NYC To Close 13 Migrant Shelters Citywide, One Opening In The Bronx

NEW YORK CITY — The city plans on closing 13 migrant shelters by June and announced they would be opening one additional shelter in the Bronx.

In total, the city will be cutting 10,000 beds in shelters throughout the five boroughs, officials said.

The city has pointed to the amount of migrants arriving declining as the reason for the closures. 25 shelter sites were already announced to be closing by March 2025 including Floyd Bennet Field and Randall’s Island.

The new Bronx facility will open on Bruckner Boulevard and house 2,000 single men.

“The additional closures we are announcing, provides yet another example of our continued progress and the success of our humanitarian efforts to care for everyone throughout our system,” Mayor Eric Adams said. “We will continue to do everything we can to help migrants become self-sufficient, while finding more opportunities to save taxpayer money and turn the page on this unprecedented humanitarian crisis.”

The following shelters will close by June 2025, three other locations have not been announced yet:

• BK Way, Brooklyn
• Hall Street Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, Brooklyn
• Holiday Inn Express, Brooklyn
• The VYBE BK, Brooklyn
• 99 Washington Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, Manhattan
• The Stewart Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, Manhattan
• The Watson Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, Manhattan
• Hotel Nedia, Queens
• Holiday Inn/Staten Island Inn, Staten Island
• Ramada, Yonkers