Homeless Drop-In Center Locations For New York City

Over a dozen columns pinpoint homeless drop-in centers across New York City's five boroughs, including precise geographic coordinates and administrative boundaries. This directory lists facilities providing hot meals, showers, medical help, and sleeping places. The data is maintained by the City of New York and was last updated in July 2025.

Use Cases

• Map service locations by Borough and Address using Latitude and Longitude coordinates.
• Analyze center distribution per Community Board or Council District to identify coverage gaps.
• Join with other datasets using geographic keys like BBL or Census Tract for neighborhood-level analysis.
• Filter centers by administrative region using columns like NTA or Postcode for targeted outreach planning.

Strengths

• Includes precise geolocation data via Latitude and Longitude columns.
• Contains multiple administrative and geographic identifiers like BBL, Census Tract, and NTA for joins.

Limitations

• Unknown row count prevents assessment of dataset completeness.
• Lacks temporal data on service hours or capacity, limiting operational analysis.
• Sample data unavailable to verify data consistency and null values.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Freshness

Last updated July 2025.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA