Sixth Street Community Center

In 1978, a group of single mothers living on East 6th Street between Avenues B and C formed a block association. Exhausted by the decrepit condition of their neighborhood where they were struggling to raise their children and improve their environmental conditions, they actively visioned that through joint effort they could foster positive change for their community. One of their first organized efforts was to advocate for the City to seal up abandoned buildings, which they saw was essential to reducing drug trafficking and crime. After many years of grassroots organizing and fundraising, the block association was finally able to purchase and renovate the abandoned synagogue at 638 E Sixth Street— from that moment Sixth Street Community Center was born. Today Sixth Street Community Center (SSCC) offers nearly 200 local youth unique after school and summer programs. We are dedicated to empowering our youth to be active and engaged leaders and organizers in their community. Our youth programs focus on addressing the climate crisis, educating and spreading awareness on local environmental justice issues through on the ground community outreach, public arts projects, local partnerships and public engagement.