The Department of Homeless Services has a policy called “Code Blue” for winter nights when the temperature drops to 32 degrees or below, including wind-chill, between 4:00 PM and 8:00 AM.
What Changes When Code Blue is in Effect?
On these nights, Department of Homeless Services policies are relaxed to ensure everyone is warm and safe. This includes:
Temporary Warming Centers have been opened up across the city, in all five boroughs to provide safe, heated indoor spaces. These locations are: Bronx Gompers Campus, 455 Southern Boulevard DeWitt Clinton Campus, 100 West Mosholu Parkway Manhattan Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46th Street Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics Campus, 260 Pleasant Avenue Brooklyn Midwood High School, 2839 Bedford Avenue Urban Assembly for Law and Justice, 283 Adams Street Queens Jamaica Campus, 167-01 Gothic Drive Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway Staten Island Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue New Dorp High School, 465 New Dorp Lane Additional locations with warming centers and buses Olivieri DIC – 257 West 30th Street New York, NY Jackie Kennedy High School – 120 West 46th Street New York, NY Mainchance DIC – 120 East 32nd Street New York, NY Paul’s Place DIC – 114 West 14th Street New York, NY Union Hall DIC – 92-32 Union Hall Street Queens, NY Queens DIC – 100-32 Atlantic Avenue Queens, NY Harlem Hospital – 506 Lenox Ave, New York, NY South Ferry – New York, NY Dewitt Clinton High School – 100 Moshulu Pkwy Bronx, NY 16 Bedford Place Brooklyn, NY South Ferry Station End-of-Line – Manhattan Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn College Station End-of-Line – Brooklyn Inwood 207th Street Station End-of Line – Manhattan Penn Station Elmhurst Hospital Lincoln Hospital Bellevue Hospital Queens Hospital
Temporary Warming Centers have been opened up across the city, in all five boroughs to provide safe, heated indoor spaces. These locations are:
Bronx
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
Additional locations with warming centers and buses
