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Other free meals can be gotten at the various missions.
• Bowery Mission—227 Bowery (674-3456). Pray and eat from 4:00 to 6:00 PM only. Heavy religious orientation.
• Catholic Worker—36 E. First St. Soup line from 10:00 to 11:00 AM.
Clothes for women on Thursday from 12:00 to 2:00 PM. Clothes for men after 2:00 PM weekdays. Sometimes lodging.
• Holy Name Center for Homeless Men—18 Bleeker St. (CA 6-5848 or CA 6-2338) Clothes and morning showers from 7:00 to 11:00 AM.
• Macauley Mission—90 Lafayette St. (CA 6-6214) Free room and board.
Free food Saturdays at 5:00 PM. Sometimes free clothes.
• Moravian Church—154 Lexington Ave. (MU 3-4219 or 533-3737) Free spaghetti dinner on Tuesday at 1:00 PM.
• Quakers—328 E. 15th St. Meals at 6:00 PM Tuesdays.
• Wayward—287 Mercer St. Free meals nightly.
The International Society For Krishna Consciousness is located at 41 Second Ave. Every morning at 7:00 AM a delicious cereal breakfast is served free along with chanting and dancing. Also at noon, more food and chanting and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:00 PM, again food and chanting. Then it’s all day Sunday in Central Park Sheepmeadow (generally) for still more chanting (sans food). Hari Krishna is the freest high going if you can get into it and dig cereal and of course, more chanting.
The Paradox Restaurant, at 64 E. 7th St. is a neat cheap health joint that will give you a free meal if you help peel shrimp or do the dishes.
MEDICAL CARE
The latest dope on family planning and the new abortion law can be obtained from Planned Parenthood, 300 Park Ave. (777-2015). They provide a free directory on city-wide services in this area. The Black Panther Free Health Clinic on 180 Sutter Ave. in Brooklyn is radical medicine in action. If you ripped off this book, why not send them or another group mentioned in this book a check so they can continue serving the people. Two fantastic clinics on the Lower East Side are the St. Marks People’s Clinic at 44 St. Marks Place (533-9500), open weekdays 6-10 PM and NENA at 290 E. Third St. (677-5040) which also functions as a switchboard for the area.
The Beth Israel Teenage Clinic at 17th St. and 1st Ave. 673-3000 ext. 2424) services young people. Millie at the Village Project, 88 2nd Ave. can arrange for free glasses. The New York University Dental Clinic, 421 First Ave. will give you the cheapest dental care in Gotham. Stuyvesant-Poly Clinic, 137 Second Ave. (674-0232) has an emergency day clinic with the quickest service. Dial-a-freakout is 324-0707. Ambulance service is at 440-1234. You ought to know the cops accompany ambulance calls. The following is a list of the New York City Health Department Centers. They provide a number of free services including X-rays, venereal examinations and treatment, shots for children’s diseases, vaccinations, tetanus shots and a host of other services.
Manhattan
• Central Harlem—2238 Fifth Ave. AU 3-1900
• East Harlem—158 E. 115th St. TR 6-0300
• Lower East Side—341 E. 25th St. MU 9-6353
• Manhattanville—21 Old Broadway MO 5-5900
• Morningside—264 W. 118th St. UN6-2500
• Washington Heights—600 W. 168th St. WA 7-6300
Bronx
• Morrisania—1309 Fulton St. WY 2-4200
• Mott Haven—349 E. 140th St. MO 9-6010
• Tremont-Fordham—1826 Arthur Ave. LU 3-5500
• Westchester-Pelham—2527 Glebe Ave. SY 2-0100
Brooklyn
• Bedford—485 Throop Ave. GL 2-7880
• Brownsville—259 Briston St. HY 8-6742
• Bushwick—335 Central Ave. HI 3-5000
• Crown Heights—1218 Prospect Place SL 6-8902
• Flatbush-Gravesend—1601 Ave. S NI 5-8280
• Ft. Greene—295 Flatbush Ave. Ext. 643-8934
• Red Hook-Gowanus—250 Baltic St. 643-5687
• Sunset Park—514 49th St. GE 6-2800
• Williamsburg-Greenpoint—151 Mayier St. EV 8-3714
Queens
• Astoria-Maspeth—12-1631st Ave. L.I.C. AS 8-5520
• Corona-Flushing—34-33 Junction Blvd., Jackson Heights HI 6-3570
• Jamaica—90-37 Parsons Blvd. OL 8-6600
• Rockaway—67-10 Rockaway Beach Blvd.; Arvenne NE 4-7700
• Richmond—51 Stuyvesant Place SA 7-6000
The key to getting overall medical care for free is to pick up on a Medicaid card.
