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A grassroots, volunteer-based project to address hunger & food insecurity in North Brooklyn.

A grassroot, volunteer based project to address hunger & food insecurity in North Brooklyn.

05/06/2026

We're so grateful to our partners at Rethink Food for this beautiful film — and for this incredible recognition. 🩵

A special thank you to our volunteers, especially our friends at Lutheran Church of St. John the Evangelist who shine through in this documentary doing what they do best — your presence and dedication are woven throughout this film and into everything we do.

04/02/2026

Our kitchen is CLOSED tomorrow for Good Friday and this weekend for Easter! So we present to you another THURSDAY photo buffet!!

This month was a real one!! We were without our Honda minivan a whole month. Big thanks to our incredible community of volunteers and partners who volunteered their cars so that we wouldn’t have to suspend meals deliveries or Trader Joe’s pick ups 💙💙💙

See you on Monday. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Good Friday, Happy Easter, Happy Passover to all who observe ✨

03/23/2026

💙🏠SOMETHING NEW IS IN THE WORKS, NORTH BROOKLYN! 🏠💙

— and we’d love your input as we build it.

North Brooklyn Angels is exploring a community education series on affordable housing opportunities in partnership with St. Nicks Alliance — brought directly to our volunteer community and closest neighbors in Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and Bushwick.

Whether you’re curious about your own options or interested in helping others, we want to hear from you. Take our 2-minute survey — bit.ly/nba-housing-survey.
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02/20/2026

💙😇 FRIDAY PHOTO BUFFET 😇💙

Four weeks of snow, ice, and some of the coldest days we can remember. Through all of it, our neighbors kept showing up for each other — and that never stops moving us. 🙏🏼❄️

We know these are hard times for so many in our community, and we are so grateful for every volunteer who has given their time, their energy, and their heart this month. Whether you packed meals, picked up bread, made a delivery to our enrolled homebound neighbors, or braved the elements driving and distributing, you made a difference.

We also had the joy of gathering with some of our volunteers this month for a little celebration 🎉, where we got to debut custom merch designed by our very own Anjali Suneja.

More details coming soon! And we’re excited to share that a small batch hot sauce collab with Brooklyn Grange x North Brooklyn Chamberber x HEATONIST is on the way 🔥 — stay tuned.

With so much gratitude for this community. 💙

12/31/2025

We're still working on our full 2025 wrap-up, but while pulling together videos, we kept coming back to this one from a late fall Wednesday—just another regular day for us, where our volunteers gathered to plate and distribute over 150 hot, fresh meals for our neighbors.

There's something about this moment that captures what North Brooklyn Angels has always been about—not just the meals or the programs, but the space we create for neighbors to actually be neighbors. sharing his gift while waiting for a hot meal. Strangers in line who aren't strangers anymore, just people swaying together to "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" on an ordinary Wednesday afternoon. Volunteers who are neighbors who are friends having a fun moment.

These are the connections that don't happen when we're all moving too fast, too isolated, too separated by circumstance. These are the friendships that wouldn't exist, the moments of lightness that wouldn't break through, the dignity and joy that get lost when we forget we actually need each other.

This is what "neighbors helping neighbors" looks like when it's real—not a slogan, but a living thing. People who live blocks apart but might as well be worlds apart—different generations, different life circumstances, different lived experiences. In a time when it's so easy to never know the people on your own block, here they are in the same place at the same time, and instead of just passing through, choosing to stop and dance together.

More to come soon, but we had to share this one first.

Wishing all our neighbors—those we've met and those we haven't yet—a happy and healthy New Year. Thank you for being part of this community.

12/24/2025

🧤❄️ WEDNESDAY PHOTO BUFFET: HOLIDAY SPECIAL ❄️🧤
We are CLOSED on Thursday (12/25) and Friday (12/26) for the holidays. See you back on Sunday/Monday!

To our incredible volunteers and partners: you are the heart of this work. Your dedication, warmth, and spirit of generosity make every week possible—and every day inspiring. We're deeply grateful for each of you.

💙 Wishing you all a peaceful, joyful holiday from your Angels family!

12/03/2025

💙 NEIGHBORS GIVING THANKS 2025 💙

This Thanksgiving, our community showed up in the most beautiful way.

Together, we:
✨ Delivered 1,000+ frozen turkeys and shelf-stable items to neighbors across North Brooklyn
✨ Created four warm, welcoming spaces for Thanksgiving meals
✨ Served nearly 600 meals—dine-in, take-home, and delivery
✨ Shared 300+ homemade desserts baked with love by neighbors

Thank you to everyone who made this possible: our incredible volunteers (special shoutout to North Brooklyn Runners for recruiting helpers at all four locations!), our generous sponsors and partners, our host sites (Ascension Brooklyn, Church of Our Lady Mt Carmel, Lutheran Church of St. John the Evangelist, and Bushwick Abbey), and the hundreds who contributed through crowdfunding.

Special gratitude to ABS Partners, Brooklyn Brewery, Cousin John's Bakery, OLMC Knights of Columbus 6243, Apple Bank, Smorgasburg, Veselka, Vital, North Brooklyn Chamber, Roux Inc., Gotham Organization, Greenpoint Landing, Noah and Allison Chaimberg, Mirtex, Refuge, Oaks Church BK, Barano, TAO Group Hospitality, KC14 Coffee, and Trader Joe's.

And to our talented volunteer photographers who captured these moments: Katie Dadarria, Savannah Lauren, Jan Ezer Dominguez, and maddie barkocy.

