Hurricane Sandy Resources for Brooklyn
General Emergency Numbers
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Assistance
For FEMA Assistance: visit disasterassistance.gov and
www.fema.gov/what-information-do-i-need-apply or call 800621-3362; 800.462.7585 (TTY)
New York State Office of Emergency Management:
http://www.dhses.ny.gov/oem/
New York assistance: www.nyc.gov
Department of Health and Human Services, Region II (New
York & New Jersey) Phone: 212-264-4600 / Fax: 212-264-3620
Jaime Torres, Regional Director : jaime.torres@hhs.gov
Dennis Gonzalez, Executive Officer: dennis.gonzalez@hhs.gov
Joynetta Bell, Regional Outreach Specialist:
Joynetta.bell@hhs.gov
Karina Aguilar, Regional Outreach Specialist:
karina.aguilar@hhs.gov
Red Cross 877.733.2767
Finding Loved Ones: Red Cross’s Safe and Well registry:
https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php
Brooklyn Borough President’s Office
Public Advocate
718.802.3700
212-669-7200
Unemployment Benefits
For information about special hurricane Sandy related
unemployment benefits navigate to the following link:
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unemployment-assistance
or call 1-888-209-8124
Housing
For NYC Emergency Shelters:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hurricane_shelters.html
Or call 311
Brooklyn Shelters
Brooklyn Tech HS 29 Fort Greene Pl, Brooklyn (Special
Medical Needs Only)
Brooklyn Day Time Warming Centers
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/warming_ctr.html#broo
klyn
Food
Prepared/Hot Food Distribution Sites
MCU Park (Parking Lot): 1904 Surf Avenue (@ West 19th
Street)
Free Food Trucks, Sponsored by Mayor's Fund
Gerritsen Beach Fire Department: Seba Avenue between
Canton Court and Dare Court
Coffey Park, 85 Richards Street
2828 Neptune Ave.
For Food Assistance:
City Harvest Hurricane Sandy Emergency Food Locator
http://www.cityharvest.org/hurricanesandy/sandyreliefresources
/
The Food Bank for New York City’s food program locator:
http://www.foodbanknyc.org/our-programs/our-food-programnetwork/food-program-locator
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Or call (212) 566-7855 for specific locations.
You can also call the Child’s Place for Children with Special Needs to
get more information about specific food distribution locations. We
can be reached at 718-253-4948
Donated supplies, warm coats and new socks can be dropped off at
the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library at 10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn. To find out if your neighborhood library is accepting
donations, call 718.230.2100.
Utilities
Con Ed 800.75 CONED; 800.752.6633; 800.642.2308 (TTY)
National Grid:
Gas leak and gas emergencies
Customer support
TTY
718-643-4050
718-643-4050
718-237-2857
Transportation
Because of storm related damage, neither 511 nor 718-330-1234 is
not working because of storm related damage. Please log onto MTA
Service Advisory: realtime service updates to rail, subway, bus,
bridges & tunnels at http://alert.mta.info/ or www.mta.info.
Brooklyn Hospitals
Coney Island Hospital has been evacuated and closed.
For information about other Brooklyn hospitals:
Brookdale University Hospital
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Cumberland Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Kings County Hospital
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Downstate at LICH
Lutheran Medical Center
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718.240.5000
718.250.8000
718.260.7500
718.245.3131
718.270.1000
718.780.1000
718.630.7000
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Woodhull Medical Center
VA New York Harbor
New York Methodist Hospital
718.963.8000
718.636.6600
718.780.3000
Disability Resources
General Access Concerns
Mayor’s Office of People with Disabilities
NYC Commission on Human Rights
646-234-6488
212.788.2830
212.788.2838 tty
(718) 579-6900
(212) 306-5070
Temporarily working from a Bronx office (Bronx 1932 Arthur
Avenue, Room 203A, Bronx, NY 10457,
Parents Helping Parents
Brooklyn Center for
Independence of the Disabled
Sinergia (bilingual English/Spanish)
Resources for Children with Special Needs
(phone messages will be returned)
Extreme Kids and Crew
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with Special Needs
718-638-9444
718.998.3000
212.643.2840
212.677.4650
718.576.6741
718.253.4948
Mental Health Issues
Lifenet
800-LifeNet
800-543-3638 (English)
877-Ayudese (Haitian Creole)
877-298-3373 (Spanish)
877-990-8585 (Chinese)
212-982-5284 (TTY)
Woodhull Mobile Crisis 718.260.7725
SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline
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Disaster Distress Resources & Helpline
1-800-985-5990
1-800-846-8517 (TTY)
or text”TalkWithUS” to 66746
Tips for Talking to Children and Youth After Traumatic Events:
A Guide for Parents and Educators
http://www.samhsa.gov/MentalHealth/Tips_Talking_to_Children
_After_Disaster.pdf
SAMHSA: Coping with Violence and Traumatic Events
http://www.samhsa.gov/trauma/?from=carousel&position=1&dat
e=11012012
American Red Cross: Coping Tips in the Aftermath of Sandy
http://www.redcross.org/news/article/Coping-Tips-in-theStressful-Aftermath-of-Sandy
National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Recovery After a
Hurricane
http://nctsn.org/trauma-types/naturaldisasters/hurricanes#tabset-tab-5
Family Resource Centers
Western Brooklyn (ICL)………………………… 877-425-8133
212- 385-3030
Eastern Brooklyn (JCCA)……………………….347-394-5186
718-859-4500
Developmental Disabilities
Autism Society
800-3AUTISM
800.318.8476
Monday through Friday from 9 to 5 and on Saturday and
Sunday from 9 to 5.
Office of Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ODD)
866.946.9733;
866.933.4889 tty
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Brooklyn Developmental Disability Support Organization
718.642.6000
YAI Link
866 2 YAILINK
212.273.6182
Education
Department of Education
718.935.2000
You can find your relocation enrollment office by contacting the
Department of Education or by calling 311.
Brooklyn Committees on Special Education
District 15
District 20
District 22
District 23
Deborah-Cuffey-Jackson
Amine Haddad
Arlene Rosenstock
Miriama Sandi
Advocates for Children of New York
718-935-4900
718-759-4900
718-968-6200
718-240-3557or
718-240-3558
212.947.9779
Children in Temporary Housing; Your Right to Go to School; A
Workshop for Families.
November 27, 2012, 10am to 12pm.
Central Library, Dweck Auditorium.
Content Specialists from the Department of Education representing
each region, will be available to speak with families.
Misc.
For Downed Tree Removal: NYC Parks’ Forestry Service
Request: http://gis.nyc.gov/parks/forms/ (or call 311, NOT 911)
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