ATTENTION: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Mobile Soup Kitchen is currently suspended until February 2021.
Our Mobile Soup Kitchen (MSK) is a customized, energy-efficient food truck serving nutritious hot meals and providing outreach services 5 days a week to New York City’s most impoverished communities in Williamsburg, Coney Island, Brownsville, East New York, Woodside, and The Rockaways.
Henry Torani, Rochelle Gonzalez
and Danny Velez feeding people
on the Mobile Soup Kitchen
The MSK is the mobile extension of St John’s Bread & Life, reaching out to families and individuals who do not have easy access to food and other social services. Last year, when residents of the Red Hook housing projects found themselves without cooking gas, we altered our MSK route to deliver hot meals to those in need.
An MSK worker offers social service referrals and information to directly connect folks with assistance to housing, counseling, health, detoxification/rehabilitation programs, public benefits, tax preparation, job training, and immigration services.
Currently our service schedule is:
Mornings
| Day | Start | Finish | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 10:30 am | 12 noon | Coney Island Mermaid Avenue and West 21st Street Coney Island, NY 11224 |
| Tuesday | 9:30 am | 10:45 am | Woodside-Day Laborers Woodside Hart Playground 37th Avenue and 69th Street Woodside, Queens 11377 |
| Wednesday | 9:30 am | 10:45 am | Williamsburg - Womens Day Laborers 240 Division Avenue and Marcy Avenue Williamsburg, NY 11211 |
| Thursday | 10:30 am | 12 noon | Coney Island Mermaid Avenue Corner and West 21st Street Coney Island, NY 11224 |
| Friday (Except first Friday of each month) |
10:30 am | 11:45 am | Red Hook 98 Richards Street Brooklyn, NY 11231
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Afternoons
| Day | Start | Finish | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:15 pm | 1:30 pm | Holy House of Prayer 1768 St. John's Place at Eastern Parkway Brownsville 11233 |
| Tuesday | 11:30 am | 12:30 pm | St. Gabriel's Church New Lots Ave. & Linwood Street East New York 11208 |
| Wednesday | 11:30 am | 12:30 pm | St. Gabriel's Church New Lots Ave. & Linwood Street East New York 11208 |
| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Wayside Baptist Church 1746 Broadway Brooklyn 11207 |
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| Thursday | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | Holy House of Prayer 1768 St. John's Place at Eastern Parkway Brownsville 11233 |
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Friday (Except first Friday of each month) |
12:15 pm | 1:30 pm |
Maria Hernandez Park Knickerbocker Ave. & Starr St. Brooklyn 11237 |
Bread & Life is a crucial provider of basic needs assistance and a key voice in the fight against hunger in New York City.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic Bread & Life continues to reach the hungry, homeless and working poor. Here are some of our FY 2021 projections (July-June):