This is what neighbors helping neighbors looks like. 💙

10/14/2025

💙😇 OCTOBER 2025 ANGEL BABIES EVENT ON THE WAY😇 💙
Can it already be here?

SOME EARLY DETAILS:

🪄 Giveaway date: Thursday, October 30 at a partner site in Williamsburg, more information to follow.

🪄 GET INVOLVED: We'll need lots of volunteers! Sorting, transporting, event support! Volunteer opportunities are already posted to bit.ly/nbadeed!

🪄 GET YOUR DONATIONS READY! We start collecting this week so check your closets, storage, and garages!

An updated Google map of donation collection spots throughout North Brooklyn is available at bit.ly/angelbabiesmap.

📍 DONATION DROP-OFF SCHEDULE:

Parachute Brooklyn: Fri, 10/17 thru Sun, 10/26 during business hours
Greenpoint Library: Sat, 10/18 thru Sat, 10/25 during library hours
Greta: Fri, 10/17 thru Sun, 10/26 during business hours
The Screen Door: Fri, 10/17 thru Mon, 10/27 during business hours
Angels Cafe: Wed, 10/22 thru Mon, 10/27 during business hours
North Brooklyn Angels Community Kitchen: Mon, 10/20 thru Fri, 10/24 between 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Southside United HDFC-Los Sures Social Services Center: Fri, 10/17 thru Sun, 10/26 (open 24 hrs)
Most Holy Trinity-St. Mary Catholic Church: Fri, 10/24 (2:30 PM - 4 PM), Mon, 10/27 (11 AM - 1 PM), Tues, 10/28 (1 PM - 5:30 PM), and Wed, 10/29 (12 PM - 2 PM)

Please check each location on the map for specific hours of operation/availability to receive donations.
***Please keep donations focused on baby, children, and maternity items. There are so many local organizations that accept adult clothing—our focus is on new parents and young kiddos!
🪄 Special thanks to The Brooklyn Hospital Center WIC, , , Greenpointers, Cooper Park Residents Council, Lutheran Church of St. John the Evangelist, Parachute Brooklyn, Greenpoint Library, .brooklyn, and for their incredible partnership in these events over the years!

06/24/2025

💙✨ OUR 5TH ANNUAL LUNCHEON: THANK YOU TO OUR NEIGHBORS OF THE YEAR ✨💙

Last Tuesday, North Brooklyn Angels hosted our 5th Annual "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" Luncheon fundraiser! We were thrilled to honor two remarkable "Neighbors of the Year": Noah Chaimberg, Founder of , and the firm Pitta Bishop and Del Giorno. 💙

This event's incredible success was made possible by the generosity of our amazing sponsors:
✨ Super Platinum Sponsor: Local 94 Operating Engineers
✨ Platinum Sponsors: .U.O.E local 14-14b, Whiskey Helps, and ExxonMobil
✨ Gold Sponsors: IATSE Local 52 Community Outreach Program, Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 , Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations (RABOLR), and Pitta Bishop and Del Giorno
✨ Silver Sponsors: HEATONIST and Opifex Advisors -
✨ Bronze Sponsor: IUOE Local 30

A huge thank you to the dozens of supporters, near and far, who celebrated our honorees through ads in our 2nd annual eJournal! You can view it at northbrooklynangels.org/luncheon.

The funds raised will sustain and expand our mission of "neighbors helping neighbors" as we grow our reach in North Brooklyn, providing more meals and essential items for families in need.

Special gratitude to Elaine Brodsky, Chair of North Brooklyn Chamber who chaired our luncheon, and to our dedicated board, staff, and phenomenal volunteers.

This event was a tremendous success thanks to our incredible community partners:
Beautiful space by:
Rave-review worthy 🥪: Mission Sandwich Social

Thank you to our friends for donating:
🍺: The Brooklyn Brewery
🍩: Peter Pan Donut and Pastry Shop
☕: Kape Catorce
📸 Photography: Katie Dadarria

05/23/2025

Yesterday, we said goodbye to Santiago Lopez surrounded by his Angels family. With heavy hearts, we share that our beloved Santiago passed away on May 14th after complications from surgery last August.

For many years, Santiago quietly served our North Brooklyn community through the Angels, Los Sures pantry, and local gardens—never seeking praise, just showing up (literally) every day to help his neighbors.

Santiago was, in many ways, a person who couldn’t rest - he was full of routines. Instead of saying goodbye before his shift was over, he’d slip away after putting away the coffee pot and supplies and say “okay, I’ll see you.” He’d then go on a new beat of either a meal delivery or helping a neighbor by building a piece of furniture.

For the past few months, an endless rotation of volunteers checked in on Santiago by asking about him, keeping him in our thoughts, and visiting him at the hospital. The same care he showed his community, we tried to show him. ❤️

Santiago was laid to rest in his cherished North Brooklyn Angels t-shirt and cap—showing how deeply this work was part of who he was.

He helped neighbors in countless quiet ways without ever seeking recognition. He’d even huff and puff at the end of an occasionally tiring shift where he pushed himself too much on a hot day. When asked why he didn’t take it easy, he’d just shrug and say “I like helping people.” He made our community better simply by being himself, and his spirit of compassion will live on through all of us. ❤️

We are overwhelmed by the incredible support from our community. Thanks to your generosity, we've raised nearly 80% of our GoFundMe goal to help his family with funeral expenses.
Any remaining funds will support in his honor.

Thank you for helping us remember this special soul. 🌟

Rest in peace, Santiago. We’ll see you.

Link to support: https://gofund.me/8ad0b768

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127 Kent Street
New York, NY
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https://northbrooklynangels.org/

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