You can apply at any metropolitan hospital. After filling out a long form and waiting three weeks you’ll get your card in the mail. Have a good story when interviewed about why you’re not working or only making under $2900 a year.
There is an age limit in that only folks over 21 can qualify, but the rule is liberally enforced and younger people can get the card with the right hardship story.
LEGAL AID
The Lawyer’s Commune is a group of revolutionary young lawyers pledged to make a limited income and handle the toughest political cases. They handle all our cases. Find them at 640 Broadway on the fifth floor (677-1552).
New York radicals are fortunate in having a number of good legal assistance agencies. One of the following is bound to be able to help you out of a jam.
• Emergency Civil Liberties Committee—25 E. 26th St. 683-8120 (civil liberties)
• Legal Aid Society—100 Centre St. BE 3-0250 (criminal matters)
• Mobilization for Youth Legal Services—320 E. Third St. 777-5250 (all types of services)
• National Lawyers Guild—5 Beekman St. 277-0385 or 227-1078 (political)
• New York Civil Liberties Union—156 Fifth Ave. 929-6076 (civil liberties)
• New York University Law Center Office—249 Sullivan St. GR 3-1896 (civil matters)
DRAFT COUNSELING
Bronx
• Claremont Neighborhood Center—169th St. and Washington Ave. 588-1000. Hours are from 2:00 to 10:00 weekdays.
Brooklyn
• Black Anti-Draft Union—448 Nostrand Ave.
• Church of St. John the Evangelist—195 Mayier St. 387-8721
• Society for Ethical Culture—53 Prospect Park West SO 8-2972
Manhattan
• American Friends Service Committee—15 Rutherford Place 777-4600
• Chelsea Draft Information—346 W. 20th St. WA 9-2391
• Community Free Draft Counseling Center—470 Amsterdam Ave. 787-8500
• Greenwich Village Peace Center—137 W. Fourth St. 533-5120
• Harlem Unemployment Center—2035 Fifth Ave. 831-6591
• LEMPA—105 Avenue B 477-9749
• New York Civil Liberties Union—156 Fifth Ave. 675-5990
• New York Workshop in Nonviolence—339 Lafayette St. 227-0973
• Resistance—339 Lafayette St. 674-9060
• Union Theological Seminary—606 W. 122nd St. MO 3-9090
• War Resisters League—339 Lafayette St. 228-0450
• Westside Draft Information—602 Columbus Ave. (89th St.) 874-7330
• Woman’s Strike for Peace—799 Broadway 254-1925
PLAY
Botanical Gardens
• Conservatory Gardens—Central Park, 105th St. and Fifth Ave. Seasonal display. LE 4-4938
• Brooklyn Botanical Gardens—Flatbush and Washington Aves. Rose Oriental Garden, Rose Garden, Native Wild Flower Garden, Rock Garden, Conservatory. Seasonal display. MA 2-4433.
• New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx Park, 200th St., east of Webster Ave.
Gardens and Conservatories. Seasonal displays. Parking fee: $1.00 on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Open: Grounds—10:00 AM to dark, Greenhouses—10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. 933-9400.
• Queens Botanical Gardens, 43-50 Main St., between Dahilia and Elder Aves., Flushing. TU 6-3800.
These gardens are really beautiful places to fuck around for a day. The best ones are the Bronx and Brooklyn. Bring a picnic, a few friends, some grass, and plant the seeds. It’s all free.
/> Zoos
• Central Park—64th St. and Fifth Ave. Free. Open 11 AM to 5 PM.
• Children’s Zoo—64th St. and Fifth Ave. Open 10 AM to 5 PM. Admission is 10 cents. No tickets are sold after 4:30 PM. Free story-telling sessions with motion pictures or color slides at 3:30 PM, Mondays through Friday.
• Bronx Park—Fordham Road and Southern Blvd. WE 3-1500. Open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM. November, December, January closes at 4:30 PM.
Admission on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays is 25 cents for adults and children over 5 years. Free on other days and all legal holidays.
Children’s Zoo closes November 1st.
• Barrett Park Zoo—in Richmond, Broadway, Glenwood Place and Clove Road. Open daily 10 AM to 5 PM. GI 2-3100.
Unlike the barbaric cages in Central Park, the 18-acre Flushing Meadow Zoo in Queens has been designed so that visitors can view the animals and buds in their natural surroundings, without bars. Take the Main Street Flushing Line Subway (train number 7) from Times Square to 111th St. in Queens. Bronx Zoo which is the largest in the United States and Flushing Meadow Zoo are fantastic.
