NYC Kids Eat Free This Summer at NYC Parks, Pools, and Libraries
Find free local meals near you this summer.
This summer, children and teens up to 18 years old will be able to eat for free at local parks, pools, including Central Park’s newest Gottesman Pool, food trucks, and libraries across the city.
The initiative comes as part of the city’s Free Summer Meals Program, a citywide service that provides free breakfast and lunch to all children and teens aged 18 and under throughout the summer. The program aims to ensure that no child in New York City goes hungry while school is out.
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The program runs from June 27th to August 29th and is available at multiple locations across the five boroughs. A sign-up is not required, and children can walk into the participating locations. Meals, however, must be eaten on-site.
“We are thrilled that our summer meals program is returning this year, making sure that our youngest New Yorkers are fed and nourished,” says Jenna Lyle of the New York City Department of Education. “We are proud to host hundreds of sites across the five boroughs, offering free breakfast and lunch to any person 18 or younger.”
Now running for a few consecutive years, the summer meals program has worked to combat food insecurity across the city. According to the New York City Council, food insecurity rates range between 5% and 32% in New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas. New York City has a high poverty rate, with the Bronx accounting for almost 30% and Brooklyn following at almost 20%.
The summer meals program will be available in multiple locations and will also offer Halal options. See below for some of the locations or head to the official summer meals site for the full list.
Food Truck Service
10:00 am – 4:00 pm Weekdays
10:00 am – 3:00 pm Weekends
7 Days of the Week starting June 27th (No service Friday, July 4, 2025)
Manhattan: Sara D. Roosevelt Park(Open external link) (Chrystie St. & Forsythe Street New York, NY 10002)
Brooklyn: Prospect Park(Open external link) (Parkside & Ocean Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215)
Bronx: Haffen Park(Open external link) (Ely Avenue & Hammersley Avenue Bronx, NY 10469 by the baseball field & basketball courts)
Free Meals
Brooklyn
Borough Park Library
1265 43rd St.
Andries Hudde Junior High School
2500 Nostrand Ave.
Betsy Head Pool
694 Thomas Boyland St.
New Utrecht Library
1743 86th St.
Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity
6565 Flatlands Ave.
Brooklyn New School-PS 146
610 Henry St.
Brooklyn Public Library – Coney Island Library
1901 Mermaid Ave.
Queens
Sunnyside Library
43-06 Greenpoint Ave.
Arverne Library
312 Beach 54th St.
Baisley Park Library
117-11 Sutphin Blvd.
Bayside High School
32-24 Corporal Kennedy St.
Bayside Library
214-20 Northen Blvd.
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
57-00 223 St.
Briarwood Library
85-12 Main St.
Cambria Heights Library
218-13 Linden Blvd.
Central Library CLDC
89-11 Merrick Blvd.
Community Voices Middle School
145-00 Springfield Blvd.
Manhattan
Asser Levy Pool
392 Asser Levy Place @ 23rd St.
Beacon High School
521 West 43 St.
Central Park East High School
1573 Madison Ave.
Central Park East II
433 E. 100 St.
Community Health Academy of the Heights
504 W. 158 St.
Dry Dock Pool
E. 10th Street between Ave. C and D
Frederick Douglass Academy
2581 7 Ave.
Hamilton Fish Pool
128 Pitt St.
High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice
122 Amsterdam Ave.
Highbridge Pool
2301 Amsterdam Ave. & 173 St.
The Bronx
Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications
456 White Plains Rd.
Bedford Park Elementary School
3177 Webster Ave.
Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
800 Home St.
Bronx Debate Academy
1302 Edward L. Grant Highway
Claremont Pool
E. 170 & Clay Ave.
Crotona Pool
173 St. & Fulton Ave.
Edenwald Houses Mini Pool
Schieffelin Ave. & E. 229th St.
Foster Pool (Formerly Named Mullaly Pool)
165 St. & River Ave.
Haffen Pool
Ely Ave. and Burke Ave.
Staten Island
CSI High School for International Studies
100 Essex Dr.
Faber Pool
Richmond Terrace & Faber St.
I.S. 007 Elias Bernstein
1270 Huguenot Ave.
I.S. 027 Anning S. Prall
11 Clove Lake Pl.
I.S. 034 Tottenville
528 Academy Ave.
I.S. 051 Edwin Markham
80 Willowbrook Rd.
I.S. 49 Berta A. Dreyfus
101 Warren St.
I.S. R002 George L. Egbert
333 Midland Ave.
Lyons Pool – NYC Parks
Pier 6 and Victory Blvd.
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