In NYC, over 600 food pantries give bags of nourishing food, usually canned or dried food, to people in need.

PANTRY TIPS:
• If you’re going to a pantry far from your residence, call ahead.
• Some pantries only serve people in their own part of town.
• It’s always wise to take ID with your address, and proof of family size (if you’re picking up food for the whole family).

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(updated March 2011)

Agape Social Services Ministry

929 Marcy Ave., Bed Sty

(718) 636-8500 x16

Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30 am to 2:00 pm

Wednesday soup kitchens 12 noon to 2pm; need ID

Berean Baptist Church

1635-49 Bergen St. , Crown Hts/Bed Sty

(718) 778-5797

Call ahead for appointment weekdays,

10 am to 1 pm

Need two pieces of ID.

Blessed Sacrament Church

198 Euclid Ave., Cyprus Hills

(718) 827-1200

Alternate Tuesdays, 1-2 pm; call ahead

Calvary Food Pantry

151 Woodruff Ave., Flatbush

(718) 435-2731

Thursday 11 am to 1 pm; need ID

Calvary Free Will Baptist Church

1520-30 Herkimer St., East N.Y.

(718) 498-3767

Wednesday 12 noon to 1 pm

Need ID or referral

Church of the Holy Redeemer

2424 Linden Blvd., East N.Y.

(718) 272-9300

Wednesday 2 to 3 pm

Bring ID for all the family

Church of the Living God

212 Schenectady Ave., Crown Heights

(718) 493-2821

Saturday 9 to 11 am; ID preferred

Cornerstone Baptist Church

562-74 Madison St., Bed Sty

(718) 574-5900

Tuesday 11 am until food is finished

Need ID

Cuyler Warren U.M. Church

450 Warren St., downtown Bklyn

(718) 875-8502

Tuesday 1:30 pm until finished; need ID

Euclid 500 Block Association

552 Euclid Ave., East N.Y.

(718) 277-3687

Saturday from noon on

Hanson Place Central U.M. Church

144 St. Felix St., Downtown Bklyn.

(718) 783-0908

Monday-Friday 10:30 am to 12 noon

Need ID for all in family

Highway and Hedges Church of God and Christ

237 Powell St., Brownsville

(718) 342-4471

Tuesday 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

Need ID, also bags or shopping cart

Referral preferred

Holy Cross Church

2530 Church Ave, Flatbush

(718) 469-5900

Tuesday and Thursday 2 to 3:30 pm

Need picture ID, proof of address and

birth certificates for children

Love Fellowship Tabernacle

464 Liberty Ave, East NY

(718) 235-2266

Tuesday 2 to 5 pm

Need ID for all adults in family

Make the Road

301 Grove St., Bushwick

(718) 418-7690

Friday 9 am until food runs out; need ID

Mt. Moriah Church of God & Christ

1149 Eastern Parkway, Crown Hghts.

(718) 953-4364

Saturday 11am to 12 noon

ID preferred, come at 9:30 for a ticket

Mt. Olive House

285-277 Eldert St., Bushwick

(718) 443-6010

Monday and Friday 2 to 3 pm

Mt. Paran Baptist Church

1665 Broadway, Bushwick

(718) 443-8217

Tuesday and Thursday 10:30 to 11:30 am

Call ahead. Need ID with proof of address

New Baptist Temple

360 Schermerhorn St., Downtown Bklyn

(718) 875-1858

Every Saturday of the month except the 1st,

9:30 to 10:30 am

Seniors served first; no ID needed

Newman Memorial U.M. Church

257 Macon St., corner of Throop, Bed Sty

(718) 622-7955

Tuesday and Thursday 10 am to 12 noon

Need ID for each person receiving food

Old Mt. Zion Baptist Church

892-894 Putnam Ave, East N.Y.

(718) 284-0639

Wednesdays 9 30- to 11:30 am; need ID

Open Door Church of God in Christ

999 Greene Ave., Bed Sty

(718) 455-3545

Saturday 8:30 to 10 am

Bring your own bags

Our Lady of Grace Pastoral Ministry

2322 E. 4th St., Gravesend

(718) 375-0668

Tuesday and Friday 9 to 11:30 am

Need ID and proof of family size

Our Lady of Mercy

680 Mother Gaston Blvd., Brownsville

(718) 346-3166

Monday and Friday, 9 am to 11 am

Need referral, ID and proof of address

Our Lady of Refuge R.C. Church

2020 Foster Ave., Flatbush

(718) 434-2090

Wednesday 9:30 to 12 noon

ID preferred for all in household

St. Christopher Otilie, Bethany House #1

164 Suydam St., Bushwick.

(718) 574-6300

Thursday, 11 am to 1 pm

Need ID.

St. John the Baptist R.C. Church

75 Lewis Ave., Bed Sty

Tuesday, 8 am (call to confirm time)

(718) 455-6864

First come, first served. Need photo ID

St. John’s Bread & Life Program

75 Lewis Ave. at Hart St., Bed Sty

(718) 574-0058 x10

Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 12 noon

Brooklyn residents only.

Need ID, proof of income and family size

Salvation Army

Food pantries at five different locations. Need referral and appointment. Call ahead to find out which location serves your zip code and to make an appointment with the social worker.

Salvation Army Bay Ridge Community Center

252 86th St. (718) 238-2991

Salvation Army Bedford Community Center

601 Lafayette Ave. (718) 622-0614

Salvation Army Brownsville Community Center

280 Riverdale Ave. (718) 345-7050

Salvation Army Bushwick Community Center

1151 Bushwick Ave. (718) 455-4102

Salvation Army Sunset Park Community Center

520 50th St. (718) 438-1771

South Brooklyn SDA Church

42 Prospect Pl., Park Slope

(718) 783-1662

Sunday 11 am to 2 pm

ID for all in household pefferred

Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church

69 McDonough St., Crown Heights

(718) 783-5383

Thursday 5 pm until finished

Need ID

Transfiguration Church/South Side Community Mission

280 Marcy Ave., Williamsburg

(718) 388-8773

Monday through Thursday 9 am to 1 pm;

ID preferred

Triumphant Full Gospel Assembly

889 Rutland Rd., Crown Heights

(718) 774-4696

Thursday 3 to 6 pm

ID preferred

True Holy Church of God

2340 Atlantic Ave, corner Eastern Pkway,

Bed Sty-Brownsville-Bushwick-E. NY

(718) 385-0248

Friday 6 to 8 pm

Need ID, proof of children,

referral if shelter resident;

if picking up for another adult,

need doctor’s letter

Urban Strategies Family Support

829 Saratoga Ave., Brownsville

(718) 346-2539

Tuesday 9 to11 am

ID preferred

FOR REFERRALS TO FOOD PANTRIES ALL OVER THE CITY, CALL NYC HUNGER HOTLINE AT 1 (866) 888-8777