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"After working all day, coming home to an empty kitchen is hard. The juice is always the first thing to go.

"But we are so lucky. We can come here and get a good hot meal or a bag of groceries that will pull us through."

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Community Kitchen & Food Pantry of West Harlem


Located at 252 W 116 Street, our Community Kitchen & Food Pantry of West Harlem has offered New Yorkers in need direct food service since 1984. Our full-service soup kitchen and food pantry help provide close to 365,000 free meals annually. In addition, the Community Kitchen runs an herb and vegetable garden — made possible through the support of BNP Paribas — and provide the space for our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program.

Contact Heather Joseph, Volunteer Services Manager, for volunteer opportunities at our Community Kitchen


Soup Kitchen
The Food Bank's Harlem soup kitchen prepares and serves 8,000 meals every month to New Yorkers in need — the majority of whom are women, children, seniors, the working poor and people with disabilities.

Food Pantry
Our choice-style food pantry allows low-income New Yorkers to select fresh produce and packaged food items themselves in a supermarket-style setting — helping provide food for more than 22,700 meals a month.
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