TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey disaster recovery centers will continue to provide assistance for Hurricane Sandy survivors during the holiday season.
The centers will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The Hoboken center will be closed all day on Christmas Eve. All centers will be closed Christmas Day. Normal hours will resume Wednesday, Dec. 26.
The centers will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. They will be closed New Year’s Day. Normal hours will resume Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.
Survivors can visit any of the centers to meet with Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster specialists, receive assistance about low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration and find information about other disaster assistance programs.
Non-holiday hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The centers are currently located at:
Bergen County
Bergen County Plaza
1 Bergen Plaza
4th Floor
Hackensack, NJ 07652
Essex County
Willing Heart Community Care Center
555 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07103
Hudson County
City Hall
94 Washington St.
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Bayonne City Museum
229 Broadway
Bayonne, NJ 07002
Jersey City Museum
350 Montgomery St.
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Middlesex County
Sayreville Senior Center
423 Main St.
Sayreville, NJ 08872
Woodbridge Health Center
2 George Frederick Plaza
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Monmouth County
Belmar Municipal Building
601 Main St.
Belmar, NJ 07719
Henry Hudson Trail Activity Center
945 Highway 36
Leonardo, NJ 07737
Long Branch Fire Station No. 4
199-205 Union Ave.
Long Branch, NJ 07740
Union Beach Municipal Building
650 Poole Ave.
Union Beach, NJ 07735
Ocean County
Bay Head Fire Station No. 1
81 Bridge Ave.
Bay Head, NJ 08742
Dec. 24 hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The center’s regular hours of 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. will change to 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 26
Bell Crest Plaza Store Front 4C
953 Fischer Blvd.
Toms River, NJ 08753
Brick Township Civic Center
270 Chambers Bridge Road
Brick, NJ 08723
Harvey Cedars Bible Conference Center
12 Cedars Ave.
Harvey Cedars, NJ 08008
Little Egg Harbor Senior Center
641 Radio Road
Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08087
Old Township Building
775 East Bay Ave.
Stafford, NJ 08050
Passaic County
Passaic County Department of Health
317 Pennsylvania Ave.
Paterson, NJ 07503
Union County
Gregorio Recreation Center
330 Helen St.
Linden, NJ 07036
Plainfield Senior Citizen’s Service Center
400 East Front St.
Plainfield, NJ 07060
To find the nearest recovery center, the following options are available: Text DRC and a Zip Code to 43362 (4FEMA), and a text message will be sent back with the address. Also, visit the disaster recovery center locator at www.FEMA.gov/disaster-recovery-centers.
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
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