The Advance Warning System (AWS) disseminates information to people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs through their service providers. Please share the important information below with your clients and other agencies or individuals to empower them to make informed decisions.
Dear AWS Providers,
Please share the following information with your staff and any contracted providers:
As dangerously cold temperatures continue to move through New York City, Warming Centers are open in all five boroughs.
Prolonged exposure to these temperatures can be life-threatening. Warming Centers provide a safe, heated environment during extreme cold weather.
If you see someone who may be at risk due to the cold, please direct them to a Warming Center.
The most up-to-date information on Warming Center locations and times can be found at nyc.gov/warmingcenters or by calling 311.
Thank you for your continued work in keeping New Yorkers safe.
All locations below have warm spaces and food.
BRONX
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Belvis
545 East 142nd Street
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Building #4, 1st floor. Open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Morrisania
1225 Gerard Avenue
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
Warming Buses
Warming vehicles are parked outside the following locations:
149 Street and 3 Avenue
Open 24/7
St Barnabas Hospital
3rd Avenue between 181st Street and 182nd Street
Open 24/7
NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx
3424 Kossuth Avenue
Bus is in front of main entrance
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
BROOKLYN
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Cumberland
100 North Portland Avenue
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, East New York
2094 Pitkin Avenue
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County
451 Clarkson Ave
Building open 24/7, warming center open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health (Coney Island Hospital)
2601 Ocean Parkway
Building open 24/7, warming center open 7 PM - 7 AM
Warming Buses
Warming vehicles are parked outside the following locations:
Atlantic Terminal at the corner of 4th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue
Open 24/7
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull
760 Broadway
Bus is directly outside the Emergency Room on Flushing Avenue
Open 24/7
MANHATTAN
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
462 1st Avenue
Building open 24/7, warming center open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Gouverneur
227 Madison Street
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem
506 Lenox Avenue
Building open 24/7, warming center open 7 PM - 7 AM
Warming Buses
Warming vehicles are parked outside the following locations:
181st Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Audubon Avenue
Open 24/7
Jackie Kennedy High School
120 West 46th Street
Open 24/7
Mainchance Drop-In Center
120 East 32nd Street
Open 24/7
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
1901 First Avenue
Bus is directly in front of building at 97th Street and 1st Avenue
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem
506 Lenox Avenue
Bus is on the corner of West 137th Street and Lenox Avenue
Open 24/7
South Ferry
Whitehall Street and State Street
Open 24/7
QUEENS
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
79-01 Broadway
Building open 24/7, warming center open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Roosevelt
37-50 72nd Street
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens
82-68 164th Street
Building open 24/7, warming center open 7 PM - 7 AM
Warming Buses
Warming vehicles are parked outside the following locations:
Union Hall Drop-In Center
92-32 Union Hall Street
Open 24/7
STATEN ISLAND
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Vanderbilt
165 Vanderbilt Avenue
Open 7 PM - 7 AM
Project Hospitality
150 Richmond Terrace
Warming Buses
Warming vehicles are parked outside of the following locations:
18 Richmond Place
Open 24/7
The Advance Warning System (AWS) alerts organizations who work with people with disabilities and access and functional needs to various types of hazards and emergencies in New York City that may affect people's independence and daily lives. Participating organizations receive public preparedness and emergency information that they can relay to their clients and other similar agencies. If you work for an organization that serves people with disabilities or access and functional needs you can subscribe for AWS Alerts at the following link: https://www.advancewarningsystemnyc.org/aws
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