A new Brooklyn shelter offers unhoused families with kids a chance at more stability

The Fort Greene Family Center, a Brooklyn homeless shelter, has 105 units for families with kids. Courtesy of Westhab A new Brooklyn shelter offers apartment-style transitional housing for formerly homeless families. The building could be turned into permanent housing if shelter demand falls. Notably, the shelter faced little opposition from the community, its owner said. Across the street from Brooklyn's leafy Fort Greene Park, dozens of formerly homeless families with children have found ...