Free food and assistance is available in New York City, no matter what your situation - you can get nutritious food!

The Coalition Against Hunger has compiled comprehensive guides - referred to as "street sheets" - to free food access in ten different areas within the five boroughs. Thanks to a generous City Council grant, the Coalition was able to professionally design and print up over 170,000 copies of the sheets - 17,000 for each of the ten areas. Information on how and where to access the federal Food Stamp Program, WIC, school and summer meals, senior meals, and varying other free assistance resources is provided in each sheet for the area covered. Each sheet contains a map showing the locations of an area Food Stamp Office, WIC Site, and POS site - a place where eligible people can apply for food stamps online, as well as area soup kitchens and food pantries.


Though you may have access to the printed sheets in your area, the Coalition is pleased to provide copies of the guides for you to download and print out. These are the areas covered by street sheets:

• Chelsea/West Side
• Coney Island
• East Brooklyn
• East Harlem
• Ft. Greene/Park Slope/Crown Heights
• Hamilton Heights
• Long Island City/Astoria
• Lower E. Side/E. Village
• Northeast Bronx
• Staten Island

*If you or anyone you are helping needs food in an area that is not covered by the street sheets, please visit NYCCAH's Hunger Maps page or call 311 to locate food resources in that area.

If you would like to receive hard copies in bulk, or have any questions or comments, please contact Isaac Purdue, Consultant, by e-mail at ipurdue@nyccah.org or by phone at (212) 825-0028 ext. 211.