BCS opened our first program, a home for homeless “newsboys.”

BCS mobilized to fight tuberculosis, influenza and to help Brooklynites stricken with polio.

BCS was selected to participate in the annual New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, benefiting lowincome New Yorkers

During the Great Depression BCS nearly doubled the families served and tripled amount of yearly relief. We also began our pioneering family counseling and mental health services.

BCS established the Gary Klinsky Afterschool program.

BCS responded to September 11th by providing relief and recovery services.

BCS responded to Superstorm Sandy by providing immediate and long-term recovery services in hard-hit Coney Island.

BCS launched Youth Stand Academy for middleschoolers

BCS opened four new Community Centers in low-income neighborhoods

BCS broke ground on a new affordable housing project in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The project is in partnership with Mutual Housing Association of New York and The Baptist Church of Redeemer and intends to house families, seniors, and women transitioning out of homelessness.

BCS entered a partnership with Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams, allowing us to give thousands of homeless Brooklynites access to New York’s first ever Mobile Shower Bus. The project receives additional funding through Unilever’s Right to Shower products.