About The Door

Each year The Door serves more than 11,000 young people from all over New York City, aged 12-21, with a wide range of services including health care, GED and English language classes, tutoring and homework help, college preparation and computer classes, career development and training, job placement, legal services, arts, daily meals, sports and recreational activities all under one roof.

Young people who come to The Door often face many barriers before they arrive here. We are proud to offer an encouraging environment, and through our integrated services, form a supportive network — a springboard to help launch our young people forward and a safety net to catch them if they fall. Because the challenges facing our young people are many and varied, we know that the solutions must be just as multi-faceted. Integration is the cornerstone of our programming because we feel that increased staff collaboration and truly "wraparound" services lead to stronger springboards and more tightly woven safety nets.

Our programs evolve with the needs of our young people, but our goal remains the same — to help each and every young person who walks through our door discover and achieve his or her greatest potential.