SHERO Housing Plus 2 — Brooklyn, NY
SHERO Housing Plus 2 is a community health center clinic at 297 Essex St, Brooklyn, NY 11208, open 12 hours a week. The typical New York clinic is open 46 hours a week. It is run by Housing Works Health Services III, Inc., which serves 11,721 patients across 13 clinic locations.
- Address: 297 Essex St, Brooklyn, NY 11208 · Directions
- Phone: (934) 386-0595
- Weekly hours: 12 (New York clinic median: 46)
- Operated by: Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.
Patients came to Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 8,030 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 552 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 74 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 1,288 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 536 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 408 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 225 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 907 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 2,037 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 903 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 4,748 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 6,335 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 16 | children tested |
Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. serves
11,721 patients used Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. in 2025. 93% live at or below the poverty line and 98% are at or below twice the poverty line. 4,059 patients were experiencing homelessness and 101 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | NY median | U.S. median | vs NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 93% | 72% | 65% | +20 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 98% | 92% | 92% | +6 pts |
| Measure | This center | NY median | U.S. median | vs NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 12% | 6% | 14% | +6 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 59% | 52% | 42% | +7 pts |
| Medicare patients | 15% | 13% | 11% | +2 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 14% | 20% | 24% | −6 pts |
Quality of care at Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.
Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. is at or above the New York median on 1 of 6 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | NY median | U.S. median | vs NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 57% | 69% | 68% | −12 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 23% | 57% | 54% | −34 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 23% | 54% | 54% | −31 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 87% | 73% | 77% | +14 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 59% | 79% | 86% | −20 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 70% | 76% | 79% | −6 pts |
Staffing at Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.
The health center employs 182 full-time-equivalent staff, including 18 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 47 mental health staff. That is 663 patients per clinical provider against the New York median of 878 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 84,321 visits, about 7.2 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 11208
984 Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. patients live in ZIP 11208, and 13% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation — 3,760 patients from 11208
- Community Healthcare Network, Inc. — 1,847 patients from 11208
- Brownsville Community Development Corp. — 1,627 patients from 11208
- Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. — 1,186 patients from 11208
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