Read Henry Street Settlement’s Fall 2019 Newsletter
Read the fall 2019 newsletter here.
Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
Henry Street Happenings
Buy a Gift for Henry Street Youth This Holiday Season
Our toy drive has closed. Thank you for your support! You can still make a difference for the thousands of children at Henry Street by making a donation. You can brighten the holiday season for some of the thousands of children at Henry Street, including those living in our homeless shelters and attending our education… Read More »
Henry Street Settlement Is Overall Management Excellence Winner for the 2019 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Henry Street Settlement was named on November 6, 2019, the Overall Management Excellence Winner for the 2019 Nonprofit Excellence Awards. We extend congratulations to our outstanding peer finalists, The HOPE Program and Literacy Inc. “The achievement of this award, like all of our work, was a team effort, and this honor is shared by all… Read More »
Henry Street Is Overall Management Excellence Winner for the 2019 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Henry Street Settlement Opens the Dale Jones Burch Neighborhood Center
Restored 1883 Firehouse to Resume Role as “First Responder” to Lower East Side Pictured above: Dale Jones Burch, third from right, and family join Henry Street supporters and community members at the ribbon-cutting on October 23, 2019. Photo by Marc Goldberg. As the afternoon sun steamed down on Henry Street on October 23, 2019, Settlement… Read More »
History Event – Power and Policy, Nov. 19
RSVPs have CLOSED for this event. Thank you for your interest! We will stream this event live on our Facebook page if you are not able to attend. What exactly is the ULURP process? How did redlining in the 1930s shape this neighborhood and in what ways is the area still affected by those policies… Read More »
Stars Get Social with Henry Street
Henry Street Social Host Committee members Ben Foster, Justin Barta, Amber Tamblyn, Rachel Antonoff, and Fran Lebowitz, with Jack Antonoff at Henry Street Social, October 16, 2019. All photos by Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix. Despite the pounding rain outside, the stars shone indoors at Henry Street Social, on October 16, 2019. More than 350 guests gathered at The… Read More »
BGR Needs You
Boys & Girls Republic (BGR) is a Henry Street Settlement youth community center that has served tens of thousands of Lower East Side young people since the 1930s. Located amid the Jacob Riis and Lillian Wald public housing complexes, it is a refuge, a place of growth, and a symbol of community connectedness. Our community… Read More »
Jobs Plus So Much More
Above: Kianna Flowers As a 10-year-old, Kianna Flowers took cooking lessons at Henry Street’s Boys & Girls Republic taught by local legends Debbie and Theresa Cox. “Their cooking helped to inspire the inner chef in me,” Flowers says. Fast forward to 2019: Flowers, now 27, is the sole weekday chef at the Kaplan House residential… Read More »
Dancing In The (Henry) Street at Community Day
Henry Street was alive with music, dancing, and the smells of delicious foods on Sunday, September 15, as more than 1,200 community members joined Henry Street and Visiting Nurse Service of New York for a joyous Community Day block party to celebrate our vibrant community. The party was the second-annual, after the hit celebration last… Read More »
