Food Shopping

Fridays at 25-82 Steinway St 
Grocery Distribution: 7am-9am
Extras Distribution: 12pm-5pm

How It Works:

• There is no need to sign up, show your ID, or give your name. To get food, all you have to do is come on Friday mornings.
• We have about 200 standard grocery bags every week for distribution. 
• Each person is only allowed to take one bag of groceries. Unfortunately we run out of food every week, so we do not offer doubles to anyone, so we can help as many people as possible.
• The first 10-30 people to arrive get to come inside between 9am-10am and shop for food that was collected at donation drives throughout the week.
  • ​We issue a certain number of shopping tickets every week based on how much food we have.
  • If you want to come inside and shop, we recommend you arrive before 7am to get in line.

What We Give:

Standard Grocery Bag (7am-9am):
-1lb rice, 1lb pasta, 2lbs dried beans
-Assorted fresh fruits and vegetables
-1 quart whole milk
​-12 eggs

Extras (12pm-5pm): 
​From 12pm-5pm on Fridays we are open for shopping of anything we have available that day. Sometimes we have hot lunches or non-perishables like canned goods. If we had a slow week and there's not much food available, we will put out clothing and books for free instead.

Getting Clothes, Diapers, and Other Items

Our free clothing store is open for shopping on Wednesdays from 10am-4pm (closed the 1st Wednesday of every month). We also sometimes put the clothing racks outside on other days, when the weather is nice.

If you are looking for diapers, masks, or other hygiene products, feel free to ask a volunteer any time we are open (see our full open hours below). We cannot guarantee that we will have all products or all sizes of diapers available, but we try to keep them in stock through donation drives and bulk purchasing.