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Brooklyn Contact Sheet |
ELECTED OFFICIALS
If you are having trouble with any city agency and need assistance, contact your elected representatives:
Find out which elected officals represent you: Vote Smart, 888-Vote-Smart (888-868-3762) http://www.votesmart.org
Public Advocate's Office: Betsy Gotbaum, (212) 669-7250
http://www.pubadvocate.nyc.gov
Brooklyn Borough President's Office: Marty Markowitz, (718) 802-3959/3700
http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/
City Council: http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml
Finding Child Care
Call the Child Care Resource and Referral Consortium at 888-469-5999 or
311 for a list of your local child care providers. You can search for
a family day care, group family day care, or day care center online at
http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/ccfs_facilitysearch/.
Accessing Child Care Subsidies
Public Assistance recipients: Tell your PA case worker that
you are interested in Child Care Assistance or Child care in Lieu of Public
Assistance.
Transitional child care for welfare leavers: If you do not automatically receive information about Transitional Child Care assistance when your PA case is closed, contact the Work Related Benefits office at 212-835-7681 to request an application.
Subsidized care for low-income families: If you are at the end of your 12 months of Transitional Child Care, you should automatically receive an application from ACS to transfer your child care subsidy from HRA to ACS. If you do not receive an ACS application before the end of your Transitional Child Care, contact the Work Related Benefits office at 212-835-7681.
If you have not been receiving transitional child care assistance, ask
at the child care center you choose if you can apply for a subsidy through
them. If you cannot apply at the center you choose or through your local
community organization or you have not chosen a center, you can call 311
and ask to apply for Subsidized Child Care. The operator will ask basic
questions about your income and household and forward your request to
the ACS Resource Area Office, which will mail you an application for child
care and further instructions on how to complete the process.
You may apply for Food Stamps at any office you choose, although your
application will be processed at the office nearest your home.
Food Stamp offices are open Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm, except for
extended-hour offices, marked here with an asterisk(*). One office in
each borough has additional weekday hours and is open on Saturday.
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Food Stamp Office |
Zip Codes Served |
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Ft. Greene (F-20) |
11203, 11215-11217, 11226, 11231, 11238 |
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Williamsburg (F-21) |
11206, 11221, 11233, 11237 |
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Coney Island (F-22) |
11201, 11204, 11205, 11209, 11210, 11214-20, 11223-26, 11234, 11235, 11238 |
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Greenwood (F-24) |
11201, 11203, 11206, 11208, 11211-13, 11215, 11221, 11222, 11225-27, 11231-33, 11236, 11237, 11239 |
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Midwood (F-25) |
11223, 11224, 11229, 11234, 11235 |
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North Brooklyn (F-26) |
11205, 11211, 11222 |
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New Utrecht (F-27) |
11209, 11214, 11220, 11228 |
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Brighton (F-28) |
11204, 11218, 11219, 11230, 11232 |
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Boro Hall, Brooklyn* (F-23) Extended hours: |
11201, 11207, 11208, 11210, 11212, 11213, 11225, 11227, 11236, 11239 |
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Offices in other boroughs with extended hours |
Zip codes served |
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Waverly, New York* (F-19) Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri: 8:30am - 6pm |
10001-10016, 10038, 10047, 10048, 10069, 10280, 10281, 10282 |
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Fordham, Bronx* (F-44) Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 8:30am - 6pm |
10458, 10463, 10464, 10466, 10468-71, 10475 |
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Jamaica, Queens* (F-41/ F-54) Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri: 8:30am - 6pm |
11411-11424, 11426, 11428, 11430, 11432-11436, 11451 |
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Richmond, Staten Island* (F-51/ F-59) Monday - Thursday: 8:30am - 6pm |
All Staten Island zip codes |
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Special Food Stamp Offices |
Population Served |
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SSI Center (F-15) |
For NYC residents who receive SSI and live alone or only with a spouse who also receives SSI, request an application from this office by mail or phone. |
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Homebound Unit (F-63) |
For NYC clients who are homebound and do not receive SSI, contact this office to apply by mail. |
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Residential Treatment Center (F-61) |
This is a mail and phone office, which serves all NYC clients who live in state certified residential treatment group homes. |
For more information about the Food Stamp Program, call the HRA Infoline at 1-(877) 472-8411.
Call the ACS' main Head Start Office at 212-932-0966 for information about Early Head Start and Head Start programs and centers.
