Registration for the Coat Drive begins on October 17th.

The New York Cares Coat Drive runs from November 15th through December 31st.

You can drop off your coats at the New York Cares Coat Drive warehouse, located at 157 W 31st Street, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

You can also ship your coats directly to the following address:

ATTN: The New York Cares Coat Drive
157 West 31st Street, Basement 2
New York, NY 10001

New York Cares works hand-in-hand with a wide variety of Community Partners in New York City to make sure coats are distributed to men, women, children and infants as quickly as possible. Our Community Partners include nonprofit social service agencies, churches, schools and shelters, all of whom serve some of our city's most in-need populations.

The New York Cares Coat Drive is only collecting clean, gently used jackets and coats. You can direct other items, such as sweaters, hats and gloves, to organizations with the capacity to distribute them to those in need. A list of organizations can be found here.

The value of any coat you donate to the Coat Drive is tax deductible. You can download a receipt here. You can also get a receipt during the morning collection shifts at Penn Station and Port Authority Bus Terminal starting November 15th and at Grand Central Terminal starting December 1st. At all three sites, receipts are issued Monday through Friday, between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., through December 31st. Please note: New York Cares does not appraise coats. Values are assigned by the donor up to a maximum of $5,000.