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Food Bank of NYC Community Kitchen

252 West 116th StreetNew York, NY 10026Website: Visit Website

Our Community Kitchen has served the Harlem community since 1984. We provide more than 100,000 free meals each month through our soup kitchen, food pantry and senior

program. Our team includes professional chefs, community nutritionists, program administrators and caring volunteers ensuring healthy meals, comprehensive services and accessibly care for families and individuals needing it most.


Visit our food pantry to receive groceries for your whole family. While we’ve had to suspend client-choice pantry shopping in light of COVID-19, you can still come pick up a pre-packaged pantry bag of delicious and wholesome food items. Registration is required.

Senior-only Pantry bag pick-up times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 9:30am – 11:00am

Pantry bag pick-up times:
Tuesday, Thursday: 11:00am – 3:30pm
Wednesday: 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Please bring ID to pick-up.

Use Plentiful to register for the pantry and make an appointment to pick up food without waiting in line.

We recommend bringing a shopping cart.

Halal meat available.