The numbers, addresses and links a family around here actually ends up needing — collected once so nobody has to go hunting for them at the worst possible moment.
Every address, phone number and link on this page was checked against
the city’s own listing on July 29, 2026. Where the city keeps a
lookup tool that stays current — pantries, your collection days — we send you
to the tool instead of copying numbers that go stale.
Something here wrong or moved? Text Lamont at
347-385-9689 and it gets fixed.
Fire, a medical emergency, or a crime happening right now.
Call or text, free, 24 hours. For yourself, or when you're worried about somebody else and don't know who to call.
Everything else the city handles. Free, 24 hours, and they'll translate.
File it online or in the 311 app rather than by phone — you get a service-request number, and a number is what lets you follow up when nothing happens. Give the closest building address, not "the corner", and add a photo.
All of it goes through the same place.
You can't report it the same day — 311 takes missed-collection reports starting 8:00 AM the day after your collection day.
Sanitation's own lookup, by address. We don't print the days here because they change and a stale schedule is worse than none.
At the curb by midnight before your collection day — not the morning of.
Every holiday street cleaning is suspended, from DOT. Also in Haitian Creole, Spanish and 11 other languages on the DOT site.
Straight up Albany Avenue from the block. A Level 1 Trauma Center — one of only three in Brooklyn. They treat you whether or not you have insurance or papers.
The ER will see you, but you'll wait behind everyone who's worse off. Call 311 and ask for a clinic near you instead.
The city's own map of pantries and community kitchens. Always current.
See what's open near you and book a pickup time before you walk over, so you're not standing in a line for nothing. Free, and in several languages.
Ask for food locations near you and they'll read them out.
One screener, about ten minutes, no account needed — tells you what you can get. SNAP, cash assistance, child care, health insurance, discounted transit. Anonymous.
Registration, the year's calendar, and finding your zoned school.
Nearest branch. A card is free, so is the wifi, and there's after-school and homework help. Check the hours before you go — they move.
Our City Council district is 40. Her office handles the things 311 won't move on — email District40@council.nyc.gov.
Where street closures, liquor licences and construction in the district get heard. Meetings are open to anybody — email bk17@cb.nyc.gov.
Community Affairs is 718-287-2530 — that's the number for block-party paperwork and neighbourhood concerns, not 911.
Lamont is from this block — his family is still here, and he comes back to help put the party on. He also builds websites and apps. These are the ones that might be useful — or just fun — for a family living around here.
These aren’t block association programs. The association doesn’t run them and isn’t responsible for them — they’re one neighbor’s work, shared because it may help. Most are free; where there’s a paid plan, the site itself will say so. Our own programs are on the Programs page.
Youth and family services a few doors down at 879 Albany Ave — sports, mentorship, educational programs and holistic support, for young people of every ability and background. The nonprofit Lamont runs, Working Wonders Starting Home Inc. A separate organisation from the block association.
Live subway and bus arrivals for the whole city — every station and bus route, on a map, straight from your phone's browser. Nothing to install.
A Brooklyn heart-health guide: understand your numbers, find real food swaps, scan products while you're in the store, and see which shops nearby actually carry the good stuff. In English, Spanish and Kreyòl.
A quiet place to check in with yourself — mood and journal tracking, guided programs, and an AI companion to talk things through. Built on years of youth-development work.
Not a substitute for professional care. If you or someone you love is in crisis, call or text 988 — the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, free and 24/7.
Reading practice built around one child's IEP goals, and a record that reports back in the goal's own words. Calm, untimed, and it never says wrong. Your child's plan is read on your own device — it is never uploaded.
A K–12 coaching program built around real build expeditions, plus reading, writing and math that adapts to your child. The kid is the author, not the audience.
Daily reading, writing and math that adapts as your child moves up from Kindergarten through 5th grade.
Culturally-centred stories, games and 130+ lessons in math, science, history and social-emotional learning, for kids 4–9. Starts with a free trial.
Cut back on processed food at your own pace, with your people behind you. No shame and no giving anything up — it starts with just noticing.
Run one prompt through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and the image models side by side, and see which one actually answers it best — plus prompt recipes and live model rankings.
This one is a paid subscription, not a free tool.
Vote, argue and rank the most hated players in NBA history — villain scores, daily face-offs and live game alerts. Pure sports talk, for the ones who never let a debate go.