Beaches
• Brooklyn—Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk ES 2-1670
• Manhattan Beach—Oriental Blvd., from Ocean Ave. to Makenzie St. DE 26794
• Bronx—Pelham Bay Park—Orchard Beach and Boardwalk TI 5-1828
• Queens—Jacob Riis Park—Jamaica Bay, Beach 149 to Beach 169 GR 4-4600
• Rockaway Beach—First St. to 149th St. GR 4-3470
• Richmond—Great Kills Park—Hylan Blvd., Great Kills EL 1-1977
• South Beach and Boardwalk—Ft. Wadsworth to Miller Field, New Dorp YU 7-0709
• Wolfs Pond Park—Holten and Cornelia Avenues, Princes Bay YU 4-0360
Go to the beach on weekdays as it usually is very crowded on the weekends.
The best beach by far is Rockaway. It has pretty good waves.
Swimming Pools
MANHATTAN—OUTDOOR POOLS
• Carmine Street Pool—Clarkson St. and Seventh Ave. WA 4-4246
• Colonial Pool—Bradhurst Ave. and W. 145th St. WA 6-8109
• East 23rd Street Pool—Asser Levy Place MU 5-1026
• Hamilton Fish Pool—E. Houston and Sheriff Streets GR 7-3911
• Highbridge Pool—Amsterdam Ave. and W. 173rd St. WA 3-2360
• John Jay Pool—77th St., east of York Ave. at Cherokee Place. RE 7-2458
• Lasker Memorial Pool—Central Park, 110th St. and Lenox Ave. 348-6297
• Thomas Jefferson Pool—111th St. and First Ave. LE 4-0198
• West 59th Street Pool—between West End and Amsterdam Avenues. CI 5-8519
MANHATTAN—INDOOR POOLS
• Baruch Pool—Rivington St. and Baruch Place GR 3-6950
• East 54th Street Pool—342 E. 54th St. and Second Ave. PL 8-3147
• Rutgers Place Pool—5 Rutgers Place GR 3-6567
• West 28th Street Pool—407 W. 28th St. CH 4-1896
• West 134th Street Pool—35 W. 134th St. AU 3-4612
BROOKLYN—OUTDOOR POOLS
• Betsy Head Pool—Hopkinson and Dumont Avenues DI 2-2977
• McCarren Pool—Driggs Ave. and Lorimer St. EV 8-2367
• Red Hook Pool—Bay and Henry Streets TR 5-3855
• Sunset Pool—Seventh Ave. and 43rd St. GE 5-2627
BROOKLYN—INDOOR POOLS
• Brownsville Recreation Center—Linden Blvd. and Christopher Ave. HY 8-1121
• Metropolitan Avenue Pool—Bedford Ave., no phone; call SO 8-2300
• St. John’s Recreation Center—Prospect Place and Schenectady Avenues HY 3-3948
BRONX OUTDOOR POOLS
• Crotona Pool—E. 173rd St. and Fulton Ave. LU 3-3910
BRONX—INDOOR POOLS
• St. Mary’s Recreation Center Pool—St. Ann’s Ave. and E. 145th St. CY 2-7254
QUEENS—OUTDOOR POOLS
• Astoria Pool—19th St. and 23rd Drive, Astoria AS 8-5261
• Flushing Meadow Amphitheatre—Long Island Expressway and Grand Central Parkway, Swimming pool and diving pool. 699-4228.
RICHMOND—OUTDOOR POOLS
• Faber Pool—Faber St. and Richmond Terrace GI 2-1524
• Lyons Pool—Victory Blvd. and Murray Hulbert Ave. GI 7-6650
The pools are generally crowded but on a warm summer day you don’t care. The pools are open on weekdays from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. There is a free period for children 14 years of age and under. No adults are admitted to the pool areas during this free period. After 1 PM on weekdays and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays there is a 15 cents charge for children under 14 years and a 35 cents charge for children over 14 years.
Free Cricket Matches
At both Van Cortland Park in the Bronx and Walker Park on Staten Island every Sunday afternoon there are free cricket matches. Get schedule from British Travel Association, 43 W. 61st St. At Walker Park, free tea and crumpets are served during intermission. I say!
Free Park Events
All kinds of activities in the Parks are free. Call 755-4100 for a recorded announcement of the week’s events. The freak center is the rowing pond around 70th St. and Bethesda Fountain around 72nd St. in Central Park, although it floats. Busts are non-existent. A complete list of all recreational facilities can be obtained by calling the New York City Department of Parks.
