- The Bowery Mission is a landmarked, Christian, faith-based Rescue Mission and men’s shelter that provides meals, medical care, employment assistance, spiritual support, and compassionate care to homeless New Yorkers.
-
- In 2019, when The Bowery Mission entered its 140th year of service, the organization joined forces with The New York City Rescue Mission and the Goodwill Rescue Mission in a coordinated effort to serve an even larger share of New York’s homeless population.
- Founded in 1879, the Bowery Mission was the third mission established in the United States, and the second one established on the Bowery.
-
- That’s right. Two of the nation’s first three rescue missions served the Bowery because, by the late 19th century, the street had gained a reputation as “skid row,” where homeless or rootless individuals could find cheap lodging in what were then called “flophouses.”
- The Bowery Mission began in a small prayer room at 14 Bowery and hopped around the street until moving into its current location in 1909.
