Shelters in New York City

You have the right to shelter.

If you or someone you know is looking for a safe place to stay in the New York or New Jersey area, please consult this list of shelters. If it is safe for you to do so, call Sakhi for help finding shelter during our business hours (10:00AM-10:00PM) at 1 (212) 868-6741.

Safe Horizon Emergency Domestic Violence Shelters

For the safety of residents, all locations of Safe Horizon’s domestic violence shelters are confidential.
Call the Domestic Violence Hotline 24/7 at 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) to speak with an advocate about shelter placement. All DV emergency placement is done through this number city-wide.

Single Women Shelters:

Help Single Women’s Shelter

Address: 116 Williams Avenue (between Liberty Avenue and Glenmore Avenue) Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 718-483-7700

How to Get There: Take the C train to Liberty Avenue.

Ashiana Shelter

Email:
Phone: 732-435-1414
Please note: Ashiana, a shelter run by the women’s organization, Manavi, is located in New Jersey.
- Ashiana is designed specifically to provide culturally familiar residence to women and their families. At Ashiana, folks also have access to informational, linguistic, legal, and counseling support as well as other relevant resources.

Franklin Shelter

Address: 1122 Franklin Avenue (near 166th Street) Bronx, NY
Phone: 718-842-9865

Single Men Shelters:

All single adult males must apply for shelter at 30th Street Intake Center:

Address: 400-430 East 30th Street New York, NY
30th Street Intake Center is open 24 hours per day, including weekends and holidays

How to Get There: Take the 6 train to 28th Street. Walk east to 1st Avenue, turn left, and go north to 30th Street. The entrance is now at 30th Street and 1st Avenue.

Families with Children under 21:

Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH)

Address: 151 East 151st Street Bronx, NY
Phone: 718-503-6400
PATH is open 24 hours per day, including weekends and holidays
PATH processes applications during business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

How to Get There: Take the 2, 4, or 5 train to 149th Street/Grand Concourse Station. Head west on East 149th Street toward Grand Concourse. Walk north on Grand Concourse two blocks, to East 151st Street and turn left. Walk two blocks to Walton Avenue. The PATH office is located at the corner on your right.

Asiyah Women’s Center

Email:
Website: asiyahwomenscenter.org
The Asiyah Women’s Center is an emergency women’s center in New York City and in New Jersey that offers residential services for Arab, Middle-Eastern, Muslim, South Asian (AMEMSA) and/or Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) folks

Youth Shelters:

Please note that individuals over the age of 18 do have a right to shelter in the single adult system.

Ali Forney Center

Address: 321 West 125th Street
Phone: 212-206-0574

How to get there: Take the A, B, C, or D train to 125th Street

Safe Horizon – Streetwork Harlem Center

Address: 209 West 125th Street
Phone: 212-695-2220

How to get there: Take the A/B/C/D or 2/3 train to 125th Street

Safe Horizon – Streetwork LES Center

Address: 33 Essex Street
Phone: 646-602-6404

How to get there: Take the C or F train to East Broadway

Covenant House

Address: 460 West 41st Street
Phone: 212-613-0300 ext. 5212

How to get there: Take the A/C/E trains to 42nd Street

Drop-In centers

Drop-in centers offer some social services and allow single adults who have nowhere else to stay to come indoors for the night and sleep in a chair, away from the elements outdoors. It is important to note that you have a right to shelter, but if you are not interested in a shelter placement, a drop-in center might be another option. Some drop-in centers also have connections to faith-based shelters where clients can get a bed for one night at a time.

Bronx Drop-in Centers:

Living Room

Address: 800 Baretto Street, Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: 718-893-3606
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays

How to get there:Take the 6 train to Hunts Point Avenue

The Haven

Address: 2640 Third Ave (between East 141 Street and East 142 Street)
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays

How to get there: Take the 6 train to 3 Ave/138th St Station

Manhattan Drop-in Centers:

Main Chance

Address: 120 East 32nd Street, New York, NY 10016
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays

How to get there: Take the 6 train to 33rd Street

Olivieri Center for Homeless

Address: 257 West 30th Street (between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue)
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays

How to get there: Take the A, C, E, 1, 2, or 3 train to 34th Street-Penn Station