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NYC law prohibits shelters with more than 200 beds, with some grandfathered exceptions. Most notably, the 850-bed #BellevueShelter was closed a few months ago. But the #BedfordAtlanticShelter and #SchwartzAssessmentShelter, each with 350 beds, remain.
September 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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#MurrayHill residents are protesting and petitioning (whom?) to "save" the AMC movie theater on Second Avenue, a block from the #BellevueShelter. It's a for-profit business. If they want it to stay, they should go often and buy tickets and a lot of popcorn. ...
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NYC East Siders rallying to save Kips Bay AMC theater amid surge in at-home streaming
Community members and politicians are rallying to save the beloved AMC movie theater in Kips Bay after word recently got out the theater is closing following NYU Langone Health’s purchase of the retai...
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September 20, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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"One of the men’s shelters #HELPUSA runs on #WardsIsland had air conditioning installed this year and the number of incidents — such as fights between residents, medical crises or other emergencies — plummeted." Imagine what it's like when there's no AC & windows don't open, like @ #BellevueShelter.
August 18, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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#MayorMamdani tried to move #BellevueShelter residents to 2 shelters on/off the #Bowery (a judge stopped it), and their residents to Brooklyn hotels, but Brooklynites oppose the move.
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Mamdani administration faces backlash over 2 new Brooklyn hotel homeless shelters
The two new locations are in Crown Heights and Flatbush.
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May 26, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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In a new lawsuit, the judge paused the move of intake for single men from the #BellevueShelter to the #ThirdStreetShelter. No homeless people were interviewed for this article either.
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NYC pauses relocation of homeless men's intake center after East Village residents sue
Residents said the city didn't adequately notify the community about the move.
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April 22, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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@gothamist.com #KarenYi and photographer #AristideEconomopoulos were given a tour of the #BellevueShelter, but haven't interviewed any homeless people on its #architecture. No floor plans either. A follow-up article?
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Inside the massive men's homeless shelter Mamdani is closing after decades of disrepair
Several mayors have tried closing the Bellevue shelter on 30th Street in Midtown.
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April 22, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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...and "Time Out of Mind" (2014, Richard Gere, Kyra Sedgwick), showing the #BellevueShelter, a church basement, and NYC streets.
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April 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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#KarenYi reports: #MayorMamdani administration "moves 250 homeless men from Midtown shelter to Brooklyn". You still go to the #BellevueShelter for intake, but don't sleep there anymore, they send you somewhere else.
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Mamdani administration moves 250 homeless men from Midtown shelter to Brooklyn
City officials said that as of Sunday, the men residing inside the Bellevue shelter had all been relocated to Brooklyn.
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March 17, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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The @nytimes.com also writes about the imminent closure of the #BellevueShelter.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/n...
Mamdani to Close Huge Homeless Shelter Next to Bellevue Hospital
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March 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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In his book #Casualty, #MaxHarding describes the #ThirdStreetShelter, the #BellevueHospital (then in the building that now houses the #BellevueShelter), and #CampLaGuardia. #RequiredReading.
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Casualty: Crazy and Homeless in New York City - A Memoir
Max Harding arrived at Brown University as an “A” student. His descent began then in rebelliousness and a journey he hoped would bring him a life as an author. Inexplicably, he eventually found himsel...
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March 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Homeless New Yorkers are surprised by #MayorMamdani's sudden decision to close the dilapidated #BellevueShelter, #KarenYi reports.
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Homeless New Yorkers surprised by Midtown shelter closure, but say it needs fixes
The men’s homeless shelter on 30th Street has the capacity for 850 beds.
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March 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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#FritzgensDelia, 32, lives in a shelter a block from the crime scene. (Is it the #BellevueShelter?) #LavelBoddie, also 32, lives in a shelter in East Flatbush. (The #KingsboroughStar, #SalvationArmy, #BreakingGround #EastFlatbushSafeHaven?) The other 2 muggers are still at large. Anybody know them?
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Meanwhile, while #NYCDHS congratulates itself, 3 homeless people were found frozen to death, one very close to the #MainchanceDropinCenter and the #BellevueShelter.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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One of them was found at Third Ave. and 35th St., 10 minutes' walk from the #MainchanceDropinCenter and 15 minutes from the #BellevueShelter. Was he put out, turned away? Did he know there was #CodeBlue? Often, including today, the #NYCDHS falls #AsleepAtTheWheel and doesn't tweet announcements.
January 25, 2026 at 5:21 AM