City of Detroit offers Warming Centers and Respite Locations to protect residents from the cold

With temperatures predicted to fall below 20 degrees in upcoming days, the City of Detroit is reminding residents that respite locations and warming centers are available to provide relief from the cold. Four warming centers are open around the clock for those who are homeless and need shelter during cold weather. Detroit recreation centers and public library branches are available as respite locations during normal operating hours, but will be closed for Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 15. Those facilities will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Warming Centers
Four warming centers are now open now to provide shelter from the cold weather, plus two meals, showers, sleeping accommodations, and housing assistance services to residents experiencing homelessness. 

To access these warming centers or year-round emergency shelters, residents should call the City of Detroit’s Housing Services Helpline at 866-313-2520 during the hours of 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday-Friday.  Veterans seeking shelter should call 866-313-2520 from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Mondays-Friday.

The warming centers are:
Cass Community Social Services - Serves families and women
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries - Serves families and women
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries - Serves single males 
Joseph Walker Williams Recreation Center – Serves men, women, and families

Respite Locations
In addition to the overnight warming centers listed above, the City of Detroit is providing recreation centers as respite locations, which are open during normal operating hours.  Additionally, all Detroit Public Library branches are available during their normal operating hours for residents to stay warm. These respite locations will be closed on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 15 and reopen Tuesday, January 16.
 

City of Detroit Recreation Centers 

Adams Butzel Complex, 10500 Lyndon
Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.– 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Butzel Family Center, 7737 Kercheval Avenue
Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.–7 p.m., Closed Saturday

Clemente Recreation Center, 2631 Bagley
Monday-Friday from 1– 9 p.m., Closed Saturday

Community Center at AB Ford, 100 Lenox
Monday – Friday from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Crowell Recreation Center, 16630 Lahser
Monday-Friday from 1– 9 p.m., Closed Saturday

Farwell Recreation Center, 2711 E. Outer Drive
Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.–7 p.m., Closed Saturday

Heilmann Recreation Center, 19601 Crusade
Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. – 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kemeny Recreation Center, 2260 S. Fort
Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.– 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Lasky Recreation Center, 13200 Fenelon
Monday-Friday from 1– 9 p.m., Closed Saturday

Northwest Activities Center, 18100 Meyers
Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. – 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Patton Recreation Center, 2301 Woodmere
Monday-Friday, from 8 a.m. – 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Detroit Public Library Branches

The Main Library is open Monday and Thursday-Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from noon - 8 p.m. and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. The Main Library and branch libraries will be closed on Monday, Jan. 15 and reopen Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Bowen Branch, 3648 W. Vernor
Mon., Wed. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs. from noon - 8 p.m.

Campbell Branch, 8733 W. Vernor Hwy.
Mon. & Wed. from noon - 8 p.m.; Tues., Thurs. & Sat from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Chandler Park Branch, 12800 Harper
Mon., Wed. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Thurs. from noon - 8 p.m.

Chaney Branch, 16101 Grand River
Mon., Wed. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs. from noon - 8 p.m.

Duffield Branch, 2507 W. Grand Blvd.
Mon., Wed. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs. from noon - 8 p.m.

Edison Branch, 18400 Joy Road
Mon. & Wed. from noon - 8 p.m.; Tues., Thurs. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Elmwood Park Branch, 550 Chene
Mon., Wed. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs. from noon - 8 p.m.

Franklin Branch, 13651 E. McNichols
Mon., Wed. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs. from noon - 8 p.m.

Hubbard Branch, 12929 W. McNichols
Mon. & Wed. from noon - 8 p.m.; Tues., Thurs. & Sat from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Jefferson Branch, 12350 E. Outer Drive
Mon. & Wed. from noon - 8 p.m.; Tues., Thurs. & Sat from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Knapp Branch, 13330 Conant
Mon., Wed. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs. from noon - 8 p.m.

Lincoln Branch, 1221 E. Seven Mile Road
Mon. & Wed. from noon - 8 p.m.; Tues., Thurs. & Sat from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Parkman Branch, 1766 Oakman Blvd.
Mon. & Wed. from noon - 8 p.m.; Tues., Thurs. & Sat from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Redford Branch, 21200 Grand River Ave.
Mon. & Wed. from noon - 8 p.m.; Tues., Thurs. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sherwood Forest Branch, 7117 W. 7 Mile Road
Mon., Wed. & Sat. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs. from noon - 8 p.m.