Housing Shelters

BCS Young Women’s Shelter
The Turning Point Young Adult Transitional Shelter is a 39-bed transitional shelter in Sunset Park, Brooklyn for homeless young women, ages 18 to 25. The shelter empowers women to obtain permanent housing and helps them develop the independent living skills necessary for life beyond the shelter. Residents gain access to a variety of services such as independent living skills workshops, individual and group counseling, and assistance in securing permanent housing. The shelter also partners with other BCS/Turning Point programs to give residents the resources they need: from connecting residents with the TPBK Education Center to get their High School Equivalency Diplomas, to directing them to our Greater Heights Clubhouse to address chronic mental illness.

718.473.3900

Transitional Living Community (TLC)
Established in 1989, the  Transitional Living Community (TLC) is a 30-bed section of the Brooklyn Women’s Shelter in East New York. TLC supports homeless women who are suffering from severe mental illness and dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, or trauma, and provides them with counseling, temporary shelter, and assistance in order to secure permanent housing. Among other resources, BCS provides a safe space for the women in the form of the TLC Garden, a flower and vegetable garden where women participate in program-wide therapeutic group activities.

718.485.9350

Street Outreach

Street Outreach Mobile Unit The Street Outreach Mobile Unit  reaches thousands of individuals across Brooklyn with on-the-spot mobile HIV testing and referrals to risk-reduction counseling and vital medical and substance abuse support. Our other wrap-around services include workshops like HIV 101, Substance Use Harm Reduction, and CDC Safe in the City (safe-sex best practices), as well as intervention services like overdose prevention training, STD Screening, PrEP or nPep, and connection to emergency shelter housing.

The Shower Bus
The Shower Bus is a mobile care unit that travels Brooklyn, providing unhoused residents with hot showers and caring support. The only one of its kind in all of New York City, the program serves an average of 50 individuals a week throughout the borough. Our holistic approach to hygiene care provides residents not just with showers but also clean towels, shampoo, shaving kits, soap, snacks, fresh socks and underwear, laundry services, and a safe space to relax. In addition to physical amenities, the mobile shower unit employs outreach coordinators and Peer Specialists to assist individuals in need with peer counseling, and support with housing, mental health and employment, and linkages to other necessary care.

Supportive Housing

Cortelyou
The Cortelyou Supportive Housing Program provides 46 affordable housing units with on-site support services for the most vulnerable New Yorkers, including individuals who aged out of the foster care system, the formerly homeless, and individuals with severe mental illness. BCS staff at the program have a passion for building relationships that strengthen the lives and trust of their clients. Services at Cortelyou include support groups for building employment skills and  community and life-skills beyond living at the development.

718.622.9400

BCS Red Hook
The Red Hook Housing Program is a 30 unit single room occupancy transitional housing facility for homeless adults and community residents 18 years of age and older. This program is designed to be the first major step in transitioning clients from homelessness to permanent housing, all while providing on-site support and services such as counseling and referrals. Our case management services include supporting independence through assistance in receiving entitlements, support in the education and employment needs of the individual, and aid in developing short life goals like improving credit, creating a savings plan, budgeting, and decision-making.

718.233.3993

Sea Rise
The Sea Rise Supportive Housing Program is a development of 199 units with 72 of them set-aside for supportive housing in Coney Island. Of the 72 supportive housing units, 35 units are reserved for people with a serious and persistent mental illness, 20 units are reserved for homeless young adults ages 18-25, and 17 units are reserved for people with an intellectual and/or developmental disability. On-site services for the supportive housing residents are provided by BCS and include case management, vocational, employment, and other support services.

718.943.4246 ext. 3000