If you live in the Bronx, New York, and need free food now, food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens are a great place to start. In New York City, there are more than 535 food pantries and 128 soup kitchens. In this post, we will provide a list of food pantries in the Bronx, NY, including address, phone number, and hours of operation.

The quickest way to get free food now is through food pantries and soup kitchens. We have provided below the list of food panty locations in the Bronx, NY.

Continue reading below to see the complete list of food pantries.

However, over the long term, food stamps (SNAP benefits) offer another way to get access to nutritious food, if you are struggling to provide food for your household.

To see if you qualify for food stamps, see our eligibility guide here.

In addition, if you are eligible for food stamps, you may qualify for expedited processing of your application if you have very low or no income.

If you are found to be eligible for expedited SNAP processing, you will get your food stamps benefits in 5 days.

For details on how to apply for SNAP benefits in the Bronx and details about expedited processing, continue reading below.

"List of Food Pantries in Bronx, NY"

What is a Food Pantry?

A food pantry is a distribution center where hungry families can receive food. Supplied with food from a food bank, pantries feed hundreds of people per week!

At a mobile pantry, truckloads of food are distributed to people in pre-packed boxes or displayed on folding tables like a farmer’s market.

How different is a food pantry from a food bank?

A food bank is a non-profit that safely stores millions of pounds of food that will soon be delivered to local food programs, like a food pantry.

The food they store is donated from local neighbors, retailers, grocery stores, and restaurants.

To get the food into the hands of the community, food banks hire drivers to make the deliveries. Every food bank serves a specific area that varies in size.

List of Food Pantries in Bronx, NY

Here is the list of food pantries in the Bronx, including address, phone number, and hours of operation.

Additionally, some of the food pantries listed below offer food stamps pre-screening services for free (to help you determine if you qualify for food stamps).

Caldwell Temple AME Zion Church Soup Kitchen

(near Chisholm St.)
1288 Rev. James A. Polite Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10459
(718) 542-2933
office@ctbronx.com

The soup kitchen is located inside the Caldwell Temple AME Zion Church

Hours: Every 2nd Saturday from 11:00am – 2:00pm.

To make a donation or to volunteer, please call.

Missionary Church Of Christ

937 Teller Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10451
Phone: (718) 588-4545

The Food Pantry is open on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 9:00 am – 11:00 am.

For more information, please call.

St. Ann’s Corner Of Harm Reduction (SACHR)

886 Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10459
Phone: (718) 585-5544
Fax Number: (718) 585-8314

Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. Thursday from 8:30am – 6:30pm.

For more information, please call.

Calvary Delivery Christian Assembly

737-739 Concourse Village West
Bronx, NY – 10451
Phone: (347) 658-4459

Hours: Once a month. Please call for more information.

Greater Universal Baptist Church

253 E. 153rd Street
Bronx, NY – 10451
Phone: (718) 292-8640

Soup Kitchen: Wednesday and Friday, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm.

Resurrection And Life Church

870 E. 163rd Street
Bronx, NY – 10459
Phone: (718) 617-2399

Food Pantry Hours: Tuesday 6:30pm – 8:00pm, Saturday 10 am – 2:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm – 1:30pm.

For more information, please call.

Salvation Army Bronx Citadel

425 E. 159th Street
Bronx, NY – 10451
Phone: (718) 665-8472
Fax Number: (718) 665-2504

Food Pantry Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.

Soup Kitchen Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday1:00pm – 2:00 pm.

For more information, please call.

Christ The King Roman Catholic Church

141 Marcy Place
Bronx, NY – 10452
Phone: (718) 538-5546
Fax Number: (718) 538-3081

Food Pantry: 2nd and 4th Saturday at 10 am; 2nd and 4th Thursday at 3:30 pm.

WHEDCO – Women’s Housing And Economico Development Corp.

50 East 168th Street
Bronx, NY – 10452
Phone: (718) 839-1100

Food Pantry Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm.

For more information, please call.

City Light Church

121 East 7th Street
Bronx, NY – 10009
Phone: (718) 583-5894

Food Pantry Hours: Monday 2:00pm – 5:00pm.

For more information, please call.

Bread Basket At Woodycrest United Methodist Church

89 West 166th St
Bronx, NY – 10452
Phone: (718) 538-7500

Soup Kitchen Hours: Wednesday 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm.

For more information, please call.

Scan-NY Mullaly Academy

40 East 164th Street
Bronx, NY – 10452
Phone: (718) 590-5743

Food Pantry Hours: Monday 12:00pm – 3:00pm.

For more information, please call.

