Human Services and Environmental Sustainability Resources

Social Services (misc)

• Grow Brooklyn Free Tax Prep
• Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) Tenant, Financial, and Benefits Counseling
• Carroll Gardens Association We Rise Nanny Training
• RHI Community Resource team supports Red Hook residents 25 and older with referrals for health services, employment support, and does direct enrollment in benefits like SNAP, One Shot Deals, and free broadband
• CHiPS soup kitchen, food pantry, and mobile pantry

Environmental Stewardship

• District 39 Tree Care Team
• Gowanus Canal Conservancy
• City Sponge
• Red Hook Farms
• Forth on Fourth Avenue
• Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club
• Red Hook Conservancy
• FloodNet NYC

Youth Services

• NYC Public Schools Family Welcome Centers
• Department of Youth and Community Development
  • Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
• Brooklyn Borough President Youth Advisory Council
• Red Hook Initiative (RHI) Youth Empowerment
• Red Hook Art Project
• Red Hook Farms

Senior Services

• NY Connects from the State’s Office for the Aging
• Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program (HIICAP) for Medicare
• The Park Slope Center for Successful Aging
• Weill Cornell Center for Elder Abuse Solutions (CEASe)

Disabilities Services

• Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
• Center for Independence of the Disabled (CIDNY)
• AHRC Day Service Program

Crisis Intervention and Domestic Violence

• Safe Horizon victim service organization and legal aid
• NYC Health Mobile Crisis Teams
• DHS HRA’s Project No Violence Again (NoVA) staff addresses the needs of domestic violence victims seeking temporary emergency shelter
• NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault

Legal Aid

• Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Office
• Brooklyn Legal Services

Healthcare

• NYC Health Neighborhood Health Services
• NY Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
  • Center for Community Health
• Red Hook Family Health Center at NYU Langone
• The Home Depot Emergency Department at NYU Langone Health—Cobble Hill 
• Park Slope Family Health Center at NYU Langone

Cultural Programming

• Brooklyn Public Library Branches
  • Central Library (10 Grand Army Plaza)
  • Park Slope Library (431 6th Ave)
  • Pacific Library (25 4th Ave)
  • Carroll Gardens Pop-Up (250 Baltic St)
  • Red Hook Interim Library (362 Van Brunt St)
• Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
• Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
• Old Stone House
• Pioneer Works
• Arts Gowanus
• Powerhouse Arts

Gowanus Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Updates:

Gowanus CAG: EPA Updates Archive

NYS DEC DOH Odor Mitigation and contact information. Click here.