Older Adult, Youth and Community Services

Hamilton-Madison House offers Youth Development programs for children and teens that provide students with life-enhancing activities that develop life skills to handle everyday stresses effectively and to prepare them for future responsibilities at school, work and home.

LIFT Program

Since 2021, Hamilton-Madison House’s Local Initiative Fostering Togetherness program, or LIFT, has helped youth develop leadership skills, pursue common passions and partake in service projects. Activities include community service, composting, fundraising, intergenerational walking clubs, martial arts, podcasting, S.A.T. and college prep, birthday celebrations for seniors, team building, drumming, writing classes, videography and more.

Two Bridges Youth Farmers Market

Since 2022, LIFT participants have run a seasonal, weekly farmers market outside of 50 Madison on Sundays from 10am to 3pm. The Market accepts cash, credit/debit, EBT, NYC Health Bucks, WIC and Senior FMNP, and coupons/checks. You can also receive $2 in NYC Health Bucks for every $2 spent in EBT, up to $10 per day. Instead of hate, spread a healthy plate!

Hamilton-Madison House strives to create a thriving community, one personal interaction at a time. Whether providing non-English speaking residents with English language, computer, and career skills, or connecting and supporting older adults through a variety of programming, these services help members become more active in their communities.

Hamilton-Madison House provides a variety of older adult programs and centers that strive to minimize isolation and depression by helping older adults continue to live as active members of the community.  The programs and centers serve more than 5,500 older adults who range from 60-90 years old and who speak eight different languages and dialects. Hamilton-Madison House also provides caregivers and families caring for older adults with resources, information and support to assist their loved ones.

For over 70 years, the City Hall Older Adult Center has been a beacon of high-quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate services for older adults aged 60-plus. Our mission is to promote wellness, independence, and combat social isolation and economic insecurity. Through programs like computer and photography classes, arts clubs, and health management workshops, we empower older New Yorkers to age with dignity in their own community.

This program is funded by NYC Aging.

Caregivers play a critical role in keeping older adults healthy and engaged. We support caregivers across various areas, including providing information and assistance on benefits and entitlements, including Medicaid, SNAP, SCRIE, HEAP, along with Support Groups that discuss topics which are relevant to seniors’ well-being.  We also offer Counseling, Supplemental and Respite care to those clients that require financial and emotional assistance.

Our Caregiver Citywide Program serves informal/unpaid caregivers of older adults, and their loved ones, throughout New York City’s five boroughs. The Citywide program focuses on Asian speaking clients such as Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. This site is located at 100 Gold Street, Lower Level.

For more information, please reach out to [email protected].

Hamilton-Madison House’s Caregiver Manhattan Program also serves informal/unpaid caregivers of older adults, and their loved ones, but throughout Manhattan’s community districts 1-7.  This site is located at 50 Madison Street, 2^nd Floor.

For more information, please reach out to [email protected].

This program is funded by NYC Aging.

With offices enmeshed in the growing older adult communities of Knickerbocker Village, Alfred E. Smith Houses, and Chatham Green, we are able to provide social services, case management services and engaging programming directly to community members, where they need it most.  

Our Knickerbocker Village NORC is located at 36 Monroe Street, and can be reached at 212-349-0616. Our Alfred E. Smith NORC is located at 50 Madison Street, and can be reached at 212-349-3724 x 9312. And our Chatham Green NORC is located at 185 Park Row, and can be reached at 212-233-2731. The Chatham Green NORC also services Confucius Plaza.

This program is funded by NYC Aging.

Our Social Adult Day Program provides a haven for older adults, especially those with mobility issues. To find out more about program requirements and availability, please call 212-720-4588. 

This program is funded by NYC Aging.