Pride aside, everyone can use a hand sometimes. Please note that Faith United Methodist Church at 221 Heberton Ave., Port Richmond, is no longer a food pantry.
NORTH SHORE
Catholic Charities Community Services:
- Catholic Charities/Rusty Staub Mobile Food Pantry at CYO Center: 120 Anderson Ave., Port Richmond; 718-447-6330 open on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon.
- Catholic Charities/Rusty Staub Mobile Food Pantry at Immaculate Conception Church: 128 Targee St., Stapleton, open the 1st and 3rd Tuesday every month from 9 a.m. to 10 am.
All Saints Episcopal Church: 2329 Victory Blvd., Willowbrook; 718-698-1338 is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon with non-perishable foods.
African Refuge Center via Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry: 185 Park Hill Ave., Concord is open on Wednesdays from 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. There is a drop-in for donations in the lower lobby during the week. Call 718-701-4055 for more information.
Bait-ul Jamaat House of Community in Richmond: 192 Corson Ave., New Brighton. Open the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month form 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call or text 347-289-7991. The mobile food pantry program is for seniors 62 years or older and/or families that are physically disabled or homebound.
CALM (Christ Abundant Life Ministry) Food Pantry :121 Grandview Ave., Mariners Harbor. Must call first —718-273-0372. Hours are Sunday and 1 pm., Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday at 6 p.m.
Calvary Assembly of God: 4055 Richmond Ave., Bulls Head, 718-356-4555, on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Carpenter House via Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry: 385 Jersey St., New Brighton with hours each Monday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Call 718-273-2769 for more information.
CHASI (Community Health Action of Staten Island) Food Pantry: 2134 Richmond Terr., Port Richmond. (Take the S40 bus to Sharpe Ave.) Food include fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy and more. Open for shopping on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday from noon to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Doors close one half-hour before the end of the distribution. Best to go in person but a number is 718-808-1840.
El Centro del Inmigrante: 260 Port Richmond Ave., Port Richmond with hours on Tuesday from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church: 309 St. Paul’s Ave., Stapleton, 718-447-0526. The food pantry is open from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each Saturday. To gain access, guests must show proof of need such as a SNAP car to receive once-a-month groceries that families can select from a variety of items.
The Trinity Lutheran’s soup kitchen meal, gourmet by some standards, is offered from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is served restaurant-style with a complete meal prepared on premise that morning. All are welcome with no questions asked.
New Brighton Church of God in Christ: 386 Jersey St., New Brighton 347-626-4526 with hours each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
New Direction Services: 1027 Post Ave., Port Richmond, 718-880-8773. Call for an appointment.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church: 42 Austin Pl., Tompkinsville; 718-447-1503. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to noon. Bring ID. New clients accepted 1st Saturday of the month.
Project Hospitality: 205 Canal St., Stapleton. The pantry hours are Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon and Thursday 9 a.m. to noon. The Positive Living Dinner for HIV positive clients is also at this address on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The website is Projecthospitality.org and main number is 718-448-1544.
Reach Out & Touch Ministries: 51 Cottage Place, Port Richmond 718-442-5007. Hours are Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Rescue Ministries SI: 2083 Richmond Terr., Mariners Harbor. Hours are Tuesday from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Salvation Army: 1295 Forest Ave., Port Richmond 718-442-2145. This is by appointment only from Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clothing, furniture and book donations are accepted at 493 Mosel Ave., Grasmere from Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Salvation Army: 15 Broad St., Stapleton; 718-448-8480. By appointment only for the 10304, 10309 and 10312 area codes.
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church: 347 Davis Ave., West Brighton, 718-442-1527 open on the first Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to noon with a food pantry.
Stapleton UAME Church: 49 Tompkins Ave., Stapleton, 718-273-2857 with hours each Tuesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Staten Island Liberian Community: 180 Park Hill Ave., Suite LC, Lobby G, Concord; 646-996-8736 with hours each Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.
Staten Island Seventh Day Adventist Church: 80 Union Ave., Mariners Harbor, 718-442-4806 with hours on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
United Church of Praise International Ministries: 32 Sands St., Stapleton, 718-314-8779, 646-229-4079 with hours each Friday and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m.
Vanderbilt Avenue Moravian Church: 285 Vanderbilt Ave., Stapleton. Moveable Feast comes here every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Shiloh AME Zion Church via Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry: 779 Henderson Ave., West Brighton, 347-858-3627. Food distribution is on the first Sunday of each month from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. with fresh fruits and produce.
Mariners Harbor Houses via Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry: At Grandview Ave. and Brabant with hours from Friday from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month.
St. Michael’s & St. Clement’s Church via Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry: 207 Harbor Rd., Mariners Harbor with hours at 1 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Sacred Heart R.C. Church: 981 Castleton Ave., West Brighton. The Holy Name Society runs the pantry one Saturday a month outside the church. For more information call, 917-756-2715.
