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The city converted the building into the Bedford-Atlantic Shelter, a 500-bed men's homeless shelter, in 1982. [19] The shelter, operated by the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS), is nicknamed "Castle Grayskull" by the homeless and locals, in reference to the armory's castle-like appearance.
This is a list of detention facilities holding illegal immigrants in the United States.The United States maintains the largest illegal immigrant detention camp infrastructure in the world, which by the end of the fiscal year 2007 included 961 sites either directly owned by or contracted with the federal government, according to the Freedom of Information Act Office of the U.S. Immigration and ...
Created in 1993, the department was the first of its kind nationally; with a mission exclusively focused on the issue of homelessness. [7] The Department of Homeless Services was created in response to the growing number of homeless New Yorkers and the 1981 New York Supreme Court Consent Decree that mandates the State provide shelter to all homeless people. [8]
Merchants and residents in a South Bronx neighborhood are crying foul over plans to open a massive new migrant men's shelter next month, calling the move dangerous.
The Fort Washington Avenue Armory, also known as the Fort Washington Armory, The Armory, and the 22nd Regiment Armory, is a historic 5,000-seat arena [3] and armory building located at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between West 168th and 169th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
New York City’s use of hotels as emergency shelters to house migrants will continue for the foreseeable future, The Post has learned, as the Department of Homeless Services is seeking a contract ...
New York’s homeless crisis is growing. More than 200,600 migrants have arrived in New York since the spring of 2022, and more than 65,600 people remain in the city’s care, according to city ...
Daus had previously designed the Lincoln Club on Putnam Avenue in 1889. [1] The armory building is currently used as the Pamoja House (also known as Sumner House Shelter Care Center for Men), a homeless shelter for men managed by Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc. and supervised by New York City Department of Homeless Services.