Grand Concourse Community Services

1275 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY – 10452
Phone: (718) 681-2232
Fax Number: (718) 588-8832

Food Pantry Hours: Tuesday 12:30 pm – To Finish.

For more information, please call.

Ministry Of Divine Light

105 Rockwood Street
Bronx, NY – 10452
Phone: (718) 583-5894

Food Pantry Hours: Monday 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

Requirements: Photo ID, proof of address required.

For more information, please call.

Muslim Women’s Institute Community Food Pantry At Highbridge

1363 Ogden Ave
Bronx, NY – 10452
Phone: (718) 960-2262

Food Pantry Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 am – 11:00 am, Wednesday 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm.

For more information, please call.

The Momentum Project NYC

226 E 144th Street
Bronx, NY – 10451
Phone: (718) 292-7718

Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00am to 6:30pm, Saturday, Sunday 9:00am to 3:00pm.

Services (1st and 3rd floor) include meals.

For more information, please call.

True Gospel Tabernacle Church

1 West Tremont Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10453
Phone: (718) 901-2786

Food Pantry: Thursday 10:30 am – 12:30pm *ID Required

Christ All Over Me International Ministries

169 W Tremont Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10453
Phone: (718) 299-4330

Hours: Saturday 4:00pm – 6:00pm.

For more information, please call.

River Watch

1600 Sedgwick Ave
Bronx, NY – 10453
Phone: (718) 299-7117

Food Pantry: Thursday 2:00pm – 5:00pm.

For more information, please call.

St. Edmunds Youth Programs, Inc.

1905 Morris Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10453
Phone: (718) 466-9370

Food Pantry Hours: Saturday 12:00pm – 2:00pm.

For more information, please call.

Davidson Community Center

2038 Davidson Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10453
Phone: (718) 731-6360

Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.

For more information, please call.

St. Jerome’s Community Food Pantry

330 E 138th Street
Bronx, NY – 10454
Phone: (718) 402-7866

Food Pantry Hours: 10:00am – 8:00pm – *ID Required.

St. Peter’s Church In The Bronx

2500 Westchester Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10461
Phone: (718) 931-9270
Fax Number: (718) 931-6673

Love Pantry Hours: Thursday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Love Kitchen Hours: Thursday 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

For more information, please call.

Abundant Life Tabernacle

2692 3rd Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10454
Phone: (718) 292-8734

Food Pantry: Tue, Wed, Thurs, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm.

Abraham House

340 Willis Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10454
Phone: 718.292.9321
Fax Number: (718) 292-5925

Hours: Sat 6:30-7:00 am, 5:00-6:00pm.

Saturday morning bags of food and staples are available to anyone who comes to their door.

Path Of Blessings – Iglesia de Dios Senda de Bendicion

506 Brook Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10455
Phone: (718) 600-2401

Food Pantry Hours: Saturday 12:00pm – 3:00pm.

Requirements: ID Required.

For more information, please call.

St. Luke’s Food Pantry

623 E. 138th St.
Bronx, NY – 10454
Phone: (718) 665-6677

Food Pantry Hours: Friday 10:00 am – 11:00am.

For more information, please call.

Immaculate Conception Church

389 East 150th Street
Bronx, NY – 10455
Phone: (718) 292-6790
Fax Number: (718) 292-4603

Pantry Hours: Monday – Friday 2:00pm – 5:00pm.

For more information, please call.

Transfiguration Lutheran Church

763 Prospect Ave
Bronx, NY – 10455
Phone: (718) 378-3588

Hours: Monday 2:00pm – 4:00pm.

For more information, please call.

Give Them To Eat- Iglesia Evangelica Espanol

800 E. 156th St.
Bronx, NY – 10455
Phone: (718) 993-1260

Food Pantry: Thursday 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

Soup Kitchen: Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm.

The Hopeline

884 East 163rd Street
Bronx, NY – 10459
Phone: (718) 402-1212

Hours: Monday 9:30pm – 5:00pm, Tuesday and Thursday 2:00pm – 5:00pm.

Requirements: Bronx residents only. Must provide photo ID and proof of address.

For more information, please call.

Cornerstone Assembly Church

671 Prospect Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10455
Phone: (718) 292-6780

Hours: Wednesday10:00am – 1:00pm.

For more information, please call.

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church

940 E. 156th Street
Bronx, NY – 10455
Phone: (718) 589-4430

Soup Kitchen Hours: Wednesday 6:00 pm-7:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am – 10:00 am.

Food stamps pre-screening is available. For more information, please call.

St. John’s House

1182-84 Washington Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10456
Phone: (718) 402-3704

For more information, please call.

