BRC

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New York City‘s Bowery neighborhood was once a place where people went to hide from their problems, finding refuge in makeshift shelters and flophouses that offered little more than four-foot by six-foot cubicles with chicken wire roofs, dingy mattresses, and a single bare lightbulb.

Most of the men that lived on the Bowery - New York‘s "Skid Row" - were addicted to alcohol and drugs, beset by physical and mental illness, without shelter and without hope. Most, but not all. In 1971, a handful of these Bowery residents began to take control of their lives, and to change them for the better. This small group of men created a self-help day program where sober men could escape despair and support one another. Initially called the "The Social Rehabilitation Club for Public Inebriates," this mutual-aid would eventually grow into the The Bowery Residents‘ Committee (BRC) that we know today.

In 1976, BRC created it’s first residential program, the Sobering-Up Station, a place that offered professional support and community assistance. With this development, BRC began to build its reputation as a center of dignity and self-respect for New Yorkers in crisis.

Through today, BRC has created programs and facilities designed to serve the most vulnerable New Yorkers, including services like transit outreach, temporary housing, workforce development, long-term housing, and more. As long as there are New Yorkers that need these services, BRC will be here to offer a hand up.

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