Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
Children in Henry Street Settlement’s shelters are headed back to school with some new shoes, thanks to an extremely large and generous donation of new athletic shoes. Henry Street Settlement distributed over 5,000 pairs of new donated shoes to the men, women and children living in Henry Street’s supportive and transitional housing shelters as well… Read More »
Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center was featured in the September Artforum as a presenter of some of the top picks for the fall season. Claudia LaRocco said of the Center, “Abrons Arts Center’s beautiful little Henry Street Settlement Playhouse is celebrating one hundred years (take that, you half-centurians!). Much more importantly (real-estate nostalgia is for… Read More »
George Barber Munroe, a longtime member of Henry Street’s Board of Directors and former Chairman of the Executive Committee, passed away on August 19, at the age of 92. Munroe, the former CEO of Phelps Dodge Corporation was a truly a Renaissance man: professional basketball star, veteran of the U.S. Navy, Rhodes Scholar and lawyer…. Read More »
Local residents will be given 30 percent of the more than 100 jobs expected to be created when the Hotel Indigo opens on Orchard Street next year through an agreement reached between Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, the Lower East Side Employment Network (LESEN) and the InterContinental Hotel Group. LESEN will use its extensive resources within the… Read More »
For Carlos Montañez, a senior at Brooklyn College, Henry Street Settlement is family. Carlos is the fourth generation of his family—including his great grandmother, grandmother and parents—to be a part of the Henry Street community. The family’s affiliation with Henry Street began with his grandmother, Maria Silva who, when she moved to the neighborhood, worked… Read More »
Sho Toloue, a Henry Street college counselor, stood in front of mouth-watering image of brightly colored macarons projected on a screen. “Do we have any bakers here today?” she asked. The macarons, unfortunately, were not a snack, but rather a tool that Sho and Izzy Fortuna, another college counselor, were using to teach the rising… Read More »
Click here to see photos from the Youthmarket’s opening day » On the opening day of this year’s Lower East Side Youthmarket, Henry Street Settlement’s Tiana and Phylisha Conyers, both graduates of Project Rise, helped with the busy lunchtime rush, as Lower East Side residents purchased fresh local fruits and vegetables. Tiana and Phylisha helped… Read More »
FREE Storm Recovery Legal Services will be available to Hurricane Sandy victims on Tuesday, July 22, from 3 to 7 p.m. The free legal counseling will take place at Henry Street Settlement’s Boys & Girls Republic, 888 East Sixth Street (Avenue D), and is provided by the New York Legal Assistance Group, NYS Prepare, and… Read More »
This summer, as it has for the past 46 years, Henry Street Settlement welcomed 18 of UPS managers to the Henry Street-UPS Community Internship Program (CIP). Each CIP session – there are two each summer – spans four weeks. CIP brought volunteer interns from all over the world, from West Virginia to Belgium, to the… Read More »
The Senior Companion Program’s Spring 2014 Recognition Luncheon – attended by City Council Member Margaret Chin, a representative from Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer’s office and more than 100 Senior Companions – was held at the ConEdison building on Monday. The semiannual event is held to acknowledge the dedication and service of the program’s 105… Read More »
