{"id":154231,"date":"2026-03-05T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154231\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:35:08","slug":"nyc-to-close-historic-bellevue-homeless-shelter-amid-violence-safety-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154231\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC to close historic Bellevue homeless shelter amid violence, safety issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Bellevue shelter on E. 30th Street<\/p>\n

Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

The historic Bellevue homeless shelter for men and adult families<\/a> on the East Side of Manhattan<\/a> will close before the end of next month, according to multiple reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The nine-story, city-owned building, located at 400 E. 30th Street, has served for decades as an emergency take-in center for men and adult families new to the city\u2019s extensive shelter system. Part of Bellevue Hospital\u2019s old psychiatric ward, it can accommodate approximately 850 people, but around 250 residents currently live at the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani <\/a>said in a statement that his administration will close the shelter due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy administration is focused on ensuring every New Yorker experiencing homelessness not only has access to shelter, but to spaces that are safe, humane and truly livable. We cannot accept a system that treats people without dignity or stability,\u201d Mamdani said in a statement. \u201cAs we move forward, our city will double down on protecting the safety, continuity and quality of services \u2014 because every New Yorker deserves a secure place to rest, to recover and to rebuild their life with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The story was first reported in\u00a0Gothamist.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bellevue shelter residents to move Lower East Side
\n\"personThe Bellevue shelter on E. 30th Street.Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

The Mamdani administration said homeless men will begin going to 8 East 3rd St., and adult families will go to 333 Bowery, on the Lower East Side starting on May 1 for intake services. <\/p>\n

Everyone still at Bellevue will be transferred to a shelter in Brooklyn until permanent housing is arranged, the article read, adding that the site will undergo a major redevelopment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The NYS Comptroller\u2019s Office conducted an oversight report<\/a> of the shelter in 2015, finding that it had deteriorated to such a state that \u201cconditions could not be addressed by a traditional plan of corrective action.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it also found that the site could not be closed due to the number of people it sheltered.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cFurther, due to the size of the population served, officials indicated that closing the facility is not a viable option since neither the [Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance nor the Department of Homeless Services] has the ability to place over 800 individuals elsewhere in the homeless shelter system,\u201d the report found.<\/p>\n

Homeless advocates react with concern<\/p>\n

Advocates for the homeless expressed outrage and concern about the impending closure on Thursday, noting the short-notice announcement and the detrimental effects it will have.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny disruption to this critical front door to shelter \u2014 especially on short notice \u2014 risks creating confusion and additional hardship for people who are already experiencing homelessness,\u201d the Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

Serious questions remain regarding how quickly the city is moving on the closure, as sudden shifts could result in more homeless individuals on the streets or people reluctant to seek assistance, reps for the organizations said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbrupt changes could leave people sleeping outside longer or deter individuals and families from seeking help,\u201d the statement noted. \u201cCurrent residents of the on-site shelter will also need to be relocated, and the city must ensure any moves are handled carefully and in ways that fully meet people\u2019s access needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The closure follows a\u00a0recent cold snap in NYC,\u00a0<\/a>which left at least 16 people dead, prompting scrutiny regarding the mayoral administration\u2019s effectiveness in its outreach efforts to the homeless during the extreme weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bellevue shelter on E. 30th Street Photo by Dean Moses The historic Bellevue homeless shelter for men…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[63938,63939,9,56,63,65,64,87,63940,82],"class_list":["post-154231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-bellevue","tag-homeless-shelters-in-nyc","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-politics","tag-shelters-in-nyc","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}