Museums
• American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Numismatic Society, and the American Geographical Society are all located at Broadway and 155th St.
• Asia House Gallery—112 E. 64th St. Art objects from the Far East.
• Brooklyn Museum—Eastern Parkway and Washington Ave. Egyptian stuff best in the world outside Egypt. Take IRT (Broadway line) express train to Brooklyn Museum station. (Don’t miss the Gardens in back.)
• The Cloisters—Weekdays 10 AM to 5 PM, Sundays 1 PM to 6 PM. Take IND Eighth Avenue express (A train) at 190th Str. station and walk a few blocks. The number 4 Fifth Avenue bus also goes all the way up and it’s a pleasant ride. One of the best trip places in medieval setting.
• Frick Museum—1 E. 70th St. Great when you’re stoned. Closed Mondays.
• The Hispanic Society of America—Broadway between 15th and 16th Streets. The best Spanish art collection in the city.
• Marine Museum of the Seaman’s Church—25 South St. All kinds of model ships and sea stuff. Also the Seaport Museum on 16 Fulton St.
• Metropolitan Museum—5th Ave. and 82nd St.
• Museum of the American Indian—Broadway at 155th St. Largest Indian museum in the world. Open Tuesday to Sunday 1 to 5 PM. Take IRT (Broadway line) local to 157th St. station.
• Museum of the City of New York—103rd St. and 5th Ave. LE 4-1672
• Museum of Modern Art—11 W. 53rd St. CI 5-3200. Monday is free.
• Museum of Natural History—Central Park West and 79th St. Great dinosaurs and other stuff. Weekdays 10-5 PM, Sunday 1-5 PM.
• Museum of the Performing Arts—Lincoln Center, Amsterdam Ave. and 65th St. 799-2200
• New York Historical Society—77th St. and Central Park West. TR 3-3400
• Chase Manhattan Museum of Money—1256 6th Ave. All banks, especially Chase Manhattan ones are museums when you get right down to it.
Liberate them!
Music
• Summer Musical Festival in Central Park. About the closest you can come to good free rock music. There are concerts every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in the months of July and August. It only costs $1.00 or $2.00, and everybody in the music world plays at least once. The concerts are held at the Wollman Ice Skating Ring. Occasionally there are free rock concerts in Central Park.
• The Greenwich House of Music located at 46 Barrow St. in the West Village puts on free concerts and recitals every Friday at 8:30 PM. For a complete schedule send a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
• The Frick Museum, 1 E. 70th St.
, BU 8-0700, has concerts every Sunday afternoon. The best of the classical offerings. You must hassle a little.
Send a self-addressed stamped envelope that will arrive on Monday before the date you wish to go. One letter, one ticket. The Donnell Library, 20 W. 53rd St. also presents free classical music. The schedule is found in “Calendar of Events” at any library.
• The Juilliard School presents a variety of free stuff: orchestral, opera, dance, chamber music, string quartets and soloists. Performances take place most Friday evenings at 8:30 PM, from November through May.
• The Museum of the City of New York, 5th Ave. between 103rd St. and 104th St. every Sunday at 2:30 PM, October through April. Phone first: LE 4-1672. Classical.
• New York Historical Society, from December through April, has glee clubs, string groups, and classical singers performing on Sundays at 2:30 PM., 170 Central Park West (near 77th St.), Phone TR 3-3400 for schedule.
• Brooklyn Museum has classical concerts by assorted soloists and groups and are presented free every Sunday from October through June at 2 PM, Eastern Parkway and Washington Ave. NE 8-5000.
Television Shows
You can sometimes pick up tickets to television shows at the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, 90 E. 42nd St. For the bigger and better shows you have to write direct to the studios. If you do write, do it as far in advance as possible. CBS, 51 W. 52nd St., asks you to write two months in advance.
Sometimes you can get last-minute tickets for the Ed Sullivan Theater, 1697 Broadway. For NBC shows, write NBC Ticket Division, 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
There is also a ticket desk on the NBC Mezzanine of 30 Rockefeller Plaza where tickets are given out for the day shows on a first-come-first-served basis. It’s open Monday through Friday from 9-5. ABC, 1330 Sixth Ave. ask you to write two to three weeks in advance for tickets. You can get tickets up to the day of the show by calling in or visiting the ticket office of ABC, 79 W. 66th St. or 1330 6th Ave. (LT 1-7777). Metromedia also gives out free tickets to their shows and you can get them by writing to WNEW-TV, 205 E. 67th St. (LE 5-1000).