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Brooklyn Avenues Youth Shelter - Avenues for Youth

Provides an 11-bed and 1 emergency bed shelter. Provides youth with basic needs, 24-hour staff guidance, case management, life skills training, nursing, mental health, education, and employment support and more.

Last assured

07/03/2024

Physical Address

7210 76th Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428

Hours

Hennepin Shelter Hotline: 8 am - 10 pm Monday - Friday; 1 pm - 9 pm Saturday, Sunday and holidays; after hours call 211 Services: 24 hours/7 days a week

Voice

(612)522-1690 ext. 2

Intake Brooklyn Avenues

Voice

(612)204-8200

Intake Hennepin Shelter Hotline

Voice

211

Intake Afterhours

Application process

- Youth ages 18 and older must be referred to the Hennepin Shelter Hotline - Brooklyn Avenues: Youth ages 16 and 17 can be provided with a direct referral to the shelter - Monday - Friday: Call Hennepin Shelter Hotline 8 am -10 pm; call 211 afterhours - Saturday, Sunday, and holidays: Call Hennepin Shelter Hotline 1 pm - 9 pm; call 211 afterhours - Visit Youth Services Network website for shelter openings and services at www.ysnmn.org

Required documents

Information collected at intake on first day

Eligibility

Open to single youth ages 16 - 21 who are homeless and from the northwest suburbs of Hennepin County: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth, Robbinsdale, and north Minneapolis

Service area

Brooklyn Center, MN
Brooklyn Park, MN
Crystal, MN
Golden Valley, MN
Maple Grove, MN
Minneapolis, MN
New Hope, MN
Osseo, MN
Plymouth, MN
Robbinsdale, MN

Agency info

Avenues for Youth

Provides community based emergency shelter and host homes including support services to homeless youth.

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