* St. Peter‘s-St. Paul-Assumption Food Pantry: 53 St. Mark’s Pl., St. George. Call the rectory at 718-727-2672. The pantry is open Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m., except on any fifth Friday of the month. For donations please text Nancy Hally at 718-354-0788 to coordinate drop-offs and volunteer requests.
EAST SHORE
Christian Pentecostal Church: 900 Richmond Rd., Concord, 718-273-5850. with Tuesday hours from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Lines can be long.
Dongan Hills Head Start: 44 Dongan Hills Ave., Dongan Hills, on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 9:30 a.m. to 11 am.
Holy Rosary Church: 80 Jerome Ave., South Beach, 718-727-3360 with hours from Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 2:30 p.m. for 10305 residents only.
Staten Island University Hospital North: 475 Seaview Ave., Ocean Breeze every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
South Beach Houses via Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry: 155 Norway Ave., South Beach with hours from on the 1st and 3rd Fridays from 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Cedar Grove Ave. and Topping St. Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry: New Dorp Beach every 1st and 3rd Friday from 11:30 a.m. t0 noon.
Mobile Food Pantry at Midland Beach: 511 Midland Ave. every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Muslim American Society of Brooklyn and Staten Island Inc.: 180 Burgher Ave., Dongan Hills. This pantry includes halal food
Salvation Army: 15 Broad St., Stapleton, 718-448-8480. By appointment only for pickups and drop-offs. Clothing, furniture and book donations are accepted at 493 Mosel Ave., Grasmere from Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
SOUTH AND WEST SHORE
South Shore Food Pantry: Find this pantry at 48 Chisholm St., a partner with various restaurants and bakeries on the 1st Tuesday and 3rd Saturday of each month.
The open air space can be found directly behind the Tottenville High School football field. Its distribution happens rain or shine. For donations, the contact info is SSCFP@yahoo.com or go to SouthShoreCFP.com. Its coordinator Joe Preach can be reached by text or call at 347-352-1447.
Bethel Methodist Church Mobile Food Pantry: 7033 Amboy Rd., Tottenville on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. The church number is 718-984-1277.
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church: 7558 Amboy Rd., Tottenville, 718-227-2485 with hours on Saturday to make appointments for pickup the following week.
Oakwood Heights Community Church: 345 Guyon Ave., Oakwood; 718-351-3667, Myohcc.org with hours from 10 a.m. to noon on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month.
* St. Edward Food Pantry: 6581 Hylan Blvd., Princes Bay, 718-984-1625. Margaret Moschetto is the director and takes food and gift card donations on Tuesdays and Thursdays — no clothing, please. Hours of service to the public are Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. They are not open on the fifth Wednesday of each month.
Tottenville Mobile Food Pantry: At Yetman Ave. between Summit St. and Academy Ave., every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. For more information call the main number at 718-815-0800.
MID-ISLAND
Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island: 1466 Manor Rd., Seaview, 718-475-5228. The JCC operates a Digital Kosher Food Pantry, with online ordering. Clients can “shop” for their food online, similar to grocery pickup services like Instacart, and then pick it up confidentially at the JCC. For first time appointments, please contact Paloma Wasserstein at 718-475-5228 or PWasserstein@SIJCC.COM. There are numerous feeding programs offered to seniors as well. For more information, visit Sijcc.org/foodpantry.html
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION:
For the halal food pantry program, the Council of People’s Organization (COPO) operates a “client choice” Food Pantry that distributes over 360,000 pounds of food per year to low-income households throughout NYC including Staten Island. For more information go to Copo.org/emergency-food, email info@copo.org or call718-434-3266.
The Moveable Feast Food Pantry is run by Project Hospitality which can be reached at their main number, 718-448-1544.
Meals on Wheels of Staten Island offers prepared meals for homebound seniors and based at 304 Port Richmond Ave., Port Richmond, 718-727-4435.
Food Bank for New York is a food distributing hub that includes a program locator, Foodbanknyc.org.
Catholic Charity Run Resources
Cassidy Coles Senior Center at NYCHA Cassidy – Lafayette Houses 125 Cassidy Place, SI, NY 10301
Every 2nd &4th Monday of each month, 1:0 pm – 2:00 pm
Immaculate Conception Church
128 Targee St., SI, NY 10304
Every 1st &3rd Tuesday of each month, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Seaview C Development
155 – 175 Friendship Ln, SI, NY 10314
Every 2nd &4th Tuesday of each month, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
St. Joseph’s Church
463 Tompkins Ave., SI, NY 10305
Every 1st &3rd Wednesday of each month, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
NYCHA Todt Hill Houses
255 Westwood Ave., SI, NY 10314
Every 2nd &4th Wednesday of each month, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Catholic Charities Community Center 120 Anderson Ave., SI, NY 10302
Thursdays, 10:00 ma – 12:00 pm
West Brighton Senior Center at NYCHA West Brighton Houses 230 Broadway, SI, NY 10310
Every 1st &3rd Friday of each month, 9:30 am – 10:30 am **End times may vary as
