www.tcahnyc.org/
Neighbors Together
- Address: 2094 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
- Phone: (718) 498-7256
- Status: phone/virtual operations
- Languages: English
- Hours: M-Thu 9am-6pm; Fri 9am-3pm
- Website: https://neighborstogether.org/
WIC
About
- WIC is a supplemental nutritional program designed to assist pregnant folks and families with children under age 5
- You will need to submit documentation proving your identity and that you are in one of the categories listed above
- Formula is included in the package of items covered
How to Apply
Find your local WIC agency (options listed below), or call the Growing Up Healthy Hotline at (800) 522-5006
Where to Apply
Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center - WIC Program
- Address: 20 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
- Phone: (718) 857-4268
- Status: phone/virtual operations
- Languages: English, Bengali, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish
- Hours: MWF 9am-5pm and Tuesday Thursday 9am-6pm
- Website: https://www.bsfhc.org/contact
Brooklyn Hospital Center - WIC Program - Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Address: 1606-1608 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11213
- Phone: (718) 250-8397
- Status: regular and phone/virtual operations
- Languages: English, Arabic, Cantonese, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Yiddish
- Hours: M-Thu 9am-5pm and Fri 8:30am-4pm
- Website: https://www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/wic-main-campus
St. John’s Bread and Life Program - Single Stop
- Address: 795 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone: (718) 574-0058 ext. 125
- Status: phone/virtual operations
- Languages: English and Spanish
- Hours: M-Thu 8am-2pm
- Website: https://www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/wic-main-campus
NYC Health and Hospitals/Woodhull - WIC Program
- Address: 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone: (718) 963-8306
- Status: regular and phone/virtual operations
- Languages: English, Bengali, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Polish, Spanish
- Hours: M-F 8am-4pm
- Website: https://www.tbh.org/outpatient-care/wic-main-campus