FLUSHING SBA-FEMA RECOVERY CENTER TO CLOSE

NEW YORK, N. Y. — New York State and federal officials remind those who were affected by the August 8 severe storm and flooding that they only have until next Wednesday to visit the Small Business Loan Administration (SBA)-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Recovery Center in Flushing.

The SBA-FEMA Recovery Center located at the Tzu Chi Foundation  in Flushing on Northern Boulevard, will close on Wednesday, October 17 at 7 p.m. Current hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The SBA-FEMA Recovery Centers that will remain open are located:

Mobile SBA-FEMA Recovery Center
Parking Lot One Block South of Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York
110-31 Merrick Boulevard (between 111th Avenue and 111th Road)
Jamaica (Queens), NY
This center is open 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday – Friday; closed on weekends.

SBA-FEMA Recovery Center at Williamsburg Public Library
240 Division Avenue (Basement Auditorium),
Williamsburg (Brooklyn), NY
The library will be closed Monday October 15.
This center is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.; closed on weekends.

SBA-FEMA Recovery Center at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
552 59th Street (6th Avenue)
Brooklyn (Sunset), NY
This center is open 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday – Friday; closed on weekends.

The SBA-FEMA Recovery Centers focus on helping people fill out applications for low-interest disaster loans from the SBA and learn more information about their application with FEMA.

Affected Queens and Brooklyn residents, who have not registered with FEMA yet, can do so online at www.fema.gov or by calling toll-free 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). Speech or hearing impaired individuals should call (TTY) 1-800-462-7585.  Telephone lines are open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Saturday.

New York State and FEMA join the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in reminding New Yorkers seeking assistance to complete and send in their SBA loan application. The SBA disaster loans are the primary source of long-term recovery aid.

FEMA coordinates the federal government’s role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.

Disaster recovery assistance is available without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, economic status or retaliation. If you or someone you know has been discriminated against, you should call FEMA toll-free at 800-621-FEMA (3362) or contact your State Office of Equal Rights. If suspicious of any abuse of FEMA programs, please contact the fraud hotline at 1-800-323-8603.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Room 350 500 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20472
United States