HEALTH
INSURANCE (Medicaid, Child Health Plus & Family Health Plus)
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Facilitated Enrollers in Brooklyn |
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Agency Address |
How to get an appointment |
Enrollment hours |
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Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty |
Call Met Council's Facilitated Enrollment Hotline at 212-453-9532 to find an agency in your Southern Brooklyn neighborhood. *The hotline also lists languages spoken at each agency. |
Varies by agency. Please call hotline for details & to schedule an appointment. |
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Brooklyn Perinatal Network |
Drop in or call 718-643-8258 x819 to schedule an appointment. *English, Spanish and Creole speaking enrollers are available. |
Mon-Fri, 9 am- 5pm |
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Caribbean Women's Health Association |
Call 718-826-2942 and dial zero to speak with an operator
to schedule an appointment. Evening appointments are available. *English, Creole & Spanish speaking enrollers are available. |
Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm |
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Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council |
Drop in or call 718-366-3800 to schedule an appointment.
* English and Spanish speaking enrollers available |
Mon, Tu, Th & Fri, 9am-5pm |
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Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center |
Call 718-868-8291ext. 8 to schedule an appointment. Hours
are Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm *English, Spanish & Hebrew speaking enrollers available |
Tue-Fri, 9am-5pm |
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Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center |
Call Donna Love at 718-596-9800 to schedule an appointment. |
Mon, Wed, Fri 9am-5 pm |
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NY Diagnostic Center |
Call 718-363-8562 to schedule an appointment. For Saturday
appointments call at least one day in advance. * English and Spanish speaking enrollers available |
Mon-Sat, 9am-5:00pm. |
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United Jewish Organization |
Drop in or call 718-643-9700 for an appointment or for more information. |
Mon-Th, 10 am-4 pm |
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Brownsville Health Center |
Call Rose Marie Higgins at 718-495-8234 or 8235 to schedule
an appointment. *English & Chinese speaking enrollers are available. |
Mon-Fri 9 am-3 pm |
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Homecrest Health Center |
Call Natalya Kagno at 718-336-2553 x 144 to schedule an
appointment. *English, Russian & Spanish speaking enrollers are available. |
Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm |
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Fort Greene Health Center |
Call Mary Ann Rowan at 718-643-4467 to schedule
an appointment. *English & Spanish speaking enrollers available. |
Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm |
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Public Health Solutions |
Call 347-274-0705 to schedule an appointment. *English, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Russian & Chinese speaking enrollers available. |
Mon, Tu, Wed, Fri 8:30 am-4 pm |
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Public Health Solutions |
Call 347-274-0705 to schedule an appointment. *English, Arabic, Albanian, Bosnian, Serbian, Turkish & Macedonian speaking enrollers available. |
Mon, Tu, Wed 8:30 am-4 pm |
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Make the Road New York |
Call Julissa Santiago at 718-418-7690 ext. 229 or Josefina Davila at ext 239 to schedule an appointment. |
Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm |
Please see the other Borough Contact Pages for information about facilitated enrollers in other parts of the city. You can also find a list of enrollers including health plan offices and hospitals on the Mayor's Office for Health Insurance Access website http://www.nyc.gov/html/hia/html/public_insurance/enroll.shtml.
NYS Medicaid Helpline: Call (800) 541- 2831 Mon-Fri 8am - 4:45pm to get help finding a doctor who accepts Medicaid fee-for-service.
In addition, there is an online directory of physicians on the New York
City website where you can search for doctors in your community that accept
your insurance at http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/stat/hp.html
If you have questions regarding managed care coverage (enrollment, transferring, or disenrollment) for your children contact NY Medicaid Choice at (800) 505-5678.
To have an application mailed to you or for general information about the Lifeline program call (718) 890-1550 Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm.
Welfare-to-Work Job Centers are open Mon-Fri, 8:30am - 5pm. They do not currently have extended hours for individuals who are working.
