Concerned about sub-freezing temperatures, the city is opening daytime centers for people with nowhere else to stay warm.
Allan Appel Photo
Seekng homeless people sleeping in the cold last winter, Officer Dan Hartnett peers down an icy and dangerous declivity toward the railroad tracks off William Street.
In addition, the police department plans to have patrol officers look for homeless people staying outside overnight during this cold snap to help them find safer shelter. (Click here for a story about those patrols last year.)
And Mayor Toni Harp said that the city is upping the number of beds available at homeless shelters for the cold snap. If those all get filled, she plans to ask churches to make space available.
Call the city’s emergency operations center at 203 – 946-8221 for more information about cold-related problems. Click here, and scroll down, for information on frostbite and hypothermia.
“Please be advised that anyone attending a warming location should bring lunch or snacks as no food will be served at these sites,” a city release stated.
Here are the locations and hours of the warming stations:
• New Haven Free Public Library Main Building is located at 133 Elm Street
Mon 10 – 8 | Tue 10 – 8 | Wed 10 – 8 | Thu 10 – 8 | Fri 10 – 5 | Sat 10 – 5 | Sun Closed
• Fair Haven Branch Library is located at 182 Grand Avenue
Mon 10 – 6 | Tue 10 – 6 | Wed Closed | Thu 12 – 8 | Fri Closed | Sat 10 – 5 | Sun Closed
• Mitchell Branch Library is located at 37 Harrison Street
Mon 12 – 8 | Tue Closed | Wed 10 – 6 | Thu 10 – 6 | Fri Closed | Sat 10 – 5 | Sun Closed
• Stetson Branch Library is located at 200 Dixwell Avenue in the Dixwell Plaza
Mon 10 – 6 | Tue 10 – 6 | Wed 12 – 8 | Thu Closed | Fri Closed | Sat 10 – 5 | Sun Closed
• Courtland Seymour Wilson Branch Library is located at 303 Washington Avenue
Mon Closed | Tue 12 – 8 | Wed 10 – 6 | Thu 10 – 6 | Fri Closed | Sat 10 – 5 | Sun Closed
• New Haven Union Station is located at 50 Union Avenue
Open Daily 4:00 AM – 1:00 AM