Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights is open weekdays:

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm
Friday 9am-5pm

Information about specific events can be found at our Events page and up-to-date information on our operating hours is found on our locations page. 

The Brooklyn G.H.O.S.T. Project

The LGTBQ+ Safe Spaces and Conversations Group is an in-person weekly counseling group facilitated by Ohel Project Hope counselors. The group focuses on real-life issues during COVID-19 and its impact on the LGBTQ+ community. As a result of the pandemic, many have found themselves stuck in a non-supportive housing environment with little to no acceptance of their gender identity, expression, and sexual orientation.

No registration is required in order to attend. Keep in mind that upon entry of the building you will need to wear a mask covering both nose and mouth and show a record of vaccination plus matching photo ID.

For more information and any questions, please contact Nick Pittman via email at nicole_pittman@ohelfamily.org or via phone number: +1 (718) 541-3198.

The Writer’s Club is a place for writers of all levels and all backgrounds to come together in a safe, quiet, and constructive environment to work and get feedback.

You can join whatever you are working on or perhaps you have an idea and don't know yet how to start. This supportive space of writers of all levels will get you started! And of course it is a great opportunity to meet new people and build you network.

The group will be facilitated by Frank Olito, who has a Bachelor’s degree in writing and journalism. His writing has appeared in Insider, Business Insider, ABC News, and The Boston Globe. After four years as a senior reporter, he is now an audio producer on a daily news podcast. He just finished writing his first novel and is now in the editing phase. Frank attended and participated in several workshops for fiction writing, stand-up comedy writing, TV scriptwriting, and sketch writing.

For more information and questions, please reach out to Frank Olito at frankolito7@gmail.com.

Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights is open weekdays:

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm
Friday 9am-5pm

Information about specific events can be found at our Events page and up-to-date information on our operating hours is found on our locations page. 

Brooklyn Community Pride Center is open on weekdays:

Tuesdays: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Wednesdays: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM

For more information on our virtual and onsite programs and service, see our events page. You can also reach us at (347) 889-7719 or via our online contact form.

Brooklyn Community Pride Center invites you to join Transpire!

Transpire is an in-person working group, for and by people of trans experience, with a focus on bringing more visibility to the TGNCNB community. The group will bring various initiatives to life that will benefit the TGNCNB community, aimed at uplifting and empowering the community, while at the same time work towards equality, acceptance, affirmation, and inclusion within society.

These initiatives can range from social media campaigns or hosting events to celebrate and highlight the TGNCNB community in all its diversity, to street outreach passing out condoms or to the public, organizing rallies and educational seminars specifically designed with the TGNCNB community in mind, and meeting with community leaders, business owners, and other community stakeholders to train and educate, nurture advocacy, and garner support.

Anyone joining this in-person group will be required to show a record of vaccination upon entry of the building as well as follow all COVID protocols while inside the building.

Transpire will be facilitated by Mother LaTravious, TGNC Group Leader at Brooklyn Community Pride Center. For more information and to sign up, please email Mother LaTravious at tgnc@lgbtbrooklyn.org.

Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights is open weekdays:

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm
Friday 9am-5pm

Information about specific events can be found at our Events page and up-to-date information on our operating hours is found on our locations page. 

Brooklyn Community Pride Center is open on weekdays:

Tuesdays: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Wednesdays: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM

For more information on our programs and services, see our events page. For up-to date hours and directions, visit our locations page.

Each and every Wednesday afternoon Brooklyn G.H.O.S.T. Project hosts an afternoon at Brooklyn Community Pride Center for the TGNC community, with food, presentations, and various activities. Simultaneously, participants have the opportunity to sign up for the S.O.O.L. Program.

The S.O.O.L. Program reroutes the dreams and aspirations of black and brown transgender and non-binary identities by offering them the opportunity to embrace their greatness, defy all odds, believe in themselves, and try again.

For more info, please contact LaTravious Collins at brooklynghostproject@gmail.com.

About The Brooklyn G.H.O.S.T. Project
The Brooklyn G.H.O.S.T. Project is a trans-lead non-profit organization geared toward providing empowerment and visibility to members of the TGNC community.

Now more than ever it is important to heal through community. The Queer Trauma Support (QTs) Group, facilitated by Lewis Elliott, is a stylized, softly-structured program for queer individuals looking to navigate and heal their trauma. It is more than your typical support group, because it is stylized to help you become closer to yourself, your queerness, and your community through goal-setting, mindful topic selection, meditations, and group discussion to heal and empower each other. Think the beauty of a support group with periodical check-points so everyone is actively able to strive for a goal in their own healing journey.

Using techniques that Lewis has learned as a life coach, master Reiki healer, international yoga teacher, and friend, he will create an environment that is rich with safe exploration, deep discussion, visibility, and growth.

You can join in-person at our Crown Heights location at 1561 Bedford Avenue, Suite Ground A; Brooklyn, NY 11225 (our center is located within the Major Owens Center) or you can join virtually.