Vineyard International Christian Ministries Food Pantry

1140 Teller Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10456
Phone: (718) 538-9211
Fax Number: (714) 542-7417

Hours: Saturday 12:00pm – 4:00pm.

For more information, please call.

Gospel Hill Baptist Church

3265 3rd Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10456
Phone: (718) 585-6730

Pantry Hours: Tuesday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm.

For more information, please call.

Community Action For Human Services

1455 Fulton Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10456
Phone: (718) 588-5388

Food Pantry: Wednesday and Friday 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

For more information, please call.

Holy Tabernacle Church

3780 3rd Ave
Bronx, NY – 10456
Phone: (718) 293-9862
Fax Number: (718) 293-0972

Pantry Hours: Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm.

For more information, please call.

Morrisania Revitalization Corp. Food Pantry

576B East 165th Street
Bronx, NY – 10456
Phone: (718) 589-7858
Fax Number: (718) 589-7973

Food Pantry Hours:9:00am – 12:00pm.

*Food stamps pre-screening available. For more information, please call.

New Zion Pilgrim Baptist Church

1040 Washington Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10456
Phone: (718) 292-4165

Pantry Hours: Friday 9:00am – 12:00pm.

Must register first.

For more information, please call.

St. Augustine Food Pantry And Clothing Dist.

1183 Franklin Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10456
Phone: (718) 893-0072
Fax Number: (718) 861-3080

Pantry Hours: Monday 10:30am – 2:00pm.

For more information, please call.

Washington Avenue Spanish Church SDA

1815 Washington Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10457
Phone: (718) 294-6700

Food Pantry Hours: Wednesday 11:00am – 12:00pm.

*Call for Appointment.

Louise’s Pantry at Nazareth Housing – Bronx

406 East 184th Street
Bronx, NY – 10457
Phone: (646) 713-2732

Food Pantry Hours: Wednesday8:30am.

For more information, please call.

Christ Pentecostal International Church, Bethel Prayer Ministries

4262 3rd Ave
Bronx, NY – 10457
Phone: (718) 294-4833
Fax Number: (718) 294-2182

Food Pantry Hours: Saturday 9:00 am to 10:30 am.

For more information, please call.

Bronx Seventh Day Adventist Church

1695 Washington Avenue
Bronx, NY – 10457
Phone: (917) 351-8777

Food Pantry: Thursday 7:00am – 1:00pm.

For more information, please call.

Garden Of Prayer

1874 Washington Ave.
Bronx, NY – 10457
Phone: (718) 294-3401

Soup Kitchen Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays 11:30 am-1:00 pm.

Food Pantry Hours: *Sign-on Door Announcing Distribution Day.

For more information, please call. – Page 30.

For more food pantries in the Bronx, click here.

You May Qualify for SNAP

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits help you pay for food. You can use SNAP at grocery stores, supermarkets, and farmer’s markets.

Anyone can apply for SNAP benefits.

You may be eligible even if you have a job, receive SSI or disability benefits, own a home, or own a car.

If you are eligible and approved for benefits, you will receive SNAP benefits within 30 days.

Additionally, certain households with little income or savings, or with high housing costs, can receive SNAP benefits within five days (see below for details).

For details about SNAP eligibility and how to apply in the Bronx, see our post on Bronx, NY Food Stamps Guide.

How to Get Emergency SNAP

If your household has little or no money and needs food assistance right away, you may qualify for “expedited” SNAP.

You may be eligible for expedited SNAP if you meet one of the following:

  • Your household has $100 or less in liquid resources and less than $150 in gross monthly income.
  • You are a migrant or seasonal farmworker household with $100 or less in liquid resources and you have not received any income since you applied for SNAP, or
  • Your household’s monthly income and liquid resources together are less than the total of your monthly rent or mortgage and heating costs and utilities (electricity, telephone, and water).
If you do qualify, you must receive your initial benefit within 7 days.
However, you will still have to complete the eligibility process and supply the requested documentation at a later date.
For step-by-step instructions on how to get expedited SNAP benefits in New York City, see our post on how to get an expedited SNAP in New York City.

Food Pantries in Bronx NY Summary

We hope this post on Food Pantries in Bronx NY was helpful to you!

If you have more questions about your New York EBT or SNAP Benefits, please let us know in the comments section below.

For more help on what and where you can use your New York EBT Card, check out our other articles here:
How to Get More SNAP Benefits in New York
What Fast Food Restaurants Take EBT in New York?
How to Use New York EBT Online at Amazon
Get Free Admissions with New York EBT Card
How to Get a Free Phone With New York Food Stamps
How to Login to NYC ACCESS HRA App

Related Posts

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *