New Home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

City Harvest’s New Home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

This year marks 40 years since City Harvest helped start the food rescue movement when a group of New Yorkers saw that New York City had an abundance of excess food, while so many of its residents were struggling to feed themselves and their families.

Throughout our 40-year history, City Harvest has stepped up to help feed our neighbors in need through some of our city’s most challenging times. With the partnership of our fellow New Yorkers, we have become one of the most effective and efficient food rescue organizations in the world, rescuing and delivering millions of pounds of nutritious food each year to help feed our neighbors.

In early 2022, City Harvest moved our operations to Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Our new food rescue and delivery hub is called the Cohen Community Food Rescue Center, in recognition of a significant leadership donation from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation. We are delighted to partner with three leading architecture firms, Ennead Architects, Rockwell Group, and Ware Malcomb, to renovate the historic building. We are excited to join the dynamic Sunset Park community and thrilled with the possibilities our new home will bring to help feed the many New Yorkers who are depending on us today and in the decades to come.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]

X

Floor 1Click on floorplan to explore

52ND STREET STAFF ENTRANCE 53RD STREET VISITORS' ENTRANCE

A large Outdoor Lot that will serve as a home for our fleet of 23 trucks and our 10th Mobile Market

  • Parking Lot (22,858 sq. ft.) 2,858 sq. ft. added

Exterior Loading Docks through which millions of pounds of nutritious food will be rescued and loaded for distribution across the city

  • 7 Loading Docks
    4 loading docks added

Dry Goods Storage Area with more than twice the space of our current facility

  • 1,100+ Dry Racked Pallet Positions
    600+ pallet positions added
  • Electric charging stations
    for equipment

Office Area embedded in the facility to streamline efficiencies in warehouse operations and transportation

Service Hub where agency representatives can wait while their trucks are loaded full of fresh food to be distributed to families in need

Larger Freezer and Cooler Space to ensure more food stays fresher longer, enabling City Harvest to thoughtfully and strategically deliver a variety of nutritious food to all five boroughs

  • 673 Refrigerated Pallet Positions
    370+ pallet positions added
  • 99 Freezer Pallet Positions
  • 620+ Flex Refrigerated/Freezer Pallet Positions New Feature

Visitors’ Center which will welcome thousands of volunteers, supporters, advocates, and community partners each year for repacks, trainings, dinners, and other gatherings

Green Initiatives

  • Gold LEED certification goal
  • Energy efficient lighting
  • Radiant heating and cooling

Floor 2Click on floorplan to explore

52ND STREET 53RD STREET

Green Initiatives

  • Gold LEED certification goal
  • Energy efficient lighting
  • Radiant heating and cooling

Rooftop Terrace & Garden to be used for repack volunteers to congregate, host a community garden, and serve as a social area during events

Event Space to host, entertain, educate, and inspire partners, supporters, community members, and other friends to connect with our mission and values

Demonstration Kitchen where culinary training courses and cooking demos will be hosted by our talented Food Council Chefs

Education Center where thousands of volunteers, agency partners, and community members will convene for onboarding, safety training, best-in-class workshops, and other informational and educational session

Repack Space where thousands of volunteers will help sort and repack millions of pounds of food to be distributed to New Yorkers in need

  • Repack (10,000 sq. ft.)
    4,000 sq. ft. added

Office Space on our second floor to house all City Harvest staff who keep our organization running

  • Office (46,560 sq. ft.)
    15,000 sq. ft. added