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COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Experience Brooktondale

  • Brookton's Market - located in the heart of Brooktondale offering groceries, prepared foods, drinks, and more!

Interact, Learn, Have Fun

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  • Tompkins County Cooperative Extension (CCE) - offers classes and expertise in many subject areas, including agriculture, community, energy, environment, family, food, gardening, personal finance. They also have programs oriented toward youth. 

    • ​Tel: (607) 272-2292

    • Fax: (607) 272-7088

    • Email: tompkins@cornell.edu

    • Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am - 4 pm

    • Address: CCE-Tompkins Education Center
      615 Willow Avenue
      Ithaca, NY 14850-3555

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Information

  • 211 Tompkins Cortland - 211 connects people in need with services designed to address that need.  Callers are referred to service providers according to their situation. No question is too big or too small. Wondering about Food Pantries in the area? Trying to find after school programs for your child? Would you like more help finding employment? Need to find housing or health care? 211 can answer all of these questions, and more.

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  • Emergency Alerts - sign up to receive relevant emergency notifications on your phone from around Tompkins County.

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  • Health Care Navigators - provide FREE advice and assistance in choosing a health insurance plan. New York still offers the excellent and affordable Essential Plan to low income families. 

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  • Energy Navigators - provide FREE advice on lowering your energy bills and your carbon footprint. They will help you find and apply for relevant programs and incentives.

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Food Resources

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  • Caroline Food Pantry

    • Tel: (607) 539-6810​

    • Food distributions take place on the first and third Mondays of every month between 5 PM and 7 PM at the Old Fire Hall, 522 Valley Road, Brooktondale, NY 14817 - please check assigned arrival times as they change for each pickup

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  • Foodnet Meals on Wheels - offers a range of programs including nutritious meals, friendly visits, and safety checks.

    • Tel: (607) 266-9553

    • Email: info@foodnet.org

    • Address: 2422 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850

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Senior Services

  • New York Statewide Senior Action Council - promotes the dignity, well-being and security of all senior citizens in NY through education, counseling and advocacy.

    • Local: (607) 319-4888

    • Statewide: (800) 333-4374

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  • Office for the Aging - provides objective information regarding the array of services available for older adults and their caregivers.

    • Tel: (607) 274-5482​​

    • Email: cofa@tompkins-co.org

    • Address: 214 West Martin Luther King Jr./State St., Ithaca, NY 14850

    • Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

 

Emergency Services / Public Safety

  • Brooktondale Fire Co.:

    • Tel: (607) 539-7173 (Bill Lampila)

    • Address: 786 Valley Rd, Brooktondale, NY 14817

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  • Slaterville Fire Co.:

    • Tel: (607) 539-6233;

    • Alt Tel: Greg & Beth Harrington – (607) 539-7193;

    • Address: 2681 Slaterville Rd, Slaterville Springs, NY 14881

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  • Speedsville Fire Co.:

    • Tel: (607) 657-2614; 

    • Alt Tel: Richard Morgan – (607) 539-7394

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  • Tompkins County Sheriff:

    • Non-Emergency - Tompkins County Dispatch: (607) 272-2444

    • Emergency: 911

    • Business Office:

      • Tel: (607) 257-1345

      • Fax: (607) 266-5436

      • Hours: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

    • Address - Tompkins County Public Safety:

      • ​ 779 Warren Road, Ithaca, NY 14850​

    • Corrections Department: 

      • Tel: (607) 257-5316

      • Fax: (607) 266-5403

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  • New York State Police (Troop C - Serving the counties of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga, and Tompkins):

    • Non-emergency: (607) 561-7400

    • Emergency: 911

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  • Bangs Ambulance:

    • Dispatcher: (607) 273-1161

    • Emergency: 911

    • Billing: (607) 277-4911

    • Address - Office & Administration: 

      • ​205 W. Green Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

    • Address - Operations:

      • ​626 W. State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

Addiction Resources

  • Substance Use Disorder Assistance

    • Text "GetHelpNY" to 898-211​ - for free automated, confidential support and resources.

    • Dial 2-1-1 or 1-800-346-2211 - 24 Hours a Day

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  • Ithaca Community Recovery - provides safe, affordable, drug/alcohol free meeting and event space for 12-Step and other recovery oriented groups, individuals and their families. 

    • Tel: (607) 216-8754​

    • Address: 518 West Seneca St., Ithaca, NY 14850

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  • Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services - offers outpatient, opioid treatment program, and residential rehabilitation services.

    • Tel: 607-273-5500​

    • Ithaca Office Address: ‍334 W. State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850​

Community Resources

  • American Red Cross - welcomes donors at blood drives throughout Tompkins County, including at the Brooktondale Fire Station. ​​

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  • Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga -

  • Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga provides a coordinated network of human services dedicated to serving low income and vulnerable people. They serve all people regardless of their religion, beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, or immigration status.

    • Tompkins County: (607) 272-5062​

    • Tioga County: (607) 414-1023

    • Address - Tompkins County: 

      • ​324 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY 14850

    • Address - Tioga County:

      • ​932 W. River Rd, Nichols, NY 13812​​

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  • Hospicare - Hospicare & Palliative Care Services, a community resource since 1983, provides hospice care for people of any age with any terminal diagnosis. Our palliative care service specializes in relief of pain, symptoms, and stress at any point in an illness. Additionally, our bereavement support services provide grief counseling and support groups to those who are grieving a loss.

    • Tel: (607) 272-0212 

    • Email: info@hospicare.org

    • Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

    • Address - Ithaca Office: 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY 14850

    • Address - Cortland Office: 11 Kennedy Parkway, Cortland, NY 13045

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  • INHS - INHS is dedicated to expanding housing opportunities for low and moderate-income residents of Tompkins County and the surrounding region. INHS offers  both minor and major repair assistance programs, redevelops dilapidated rental properties, constructs new homes and rentals, and helps first-time homebuyers. 

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Transportation Services

  • FISH  (Friends in Service Helping) - offers no-cost transportation to medical and health related services for residents of Tompkins County.

    • Call 211 helpline or 1-877-211-8667​​​

 

  • Gadabout - offers affordable, reliable, and safe door-to-door transportation (for medical appointments, shopping, social events, etc.) for those 55 or older or ADA certified, anywhere in Tompkins County.

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  • Tompkins Consolidated Area Transport (TCAT) - a not-for-profit corporation that provides public transportation for Tompkins County New York.

    • Tel: (607) 277-RIDE (that’s 277-7433)

    • TDD/TTY Relay Service: Dial 711

    • To schedule an ADA Paratransit ride: (607) 273-1878​

    • Email: tcat@tcatmail.com

    • Address: 737 Willow Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850​​

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  • Ithaca Car Share - We’ve got 20 fuel-efficient vehicles ready for bookings located in these neighborhoods: Downtown, Northside, Southside, Fall Creek, Collegetown, the West End, and around Cornell University and East Hill.

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