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Where to Find the Shelter Closest to You

By Nicole Bode | October 29, 2012 9:13am

Here's a list of the city's hurricane evacuation shelters.

In Manhattan. Seward Park High School, at 350 Grand St.; Baruch College on East 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue; the High School of Graphic Communication Arts, on West 49th Street, between Ninth and 10th avenues; John Jay College at 10th Avenue and West 59th Street; Hunter College, at Park Avenue and East 68th Street; Brandeis High School on West 84th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues; IS 118, at Manhattan Avenue and West 105th Street; PS 171, on East 103rd between Fifth and Madison avenues; IS 88, between Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. and Fredrick Douglass Blvd.; Bread and Roses High School, at Edgecombe Avenue and West 136th Street; City College, at Amsterdam Avenue and West 138th Street; IS 90, at Jumel Place and West 168th Street; and at George Washington High School, between Audobon and Amsterdam avenues at West 193rd Street.

In Brooklyn. NYC Technical College, at 300 Jay St.; Park Slope Armoy, at 361 15th St.; J.H.S. 57, at 125 Stuyvesant Ave.; I.S. 111, 35 Starr St.; I.S. 117, AT 300 Willoughby Ave.; I.S. 136, at 4004 4th Ave.; I.S. 189, 1100 East New York Ave.; I.S. 246, 72 Veronica Place; P.S. 249, at 18 Marlborough Road, I.S. 271, 1137 Herkimer St.; I.S. 55, 2021 Bergen St.; I.S. 292, at 300 Wyona St.; I.S. 383, 1300 Greene Ave.; Franklin K. Lane High School, at 999 Jamaica Ave.; Brooklyn Tech High School, 29 Fort Greene Place; Boys & Girls High School, at 1700 Fulton St.; John Jay High School, 237 7th Ave.; Bushwick High School, 400 Irving Ave.; I.S. 187, at 1171 65 St.; Franklin D. Roosevelt High School; 5800 20 Ave.; and Clara Barton High School, at 910 Classon Ave.

In Queens. Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd.; Queensborough Community College, at 222-05 56th Ave.; York College, at 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd.; Grover Cleveland High School, at 21-27 Himrod St.; I.S. 217, 85-05 144 St.; Belmont Racetrack, Hempstead Turnpike and Cross Island Parkway; John Adams High School, at 101 Rockaway Blvd.; P.S. 136, at 201-15 115 Ave.; P.S. 19, at 98-02 Roosevelt Ave.; I.S. 74, at 61-15 Oceania St.; J.H.S. 185, 147-26 25 Drive, Bayside High School, 32-24 Corp. Kennedy Blvd., Forest Hills High School, 67-01 110 St.; P.S. 175, 64-35 102 St.; William C. Bryant High School, 48-10 31 Ave.; P.S. 20, at 142-30 Barclay Ave.; Newcomers High School, at 28-01 21st Ave.; P.S. 166, 33-09 35 Ave.; Newtown High School, 48-01 90 St.; Flushing High School, at 35-01 Union St.; Hillcrest High School, at 160-05 Highland Ave.; and Aviation High School; 45-30 36 St.

In The Bronx. Lehman College, at 250 Bedford Park Blvd.; Bronx Community College, at 20 West 181st St.; I.S. 201, 730 Bryant Ave.; I.S. 98, 1619 Boston Road; P.S. 102, 1827 Archer St.; M.S./H.S. 141, 660 West 237 St.; I.S. 145, at 1000 Teller Ave.; P.S. 211, at 1919 Prospect Ave.; P.S. 92, 100 East 179 St.; P.S. 306, 40 West Tremont Ave.; William H. Taft High School, at 240 East 172 St.; Evander Childs High School, 800 East Gun Hill Road, Harry S. Truman High School, 750 Baychester Ave.; and P.S. 5, 564 Jackson Ave.

In Staten Island. P.S. 80, at 715 Ocean Terrace; I.S. 51, at 20 Houston St.; Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Ave.; Tottenville High School, 100 Luten Ave.; and Susan E. Wagner High School, at 1200 Manor Road.
From these locations, evacuees will either be assigned to that shelter or taken to another shelter.

For additional information on evacuation zones and which shelter you should head to, visit www.nyc.gov/hurricanezones or call 311. To see if you are in a flood zone, try the city's address lookup tool.