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Welcome to the Judith C. White Senior Center!

A place where friendships flourish amid all kinds of social, educational, cultural and health activities.

 
 
Greenwich House has been providing services to the elderly living in Greenwich Village and the surrounding neighborhoods for almost a half a century. Our Senior Center was established in 1966 when the city began to provide monies for our once privately- supported efforts. Funded by the New York City Department for the Aging, this program serves a citywide population of people 60 years of age and older.
 
In 2005, a grant of $125,000 from the Judith C. White Foundation was awarded to Greenwich House.  A new entity in the private funding world, the foundation selected Greenwich House as one of its first grantees.  We are grateful to the Judith C. White Foundation for its generous gift and in recognition of the foundation's namesake, rechristened our senior center The Judith C. White Senior Center.
 
The Judith C. White Senior Center is a vital daily resource serving breakfast and lunch five days a week, fifty-two weeks a year to hundreds of elderly people living on a fixed income. The Center's homelike setting provides a safe, comfortable atmosphere where friendships flourish among a spectrum of social, educational, and cultural activities. Among the more popular offerings are poetry, health lectures, painting, bingo, exercise classes, movies, sing-a-longs, and card playing. Birthdays are celebrated with dancing, music and refreshments. Day-long trips to points of interest are scheduled on a monthly basis.
 
The staff helps obtain the services, benefits, entitlements and referrals that maintain an elderly person's well-being and independence. A group of dedicated volunteers is integrated into the Center's daily schedule. Students from the Manhattan Occupational Training Center, an alternative high school for special-needs teenagers, are a central part of the Center's operations. The program is also a training place for welfare recipients seeking new job skills.
 
The Judith C. White Senior Center also has a Theatre Desk run by an active group of volunteers who canvass the city's performing arts organizations and companies to provide members with deeply discounted tickets to the theater, concerts, and other entertainment.
 
A suggested contribution of $1.00 for lunch and $.50 for breakfast is requested.  An individual does have to register and become a member in order to participate in center activities.  Contributions are requested but not required for participation in activities.
 
HOURS
Monday through Friday 8:45am - 4pm
Breakfast is served 9 - 9:50am
Lunch is served 12 - 12.50pm
 
DIRECTIONS
The Judith C. White Senior Center is conveniently located at the intersection of Bleecker Street and Seventh Avenue South, near the subway lines A, B, C, D, E, F, V, and 1.  Bus service is available on the M8 and M20 lines.
Riders on the #1 train should exit at the Christopher Street/Sheridan Square station (one stop below 14th Street or one stop after Houston Street. Riders on the A, B, C, D, E, F, and V trains should exit at the West Fourth Street station. Proceed to West Fourth Street and walk three blocks west to Barrow Street.
 
ACTIVITIES & SERVICES
 

• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Health lectures
• Bingo
• Theatre Desk
• Poetry & poetry festivals
• Painting classes
• Field trips
• Tai Chi classes
• Chair Exercise
• Yoga Classes
• Mid-Eastern Dance
• Language Classes
• Arts & Crafts
• Rummage sales
• Art shows
• Other Activities and Classes

 
Referral Services
 

• Housing & Medical Assistance

 
 
The Judith C. White Senior Center welcomes to its programs all individuals without regard to their sex, race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, or citizenship status.