27/01/2026
NOAHousing serving New Yorkers with Care & Compassion as we share email from NYC Department of Homeless Services so that all of New Yorkers has access to a safe & warm place during this code blue weather alert. Please share with your communities.
January 26, 2026
Dear Community Partner,
As New York City manages the current DHS Code Blue weather conditions, we are reaching out to our community-based partners to request your assistance in helping connect individuals experiencing street homelessness to available shelter and emergency services.
During a DHS Code Blue, unsheltered individuals face serious and potentially life-threatening risks due to extreme cold. Community-based organizations can play a critical role in outreach, engagement, and information sharing, and your support is essential to ensuring the safety of our most vulnerable neighbors.
We ask for your assistance with sharing the following during this Code Blue situation:
1) Code Blue & Outreach Support: The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) activates Code Blue when temperatures drop to 32°F or below (including wind chill) between 4:00 PM and 8:00 AM. During Code Blue:
a) People can call 311 for information on shelter, warming centers, and assistance
b) Calls to 311 related to Code Blue are routed to 911 so first responders can reach people quickly
c) Outreach teams are intensifying efforts citywide to connect people to shelter and lifesaving support
d) All DHS facilities, shelters, Safe Havens, stabilization beds, and drop-in centers, have an open-door policy. Please seek help in any of these locations.
e) Intake procedures are relaxed, and outreach teams can directly place people into Safe Havens and stabilization beds.
2) Warming Centers (Open through at least Monday evening): The City has opened warming centers in all five boroughs to provide safe, heated indoor spaces.
All locations below are high schools closed for a scheduled professional learning day.
Bronx
a) Gompers Campus, 455 Southern Boulevard
b) DeWitt Clinton Campus, 100 West Mosholu Parkway
Manhattan
a) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46th Street
b) Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics Campus, 260 Pleasant Avenue
Brooklyn
a) Midwood High School, 2839 Bedford Avenue
b) Urban Assembly for Law and Justice, 283 Adams Street
Queens
a) Jamaica Campus, 167-01 Gothic Drive
b) Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway
Staten Island
a) Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue
b) New Dorp High School, 465 New Dorp Lane
Additional locations with warming centers and buses:
1) Olivieri DIC - 257 West 30th Street New York, NY
2) Jackie Kennedy High School - 120 West 46th Street New York, NY
3) Mainchance DIC - 120 East 32nd Street New York, NY
4) Paul's Place DIC - 114 West 14th Street New York, NY
5) Union Hall DIC - 92-32 Union Hall Street Queens, NY
6) Queens DIC - 100-32 Atlantic Avenue Queens, NY
7) Harlem Hospital - 506 Lenox Ave, New York, NY
8) South Ferry - New York, NY
9) Dewitt Clinton High School - 100 Moshulu Pkwy Bronx, NY
10) 16 Bedford Place Brooklyn, NY
11) South Ferry Station End-of-Line - Manhattan
12) Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn College Station End-of-Line - Brooklyn
13) Inwood 207th Street Station End-of Line - Manhattan
14) Penn Station
15) Elmhurst Hospital
16) Lincoln Hospital
17) Bellevue Hospital
18) Queens Hospital
Thank you for your continued partnership and dedication to supporting New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. Your collaboration is vital during extreme weather events and helps save lives.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions or reach out directly to 311 should you encounter any New Yorkers in need of shelter during this cold weather.
Sincerely,
Office of Community Outreach
NYC Department of Social ServicesNOAHousing Serving New Yorkers with Care & Compassion as we share email from NYC Department of Homeless Services so that all of NYC has access to a safe place during this code blue weather alert. Please share with your communities.
January 26, 2026
Dear Community Partner,
As New York City manages the current DHS Code Blue weather conditions, we are reaching out to our community-based partners to request your assistance in helping connect individuals experiencing street homelessness to available shelter and emergency services.
During a DHS Code Blue, unsheltered individuals face serious and potentially life-threatening risks due to extreme cold. Community-based organizations can play a critical role in outreach, engagement, and information sharing, and your support is essential to ensuring the safety of our most vulnerable neighbors.
We ask for your assistance with sharing the following during this Code Blue situation:
1) Code Blue & Outreach Support: The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) activates Code Blue when temperatures drop to 32°F or below (including wind chill) between 4:00 PM and 8:00 AM. During Code Blue:
a) People can call 311 for information on shelter, warming centers, and assistance
b) Calls to 311 related to Code Blue are routed to 911 so first responders can reach people quickly
c) Outreach teams are intensifying efforts citywide to connect people to shelter and lifesaving support
d) All DHS facilities, shelters, Safe Havens, stabilization beds, and drop-in centers, have an open-door policy. Please seek help in any of these locations.
e) Intake procedures are relaxed, and outreach teams can directly place people into Safe Havens and stabilization beds.
2) Warming Centers (Open through at least Monday evening): The City has opened warming centers in all five boroughs to provide safe, heated indoor spaces.
All locations below are high schools closed for a scheduled professional learning day.