You can join the group by completing this form or by sending an email to Lewis at lewistrumane@gmail.com or DM him on Instagram @Lew2therescue. Lewis will then reach out to you to learn a bit more on the topics you would like to see covered, things that might trigger you, etc. and will also share the video call details with you in case you prefer to join virtually.

Our weekly LGBTQ+ Yoga class, facilitated by Kirsten, will aim to engage with a variety of bodies and experiences. Whether new to yoga or familiar but in need of modifications, Kirsten will teach a class that both challenges and encourages participants to trust their bodies. An eclectic playlist will keep us moving, breaks will keep us breathing and poses will help us find ourselves in community with each other.

Please note that a record of vaccination is required to be able to join the in-person class and masks are mandatory when not in class session. If you are not able to join in person, you can also join the class via Zoom (Meeting ID: 862 7647 9268; Passcode: 522636).

More about Kirsten
Kirsten is a white, cis-passing gender confused queerdo, who grew up in Queens and has been calling Brooklyn home for 14 years. They're interested in movement practices that heal and embrace the fullness of all bodies. With sciatica and chronic pain, they're learning to honor their body rather than force it. Yoga has helped them through depression, pain and life shit.

Feel free to email them regarding the class or modifications: Adoriank@gmail.com.

The Gay Men’s Book Club is a laid-back group for those interested in discussing gay fiction and non-fiction books. The group meets on a monthly basis and discusses a new book every month (there’s no need to read the book before coming to the meeting!). This book club aims to explore what it means to be a gay man while also building meaningful friendships. The club strives to involve a lot of socializing, laughing, and sharing of stories!

No registration is required in order to attend. Keep in mind that upon entry of the building you will need to wear a mask covering both nose and mouth and show a record of vaccination plus matching photo ID.

For more information, please contact Travis Cox at macintosh.cox@gmail.com

Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights is open weekdays:

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm
Friday 9am-5pm

Information about specific events can be found at our Events page and up-to-date information on our operating hours is found on our locations page. 

Provided by Family Health Centers at NYU Langone and Turning Point - Brooklyn.

Mobile unit begins at 11:00am outside.

PrEP and PEP consultation and information included. 13 - 18 year olds may receive services without parental consent.

For more information and questions, please contact mobile unit staffers Edgar Garcia at (347) 624-0912 Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. You can also contact Santa Fernandez of the Family Health Center NYU Langone Hotline at (718) 431-2667.

Brooklyn Community Pride Center is open on weekdays:

Tuesdays: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Wednesdays: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM

For more information on our programs and services, see our events page. For up-to date hours and directions, visit our locations page.

Let's Make Zines Together!

Brooklyn Community Pride Center, in partnership with Booklyn and the Brooklyn GHOST Project, is inviting the TGNC community to engage in zine making!

Register here (spots are limited).

Zines are handmade books. Typically, they are created by individuals, by hand, with basic materials–paper, scissors, pens, and a whole lotta love and attitude.

In this series of two workshops, Elvis Bakaitis will teach the one-page zine technique to facilitate the development of personal and community-based storytelling at Brooklyn Community Pride Center. Through visual, tactile, and writing prompts participants will create their own one-sheet zine, and contribute to a collectively made book.

This is a free workshop. No experience is necessary. Materials and tools will be provided. Curriculum for this workshop can be found in the Booklyn Education Manual, which is a free download here: https://booklyn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-booklyn-edmanual.pdf

Elvis B. is a longtime zinemaker and co-founder of the NYC Feminist Zinefest. Deeply involved in queer archiving, Elvis is a Coordinator at the Lesbian Herstory Archives, board member of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies and the University LGBTQ Council at the City University of New York.

Let’s Make Zines Together is presented by Booklyn, Inc in collaboration with Brooklyn Community Pride Center and is made possible in part by funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the NY City Council. Booklyn, Inc. is an artist-run, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. We envision a world in which art and bookmaking are tools for education, personal agency, community engagement, and activism.

Love and liberate yourself! Weekly Pilates Mat classes, facilitated by Sofia Engelman, that are not just "accepting" of you but FOR YOU.

Together, we will get moving, revitalizing our relationships with our bodies by deepening our awareness and knowledge of self. This class is both sweaty and contemplative. In community, we will heal, strengthen, and find stability, joy, and breath. Modifications, verbal cueing, and consensual touch feedback will be provided. 

No registration is needed and classes are free, but if you can spare a donation of any amount between $0 and $15 (payable via Venmo @freeskewl) that would be greatly appreciated. And if you are not able to join in person, you can also join via Zoom Meeting ID 01 463 2483 (Rev Computer Generated Captions provided).

For more information or questions, please email Sofia at sofiaengelman@gmail.com.

About Sofia Engelman:
Sofia is a white Crown Heights-based queer, dance artist, and Pilates instructor, who fell in love with Pilates while navigating chronic illness and then healing from a subsequent invasive, emergency surgery. Sofia loves working with folx who are LGBTQ+, of any size, pre- or post-gender affirming surgery, disabled, or chronically ill. When they are not teaching Pilates, they organize accessible dance events under the moniker "freeskewl" and teaches movement to young people in the NYC public schools.