The Meatloaf Kitchen at University Community Social Services

The Meatloaf Kitchen at University Community Social Services Founded in 1982 by two university professors who saw a great need among the many homeless people in their neighborhood. We operate a pantry for food staples.

Together they started a temporary – or so they thought – soup kitchen open to anyone who needed sustenance. But just serving a meal is often not enough. One of the benefits of being there for our guests each and every Saturday for over 25 years is that we are often the most dependable thing in their lives, lives usually filled with great uncertainty. We have worked hard to earn their trust, which

allows us to provide other much-needed services:
Volunteers overseen by a professional social worker assist our guests with advice and referrals for their housing, healthcare, employment, legal and other social service needs. The Kitchen also partners with other local community groups to provide direct services to our guests, including food stamp registration, vision screening and drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. Donated computers with Internet access donated by Nazareth Housing, a wonderful neighboring social service agency are available for use by our guests. Volunteers are on hand to help put together résumés, teach basic computer skills, look for jobs, and research available services. We distribute donated clothing.

06/07/2026
Happy Memorial Day from our family to yours… it’s was a chilly and wet day but our amazing volunteers turned out to offe...
05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Day from our family to yours… it’s was a chilly and wet day but our amazing volunteers turned out to offer service with a smile. Not to mention creative (and yummy) cupcakes and cake pops as an extra treat!

We could not allow Volunteer Appreciation week to pass without taking you back a few decades to the 1990’s. Long before ...
04/25/2026

We could not allow Volunteer Appreciation week to pass without taking you back a few decades to the 1990’s. Long before people used cell phones and before social media even existed, Meatloaf was serving more than 500 lunches every week. These are some of the faces who kept us going week after week (you may even recognize a few). Please join us in giving them a long overdue thank-you!

We just wanted to take a moment and show love to the people who keep us going every week since 1982! While we could neve...
04/20/2026

We just wanted to take a moment and show love to the people who keep us going every week since 1982! While we could never recognize every Meatloafer for the part they play, we hope you enjoy these memories from the past few months and know that each of you is appreciated by our guests!

Huge thank you to our friends at Shower Power for providing us with over 100 bags full of much needed hygiene supplies f...
04/19/2026

Huge thank you to our friends at Shower Power for providing us with over 100 bags full of much needed hygiene supplies for our guests. We greatly appreciate all they have done for our guests, and look forward to many more years of collaboration!

Happy Easter from our peeps to yours!
04/04/2026

Happy Easter from our peeps to yours!

Address

PO Box 230728
New York, NY
10023

Opening Hours

8am - 2:30pm

Telephone

(347) 850-2230

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