Bronx
a) Gompers Campus, 455 Southern Boulevard
b) DeWitt Clinton Campus, 100 West Mosholu Parkway
Manhattan
a) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46th Street
b) Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics Campus, 260 Pleasant Avenue
Brooklyn
a) Midwood High School, 2839 Bedford Avenue
b) Urban Assembly for Law and Justice, 283 Adams Street
Queens
a) Jamaica Campus, 167-01 Gothic Drive
b) Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway
Staten Island
a) Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue
b) New Dorp High School, 465 New Dorp Lane
Additional locations with warming centers and buses:
1) Olivieri DIC - 257 West 30th Street New York, NY
2) Jackie Kennedy High School - 120 West 46th Street New York, NY
3) Mainchance DIC - 120 East 32nd Street New York, NY
4) Paul's Place DIC - 114 West 14th Street New York, NY
5) Union Hall DIC - 92-32 Union Hall Street Queens, NY
6) Queens DIC - 100-32 Atlantic Avenue Queens, NY
7) Harlem Hospital - 506 Lenox Ave, New York, NY
8) South Ferry - New York, NY
9) Dewitt Clinton High School - 100 Moshulu Pkwy Bronx, NY
10) 16 Bedford Place Brooklyn, NY
11) South Ferry Station End-of-Line - Manhattan
12) Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn College Station End-of-Line - Brooklyn
13) Inwood 207th Street Station End-of Line - Manhattan
14) Penn Station
15) Elmhurst Hospital
16) Lincoln Hospital
17) Bellevue Hospital
18) Queens Hospital
Thank you for your continued partnership and dedication to supporting New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. Your collaboration is vital during extreme weather events and helps save lives.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions or reach out directly to 311 should you encounter any New Yorkers in need of shelter during this cold weather.
Sincerely,
Office of Community Outreach
NYC Department of Social Serviceshas access to a safe place during this code blue weather alert. Please share with your communities.
January 26, 2026
Dear Community Partner,
As New York City manages the current DHS Code Blue weather conditions, we are reaching out to our community-based partners to request your assistance in helping connect individuals experiencing street homelessness to available shelter and emergency services.
During a DHS Code Blue, unsheltered individuals face serious and potentially life-threatening risks due to extreme cold. Community-based organizations can play a critical role in outreach, engagement, and information sharing, and your support is essential to ensuring the safety of our most vulnerable neighbors.
We ask for your assistance with sharing the following during this Code Blue situation:
1) Code Blue & Outreach Support: The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) activates Code Blue when temperatures drop to 32°F or below (including wind chill) between 4:00 PM and 8:00 AM. During Code Blue:
a) People can call 311 for information on shelter, warming centers, and assistance
b) Calls to 311 related to Code Blue are routed to 911 so first responders can reach people quickly
c) Outreach teams are intensifying efforts citywide to connect people to shelter and lifesaving support
d) All DHS facilities, shelters, Safe Havens, stabilization beds, and drop-in centers, have an open-door policy. Please seek help in any of these locations.
e) Intake procedures are relaxed, and outreach teams can directly place people into Safe Havens and stabilization beds.
2) Warming Centers (Open through at least Monday evening): The City has opened warming centers in all five boroughs to provide safe, heated indoor spaces.
All locations below are high schools closed for a scheduled professional learning day.
Bronx
a) Gompers Campus, 455 Southern Boulevard
b) DeWitt Clinton Campus, 100 West Mosholu Parkway
Manhattan
a) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46th Street
b) Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics Campus, 260 Pleasant Avenue
Brooklyn
a) Midwood High School, 2839 Bedford Avenue
b) Urban Assembly for Law and Justice, 283 Adams Street
Queens
a) Jamaica Campus, 167-01 Gothic Drive
b) Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway
Staten Island
a) Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue
b) New Dorp High School, 465 New Dorp Lane
Additional locations with warming centers and buses:
1) Olivieri DIC - 257 West 30th Street New York, NY
2) Jackie Kennedy High School - 120 West 46th Street New York, NY
3) Mainchance DIC - 120 East 32nd Street New York, NY
4) Paul's Place DIC - 114 West 14th Street New York, NY
5) Union Hall DIC - 92-32 Union Hall Street Queens, NY
6) Queens DIC - 100-32 Atlantic Avenue Queens, NY
7) Harlem Hospital - 506 Lenox Ave, New York, NY
8) South Ferry - New York, NY
9) Dewitt Clinton High School - 100 Moshulu Pkwy Bronx, NY
10) 16 Bedford Place Brooklyn, NY
11) South Ferry Station End-of-Line - Manhattan
12) Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn College Station End-of-Line - Brooklyn
13) Inwood 207th Street Station End-of Line - Manhattan
14) Penn Station
15) Elmhurst Hospital
16) Lincoln Hospital
17) Bellevue Hospital
18) Queens Hospital
Thank you for your continued partnership and dedication to supporting New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. Your collaboration is vital during extreme weather events and helps save lives.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions or reach out directly to 311 should you encounter any New Yorkers in need of shelter during this cold weather.
Sincerely,
Office of Community Outreach
NYC Department of Social
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