Human Services

The Town has four Senior Centers: 

• North Amityville Senior Center
   48-C Cedar Road 
   Amityville, NY 11701
   Phone: (631) 789-3524
   Contact Person: Tanya Crocker, Director
• Spangle Drive Senior Center
   438 Spangle Drive
   North Babylon, NY 11703
   Phone: (631) 422-7610
   Contact Person: Carolyn Epifane, Director
•  Tanner Park Senior Center
   Baylawn Avenue 
   Copiague, NY 11726
   Phone: (631) 842-7773
   Contact Person: Kerry Riordan, Director
•  Wyandanch Senior Nutrition Center
   28 Wyandanch Avenue 
   Wyandanch, NY 11798
   Phone: (631) 491-4889
   Contact Person: Alicia Portwine, Director

The Senior Centers provide recreational, cultural, advisory, and health programs. Program activities at all centers include arts and crafts, cards, games, billiards, outdoor games, needlework, painting, dance instruction, trips, and parties. 

Babylon’s Senior Centers provide many informational and special services, including Social Security information, income tax assistance, Medicare and Medicaid information, health education, referral services, mobile van health screening, and blood pressure screenings. 

The Senior Centers provide transportation to and from the centers, free of charge. 

The Town of Babylon operates four Senior Centers. The Senior Centers are recreation centers for active and independent seniors (60 years of age and older). 

The Senior Centers are different than an adult day care program. Adult day care programs offer supervised health care management and social activities to adults who are frail or with special disabilities that require constant attention. Typically, these services are provided in a protective environment by trained staff, which assists clients with socialization and activities of daily living (eating, exercise and hygiene). 

For more information about Adult Day Care Centers, contact Suffolk County Office of the Aging at (631) 853-2236. 

All interested participants must complete a registration form that contains basic information such as name, address, current contact information, emergency contact information and a list of current medications. Participants must also show proof of residency and age. 

There is no cost to join a senior center. Once registered, members receive an identification card, which allows them to sign up for the lunch program, transportation, activities, classes and trips. 

All participants must be 60 years of age or older.

The senior centers are open Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. 

The Town's Senior Centers provide numerous programs and activities, which vary among the four centers. For individual senior center programs, residents should call the senior center directly. 

 Generally, the activities, classes and programs offered include: 

• *Lunch
• *Dancing instruction
• *Dance parties
• *Computer classes
• *Computers for individual use
• *Bingo
• *Horse racing
• *Exercise classes
• *Band concerts
• *Theme parties 
• *Card games
• *Billiards
• *Arts and crafts 
• *Bocce ball

The Town's Senior Centers do provide transportation services to and from the center. Some of the centers also provide bi-monthly shopping trips to a local grocery store or convenience store for the seniors. The North Amityville Senior Center's door-to-door transportation services is also wheelchair accessible. 

Generally, the Senior Centers schedule food shopping trips for the seniors two to three times a month. To schedule transportation to a medical appointment, call five days in advance to schedule Senior Transportation at (631) 422-7618. This service is free and subject to availability. 

The Wyandanch Senior Citizen Nutrition Center is located at 28 Wyandanch Avenue in Wyandanch. The phone number is (631) 491-4889. 

 As a Nutrition Center, this center provides nutritional lunches for all seniors, including those at other Town senior centers, with a minimum of 100 lunches served daily. The average attendance is 60-80 seniors per day. 

Special programs offered at the Wyandanch Senior Citizen Nutrition Center are: 

• *The Food Program sponsored by Long Island Cares
• *The Frail and Elderly Program
• *The local schools' Intergenerational Program
• *The Wyandanch Senior Citizen Nutrition Center also provides: 
• *Transportation for seniors to and from the center on a daily basis.
• *Transportation for seniors to the local supermarket and Walmart.
• *Chair exercises every morning
• *Bingo games daily
• *Daily Arts and Crafts
• *Monthly Senior Center parties/social events
• *Computer class Monday through Friday, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
• *Access to pool tables, Monday through Friday

The Tanner Park Senior Citizen Center provides: 

