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Skip to content Home Get Help Extreme Cold: Code Blue Extreme Cold: Code Blue A graphic that reads "code blue: when temperatures in NYC drop below freezing, a Code Blue alert is activated.

The Department of Homeless Services has a policy called “Code Blue” for winter nights when the temperature drops to 32 degrees or below, including wind-chill, between 4:00 PM and 8:00 AM.

What Changes When Code Blue is in Effect?

On these nights, Department of Homeless Services policies are relaxed to ensure everyone is warm and safe. This includes:

  • Drop-in centers are required to take as many clients as possible, within the Department of Buildings restrictions.
  • Anyone in need of a place to go can walk into single adult or family shelters, without undergoing typical intake and eligibility procedures, for the night in question.
  • Clients can access any shelter, not just their assigned shelter, for the night in question.
  • More outreach teams will be on the streets to offer services and shelter.
  • No shelter suspensions or sanctions can be carried out on these dates. Clients who have been sanctioned can return to the shelter for the night in question, if necessary.

Temporary Warming Centers have been opened up across the city, in all five boroughs to provide safe, heated indoor spaces. These locations are:

Bronx

  • Gompers Campus, 455 Southern Boulevard
  • DeWitt Clinton Campus, 100 West Mosholu Parkway

Manhattan

  • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46th Street
  • Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics Campus, 260 Pleasant Avenue

Brooklyn

  • Midwood High School, 2839 Bedford Avenue
  • Urban Assembly for Law and Justice, 283 Adams Street

Queens

  • Jamaica Campus, 167-01 Gothic Drive
  • Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway

Staten Island

  • Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue
  • New Dorp High School, 465 New Dorp Lane

Additional locations with warming centers and buses

  • Olivieri DIC – 257 West 30th Street New York, NY
  • Jackie Kennedy High School – 120 West 46th Street New York, NY
  • Mainchance DIC – 120 East 32nd Street New York, NY
  • Paul’s Place DIC – 114 West 14th Street New York, NY
  • Union Hall DIC – 92-32 Union Hall Street Queens, NY
  • Queens DIC – 100-32 Atlantic Avenue Queens, NY
  • Harlem Hospital – 506 Lenox Ave, New York, NY
  • South Ferry – New York, NY
  • Dewitt Clinton High School – 100 Moshulu Pkwy Bronx, NY
  • 16 Bedford Place Brooklyn, NY
  • South Ferry Station End-of-Line – Manhattan
  • Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn College Station End-of-Line – Brooklyn
  • Inwood 207th Street Station End-of Line – Manhattan
  • Penn Station
  • Elmhurst Hospital
  • Lincoln Hospital
  • Bellevue Hospital
  • Queens Hospital

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