Boro Park Jewish Community Council
opens new state-of-the-art facility
MODERN: The Boro Park Jewish Community Council opened a new, modern facility to provide social services to Borough Park residents on April 29.
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A community group in Borough
Park opened a new stateof
the-art social service center
on April 29.
The Boro Park Jewish Community
Council welcomed
neighbors to its new facility,
located at 1310 46th St., which
will serve more than 20,000 clients
who utilize the council’s
various services annually, according
to its CEO.
“We are at the point where
we’re bursting out of our
seams, so we have a new opportunity
to move to this new
space,” said Avi Greenstein.
“It’s much bigger, much more
accommodating, with more
modern technology to help us
service the community.”
Founded in 1997, the council
provides numerous services
to local residents, including
job counseling, disability
information, and immigration
consultation.
“The BPJCC presently operates
a wide array of social
services and programs to assist
clients in obtaining government
and other benefi ts
and entitlements with the dual
goal of providing immediate
relief and simultaneously directing
them towards a path
of self-suffi ciency and independence,”
according to the
organization’s website.
The new location, which is
just fi ve blocks from the former
site, will house 19 employees in
the modern, luxurious space,
according to Greenstein.
“People need to feel they are
truly valued. We have people
coming at the lowest points of
their lives, and we help them
by providing all of these services,”
he said. “Now they can
come to an offi ce that is beautiful,
and lavish, and it is really a
pickup. It’s a high end facility.”
The council will also be expanding
to another location in
the coming months, according
to Greenstein.
“We’re growing, in terms
of providing more service, because
of the tremendous passion
we have about helping
people,” he said.