• Exercise class on Mondays
• Tai Chi classes on Tuesdays
• Computer classes on Tuesdays
• Mahjong games on Tuesdays
• Line Dancing on Wednesdays
• Live Music on Fridays: Big Band
• Bingo games on Thursdays, which are generally attended by 100 seniors
• Monthly visits from a Senior Advocate from Suffolk County Office for the Aging
• Daily activities such as arts and crafts, billiards, bingo, bocce, mahjong, and card games
• Monthly Horse racing activities
• Monthly presentations on senior related topics
• Monthly Senior Center parties/social events, which are generally attended by 150-200 seniors
• Access to outdoor bocce ball and horseshoes games
• Scheduled summer trips to the Cedar Beach Pavilion
• Annual barbecue events and Senior Olympic outdoor sports
• Free transportation to and from the centers for seniors who no longer drive

The Spangle Drive Senior Citizen Center is located at 438 Spangle Drive in North Babylon.  

• Wii bowling on Mondays
• Line Dancing on Mondays
• Craft class on Tuesdays & Thursdays
• Big bingo & horse racing on Tuesdays
• Knitting/crocheting on Thursdays
• Daily activities such as ping pong, billiards, bingo, card and assorted games
• Music/karaoke on scheduled dates
• Computer class on Thursdays
• Monthly Senior Center parties/social events, which are generally attended by 150 seniors
• Scheduled health presentations
• Access to outdoor bocce ball and horseshoes games
• Monthly cooking class
• Scheduled summer trips to the Cedar Beach Pavilion
• Participation for seniors in the local schools' Intergenerational Program

The Essential Services Transportation Program is for seniors who reside in the Town of Babylon to receive free transportation to medical, dental and other essential appointments and services as long as they are within the boundaries of the Town of Babylon. Services include transportation to:

*Social Security Office located at 510 Park Avenue in West Babylon.

*Town of Babylon – Town Hall for tax payments.

*Shopping needs 

Shopping transportation services are by appointment only, Monday through Friday. Appointments can be made by calling (631) 422-7618 or (631) 893-1056.

The Essential Services Transportation Program is for seniors who reside in the Town of Babylon and meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Must be 60 years of age or older
• Do not own a car or have access to one
• Cannot afford taxi services

There is no charge for these services.

Participants are required to notify the program at least 7-10 days prior for the need of transportation service. This will guarantee your appointment.

Yes, given the availability of transportation. These appointments must be made in advance with pick-ups starting at 9:00 am, with the last appointment scheduled at 1:30pm. Any appointments past 1:30pm must be a one-way trip. 

There is no renewal period to be part of the program and applicants can receive services as long as they live in the Town of Babylon and as long as they need the services.

Once you apply, vehicle possession and driving abilities will be verified by Town staff by interviewing the applicant.

Transportation services are only within the boundaries of the Town of Babylon. 

Residents are urged to schedule their doctor and essential appointments between the hours of 9:00 am - 1:30 pm on the day designated for your area. 

Residents, age 60 and older, who own or rent and are incapable of maintaining their residence because of illness, incapacity, handicap, or absence of a caretaker-relative are eligible for this service. Priority is given to servicing those who are frail, low income, minority, disabled, isolated or veterans. 

Residents who are receiving the same or similar service under another government-funded program are not eligible for this service. 

Applicants must be a Town of Babylon resident and at least 60 years of age. Those seniors that are 60 years of age or older but have adult and able-bodied children/people residing in their homes are not eligible for repair or home chore services.

There are no associated costs for labor but participants are responsible for the cost of materials. Once a repair job is complete, participants will receive a survey in the mail along with a request for monetary donation. However, seniors are not obligated to donate to this program.

Residential Repair services are offered four days a week, Monday through Thursday, between the hours of 8:00 am and 2:00 pm. 

There is no income requirement to receive services. 

The Town's Residential Repair program provides: 

*Handicapped modifications

*Installation of hand rails and grab bars

*Painting services

*Trimming bushes/shrubs

*Minor plumbing services

The Residential Repair program covers minor projects only. The program does not provide electrical services, roof repair, window replacements, or snow removal. For more information, please call (631) 464-4340, x1117. 

Yes, we provide identification cards for senior citizens. Applicants must visit the Department of Human Services at 1 Commerce Boulevard, Amityville, NY and provide proof of residency and age. Acceptable documents include a driver's license, utility bill or passport. These ID cards allow members to redeem senior citizen discounts were available.