The Lower Eastside Girls Club Center for Community, New York City’s first and only Girls Club facility, is located on Avenue D between 7th and 8th Streets in Manhattan. Girls enter a new world filled with hope, imagination and possibility for the future.

Baker Hall, a multipurpose facility for healthcare and physical activities, offers dance, yoga, drumming, meditation and stress reduction programs, sports activities and more. Nurse practitioners, nutritionists, and physical fitness instructors are available for counseling and training. Educational classes and events for families and new parents also take place here.

The Lamarr-Lovelace Labs are the epicenter of all technology-related programs and equipment. The Labs are home to our Maker Shop, a site for hands-on engineering projects, and The East Village Planetarium: a 64 seat, 30 ft dome that teaches earth and sky science, astro-visualization and digital design to schools and small group classes.

The Digital Media Lab offers computer stations with free wireless Internet access, and classes in graphic design, web design and digital photography. Digital filmmaking and editing classes also take place here.

Simultaneously, girls take their digital film, photography and IT courses, while school classes and the general public participate in film festivals and screening events in the Center for Media and Social Justice screening room.

The Sound Design Studio is the home of the WGRL: Where Girl Radio Lives podcasting station, Avenue DJs, audio engineering and citizen journalism classes.

Program development offices, conference and training rooms share space with the Counseling, Career and Leadership Center where girls can meet with nurse educators, nutritionists, social workers, career counselors, and college advisors. Ongoing mentoring, tutoring, academic support, GALA (Girls as Activists, Leaders, and Advocates) and Girls Club Worldwide leadership development and civic engagement programs.

Alphabet City Art School houses large light-filled art studios used for painting, drawing and other materials arts classes. The Art + Community Gallery, site of the Girls Club’s teen curatorial training program, acts as a venue for a wide range of art exhibitions.

The Science and Environmental Education Center opens onto a working green roof where our Farm Girls grow produce and herbs for the café.

We have expanded our successful entrepreneurial social venture businesses, the Sweet Things Bake Shop and La Tiendita, with the construction of a We Mean Business Culinary Education Center and commercial kitchen. These programs offer job training and opportunities for teenage girls and neighborhood women.

The kitchen also serves as a classroom for Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds nutrition education and Pizza Academy classes, while meeting in-house food service needs. A planted courtyard with an outdoor fountain, designed by artist Kiki Smith, and café tables provides a unique oasis for dining and quiet events.