Bushwick Health Center
Location: 335 Central Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
The Bushwick Health Center coordinates and hosts a variety of programs and activities focused on the health and wellness of Bushwick residents. Our partners also offer both primary care and social services, such as assistance with WIC and SNAP.
While the center is undergoing renovations, our partners are still available and continue to provide services.
Go to: Workshops and Programs | Additional Services
Workshops and Programs
Mental Health First Aid Training
The Mental Health First Aid education program teaches the skills needed to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance abuse challenges and crises. This eight-hour in-person course uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to offer initial help in a mental health crisis and connect people to the appropriate professional, peer, social and self-help care. After completion of the course, participants will receive a three-year certification in Mental Health First Aid.
- Register through TimeTap. For more information, contact Carlos Tejeda: ctejeda@health.nyc.gov or 646-703-1164.
Naloxone Training
Naloxone trainings teach how to recognize and reverse an opioid overdose. Participants will become an opioid overdose responder and receive an overdose response kit with naloxone, a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose and restores breathing.
- If you are a local business or community-based organization and would like to host a training for your staff or clients, contact Aqsa Shahbaz: ashahbaz@health.nyc.gov or 718-637-5271.
Spanish-Language Childbirth Education
In this training, you will learn about signs and stages of labor, breathing and relaxation, breastfeeding your new baby, and how your partner can support you. Cycles are five weeks long and will be offered both virtually and in-person. Register for classes using the links below.
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Additional Services
The following services are provided by partnering organizations within the Bushwick Health Center:
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Bushwick Communicare
NYC Health + Hospitals provides high quality and affordable health care services to every member of your family. Primary care teams are specially trained to help you manage ongoing conditions, such as asthma, heart disease or diabetes, as well as access preventive care, such as annual check-ups and immunizations. Confidential sexual and reproductive care for adolescents 13 to 21 years old are also provided.
- To make an appointment, call NYC Health + Hospitals at 844-692-4692.
- Monday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Tuesday to Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Fourth Saturday of every month: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Public Health Solutions: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program
Public Health Solutions provides educational sessions led by WIC nutritionists on healthy eating and physical activity, breastfeeding support, and the use of eWIC cards to purchase nutritious foods. Referrals to other services can be provided, including SNAP, health insurance, medical and dental providers and childcare.
- In person services: Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Available by phone only: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Appointments and walk-ins are welcome.
- For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 718-919-0044.
Health Insurance Services
Health insurance counselors can explain your health insurance and care options, regardless of your immigration status, help you and your family enroll in or renew health insurance, find out if you qualify for financial help to pay for a low-cost private health insurance plan, and assist with applying for SNAP benefits.
- For more information or to schedule an enrollment appointment, call 347-236-7029, 646-799-1346 or 347-236-9934.
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Appointments preferred, but walk-ins welcome until 2:30 p.m.