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Bay Ridge Job Center (#70) |
Bushwick Job Center (#66) |
Greenwood Job Center (#85) |
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Linden Job Center (#67) |
DeKalb Job Center (#64) |
Euclid Job Center (#78) |
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Coney Island Job Center (#63) |
Refugee Annex (#49)
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Offices (in all boroughs) that serve special populations:
Veterans Service Center (#62) |
Refugee Job Center (#47) *Primarily serves refugee or immigrant clients and those with language barriers. |
Riverview Job Center *Primarily serves shelter residents--single adults and families |
Family Service Call Center |
Union Square Job Center (#39) |
Residential Treatment Center (#52) *Primarily serves clients residing in alcohol and drug treatment centers. Must be referred to job center by residential placement. |
Senior Works |
Family Services Center |
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Eligibility Verification Review Offices:
320 Schermerhorn Street
250 Livingston Street in Brooklyn, NY
HRA Information Line: Call the Human Resources Administration toll free at (877) 472-8411 for eligibility information or to find the Job Center closest to you. The automated line operates 24 hours/day, 7 days/week in English, Spanish, Russian and Cantonese; you can talk to a live person if you call M-F, 8-5.
NYCHA Applications Office
350 Livingston Street, 2nd floor
Brooklyn, New York 11217
(718) 250-5900
Phone calls are accepted all weekdays, 8am - 4pm. Office is closed to the public on Wed.
Contact the Principal at your child's school if you have any questions about the School Food Programs or need help completing the application.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSI & SSD)
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East New York |
Canarsie |
Bushwick |
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Boro Hall |
Bedford Heights |
Williamsburg |
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Bay Ridge |
Avenue X |
Cypress Hill |
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Flatbush |
Kings Plaza |
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Offices are open Mon-Fri, 9am - 4pm. They can be very difficult to reach by telephone. For general information and forms call the national toll-free information line at (800) 772-1213 or visit the Social Security Administration website at www.ssa.gov.
- For free tax help, call 311 and ask for free tax preparation sites or visit the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs website at http://www.nyc.gov/html/dca/html/initiatives/eitc.shtml. For problems with the tax site you visited, call 311 and ask to file a "tax preparer complaint."
- For questions on Federal tax preparation, credits and returns, call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. You can also check the status of your Federal tax refund online at http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96596,00.html. Ask for the IRS' free tax credit publications:
"Child Tax Credit" (Publication 972).
"Earned Income Tax Credit" (Publication 596).
"Child and Dependent Care Expenses" (Publication 503). - For questions on NYS tax preparation, credits and returns, call the NY State tax info line at 1-800-225-5829.
- For year-round advice about your taxes or finances or free help if you are being audited, visit Food Change's Food and Finance Center in Harlem, at 284 St. Nicholas Avenue between 124th and 125th Street. Walk in hours are Mon - Thurs., 9am - 7pm, and Fri. and Sat., 9am - 5pm.
- For free help solving tax problems, call the Taxpayer Advocate Service toll-free phone number at 1-877-777-4778 or go to http://www.irs.gov/advocate/. This is an independent organization within the IRS that helps taxpayers who are experiencing economic harm, who need help resolving tax problems, or who believe that an IRS system or procedure is not working as it should.
You may apply over the telephone by calling the NYS Unemployment Insurance Claim Center at 888-209-8124 (English, Spanish, Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin & Creole & translation services should be provided for other languages). The average call lasts 15-20 minutes. (Hearing impaired individuals should call a relay operator at 800-662-1220 and have the operator call the NYS Department of Labor at 888-783-1370.) You can also apply for Unemployment Insurance benefits online at https://ui.labor.state.ny.us/UBC/index.jsp.
HEAP: Pick up an application at:
98 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217, Lobby
210 Livingston Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
3050 W. 21st St., Brooklyn, NY 11224
1 Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Keyspan Office)
1535 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212 (Keyspan Office)
* All offices open Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm.
Energy Share, Neighborhood Heating Fund, Neighbor Fund: Call Heart Share at 718-422-4207 to find out where to apply.
New York State Office Building
55 Hanson Place, Second Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1580
(718) 722-6701/6700
TTY/TDD: (718)722-6736
Mon-Fri, 9am - 5pm
www.vesid.nysed.gov/brooklyn/home.html
Contact the Growing Up Healthy Hotline (800) 522-5006 for a list of WIC offices near you. There are over one hundred sites in the city. You will need to call in advance and schedule an appointment to apply for WIC.
WORKFORCE 1 CAREER CENTERS (ONE STOPS)
For job training and career counseling, visit the Career Center near you.
Brooklyn Workforce 1 Career Center
9 Bond Street (between Livingston and Fulton Streets)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 246-5219
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am - 5pm (Computer Center 9am - 4:00pm)
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