Summer can be a very fun time of the year, but it can also be dangerous. When things get too hot it is easier to experience heat exhaustion, dehydration, fatigue, and other heat-related ailments. In order to protect Long Islanders against these conditions, Nassau and Suffolk counties are opening cooling centers on designated days that offer citizens a place to go to cool off.
Cooling centers are air-conditioned facilities to offer people relief from the heat when the heat index is predicted to be dangerously high. You should use a cooling center during a heat wave if you have no access to a cool environment, and particularly if you are at risk for heat-related illness.
Cooling center facilities are managed by the New York State Department of Health, who determine each site’s hours of operation and level(s) of accessibility. For more information, contact a facility directly.
Suffolk County
Cooling centers may be available only during extreme heat events. Call before you go.
- Brookhaven Gym at SCCC Ammerman, 533 College Rd, Selden, 11784, 631-451-4000
- HSE Center atSCCC Grant Campus, 1001 Crooked Hill Rd, Brentwood, 11717, 631-851-6700
- SCCC Eastern Campus – Peconic Building, 121 Speonk Riverhead Rd, Riverhead, 11901, 631-548-2500
Nassau County
Cooling centers may be available only during extreme heat events. Call before you go.
- Baldwin Senior Center, 1810 N Grand Ave, Baldwin, 11510, 516-546-7110
- Bellmore Senior Center, 2000 Bellmore Ave, Bellmore, 11710, 516-221-9696
- Bethpage Ice Center, 1001 Stewart Ave, Bethpage, 11714, 516-433-7465
- Cantiague Park, 480 West John St, Hicksville, 11801, 516-571 7058
- Cedarhurst Senior Center, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, 11516, 516-295-1177
- Clinton G. Martin Park, 1601 Marcus Ave, New Hyde Park, 11042, 516-869-6311
- Elmont Senior Center, 138 Elmont Rd, Elmont, 11003, 516-354-4777
- Franklin Square Senior Center, 1182 Martha Pl, Franklin Square, 11010, 516-328-3010
- Grant Park, 1625 Broadway, Hewlett, 11557, 516-571-7821
- Green Acres Senior Center, 400 Flower Rd, Valley Stream, 11581, 516-872-8810
- Levittown Senior Center, 555 N Newbridge Rd, Levittown, 11756, 516-433-5454
- Marjorie Post Rink, 451 Unqua Rd, Massapequa, 11758, 516-797-7990
- Merrick Senior Center, 2550 Clubhouse Road, Merrick, 11566, 516-868-4777
- Michael J. Tully Park, 1801 Evergreen Ave, New Hyde Park, 11040, 516-869-6311
- Mitchel Field Complex, 1 Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Uniondale, 11553, 516-572-0400
- Oceanside Senior Center, 2900 Rockaway Ave, Oceanside, 11572, 516-766-8888
- Rosa Parks Senior Center, 2 Babylon Tpke, Roosevelt, 11575, 516-867-1612
- Salisbury Senior Center, 460 Salisbury Park Drive, Westbury, 11590, 516-333-5440
- SYO Woodbury Ice Rink, 7900 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, 11797, 516-677-5990
- Uniondale-Hempstead Senior Center, 840 Uniondale Ave, Uniondale, 11553, 516-292-1313
- Uniondale-Merrick Senior Center, 750 Jerusalem Ave, Uniondale, 11553, 516-538-5050
- Wantagh Park Community Center, 1 King Road, Wantagh, 11793, 516-571-7460
- Wantagh Senior Center, 1150 Seamans Neck Rd, Wantagh, 11793, 516-785-8505
Yes We Can Community Center, 141 Garden St, Westbury, 11590, 516-869-6311