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Turning NYC houses of worship into lifelines for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness

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Isaac Adlerstein

Turning NYC houses of worship into lifelines for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness

Website

broadwaycommunity.org

Year

2026

Organization

Broadway Community

Sector

Placemaking & Neighborhoods

Borough

Manhattan

Isaac is empowering NYC houses of worship to turn crisis into stability for neighbors experiencing homelessness.

In 2021, Isaac Adlerstein took on what few 23-year-olds do: an executive director role running a small shelter in the basement of a Harlem church. Broadway Community, on the lower floor of the historic Broadway Presbyterian Church on 114th Street and…
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“Homelessness can happen to anyone. All it takes is a medical emergency, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job, a mental health breakdown.”
80K +
people sleep in New York City’s shelter system every night, roughly a third of them children

Source: NYC Department of Homeless Services and Human Resources Administration

Publication

The World

New York City is trying to turn houses of worship into shelters

By Gisele Regatão
November 14, 2023
One of the oldest church shelters in New York City is located in the basement of Broadway Presbyterian in Morningside Heights, across the street from Columbia University…

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