Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
For the second consecutive year, the Abrons Arts Center was recognized at the 60th Annual Obie Awards Ceremony, held on May 18th at Webster Hall. The Obie Awards, given annually by The Village Voice, recognize excellence in Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theater. An Obie was presented for Lippy, co-presented by the Abrons and the Irish… Read More »
Each year Henry Street Settlement serves 60,000 New Yorkers—in part by overcoming language barriers with the neighborhood’s growing Chinese population. Henry Street’s Community Consultation Center (CCC) offers Mental Health services in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, to treat a range of Mental Health concerns including depression, mood disorders etc., family and immigration issues. “With the population… Read More »
Click here to see photos » What gets Henry Street middle school students up really early in the morning? The chance to learn basketball skills from Jayson Williams, former NBA all-star. The story began in 1978 when Williams, then 11 years old, and his mother sought refuge in a Settlement homeless shelter. Now, the 6’… Read More »
The hundreds of meals served each day at Henry Street’s Good Companions Senior Center (GCSC) are not just nutritious – they’re delicious! Or “delicioso!” as the clients often say. That’s because the kitchen staff includes two graduates of the prestigious Johnson &Wales College of Culinary Arts. Food Services Manager Zechariah Hairston, who studied international cuisine… Read More »
Click here to view photos from the 2015 Dinner Dance » Filled with energy, rousing spirit and, most importantly, generous individuals whose support makes the Settlement’s work possible, the Grand Ballroom at the Plaza Hotel elegantly set the stage for Henry Street’s 2015 Dinner Dance on April 14. Honored at the event were Michael Steinberg,… Read More »
Click here to see photos from Career Day » They say it takes a village to raise a child — at Henry Street Settlement we believe it takes a neighborhood. The Settlement’s Expanded Horizons program, which operates a satellite college access program at the Henry Street School for International Studies (HSSIS), recently hosted a Career… Read More »
Henry Street Settlement along with the five other LES Settlement Houses held a celebration to recognize social workers from the LES settlement houses . For the first time, all of the Lower East Side settlement houses celebrated Social Work Month together at a celebratory breakfast held at the Educational Alliance’s Manny Cantor Center on Friday,… Read More »
Henry Street Settlement’s homeless shelters may be located on the Lower East Side, but when its residents move out and into permanent housing, more than 80 percent of them end up in the central Bronx district represented by New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres. To help smooth the transition and ensure former clients stay… Read More »
The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development awarded Henry Street Settlement a $646,500 grant as part of their Continuuum of Care Program Competition. The funds will support aftercare services for residents who move into permanent housing after living in one in Henry Street’s transitional and supportive housing shelters. “We are thrilled and grateful to… Read More »
Click here to see photos from these trips » Henry Street’s Expanded Horizons program (EH)—which works to get youth into college and, more importantly, to get them through college—hit the road twice this winter! On one trip, 43 high school juniors enrolled in the program visited snowy Boston to tour Wheaton College, Boston University and… Read More »
