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Hello Community Board 13,
This letter is to advise you of the relocation of HRA’s HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) Coney Island Center. This office, currently located on the 2nd floor at 3050 West 21st Street, is staffed with 90 employees, all of whom will be relocated to the 1st and 2nd floors of the new HRA facility at 1912 Mermaid Avenue. The lease at the current location is expiring and HRA is relinquishing the building, and therefore, no HRA offices will remain at the 3050 West 21st Street.
HASA provides intensive case management, rental assistance, emergency and non-emergency housing, and assistance with applying for public benefits and services including Medicaid, food stamps and cash assistance. HASA also provides vocational services that prepare clients for work. Other HASA services include home care and homemaking services, mental health and substance abuse screening and treatment referrals, transportation assistance, referrals to community-based organizations, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applications and appeals.
The current HASA location at 3050 West 21st Street will close on August 26, 2022, as of 5:00 PM, and subsequently, the office operations will resume on August 29, 2022, at 9:00 AM, at the new location at 1912 Mermaid Avenue. Regular operating hours will be from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
The Coney Island HASA Center, serves, on average, approximately 15 clients per day, and services residents in the following zip codes: 11204, 11209, 11210, 11214, 11218, 11219, 11220, 11223, 11224, 11226, 11228, 11229, 11230, 11234, 11235, 11236, and 11239.
The operating hours at the new location will be 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Clients are not required to report to the location in person. Unless there is an emergency, clients are encouraged to conduct business over the telephone or by using Access HRA whenever possible.
Please note that 1912 Mermaid Avenue is located in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, conveniently situated near several bus and subway lines. It is adjacent to, or within walking distance of, the following bus lines: B36, B64, B68, B74, B82, X28, and X38; and the following subway lines: D, F, N, and Q lines at the Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue station.
HRA plans to send notifications of the Center address change to all clients of the Coney Island HASA Center via USPS mail at least 30 days prior to the move date.
If you have any questions about this relocation in relation to constituent services, please contact Kenneth Charles at (929) 221-7209 or via e-mail at charlesk@dss.nyc.gov.
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