Bridges New York City
NY · Since 2018
The NYC Bridges program began in 2018. NYC Bridges serves in-school and out-of-school young adults ages 14-24 across Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx.
807
Young adults served since 2018
684
Placements since 2018
80%
90-day retention (2025)
558+
Employer partners
208
Schools served
About this program
Bridges New York City is based at 1460 Broadway in midtown Manhattan and serves young adults ages 14 to 24 across select high schools in all five boroughs. The program partners with the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Department of Education to identify students who can benefit from career readiness support and to coordinate transition planning.
Founded in 2018, Bridges New York City is one of the most recent additions to the Bridges network, building on more than three decades of national experience to serve young adults across one of the country's largest school systems.
Bridges NYC is supported by a network of New York-based foundations and grantmakers, including the New York Community Trust, the Butler Foundation, the Taft Foundation, and the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. This funding base supports career preparation, placement, and on-the-job follow-along across the boroughs Bridges serves.
Like every Bridges site, the New York program is free for participants and their families. A Youth Employment Specialist works one-on-one with each young adult to identify career goals, develop interviewing skills, connect with employers, create a résumé, apply for jobs, get a job, and succeed in a job. After a placement, the same specialist supports the new hire through the first year of employment, coordinating with the employer's HR team and following up at 30, 60, and 90-day milestones. The program is funded through grants, donations, and corporate giving. There is no tuition, and no fee to the employer.
The New York City office is open Monday through Friday, by appointment.
Pre-Employment Transition Services
Starting earlier, right in the classroom.
The Pre-ETS program is free for students and schools. Pre-Employment Specialists currently collaborate with 28 schools, pushing into classroom settings on a weekly, biweekly, or scheduled basis to deliver the curriculum in a group setting. Sessions include classroom workshops and, occasionally, site visits to employers around the New York area.
As Pre-ETS students turn 18, they can connect with an Employment Specialist and move into the Job Placement program.
- Student ages
- 14–21
- Partner schools
- 28
- Cost
- Free for students and schools
What Pre-ETS includes
- Job Exploration Counseling
- Workplace Readiness Training
- Work-Based Learning Experiences
- Counseling on Post-Secondary Education or Training
- Self-Advocacy and Peer Mentoring
The New York City network
Who we work with in New York City.
Employers hiring our participants
Local partners and districts
- Select high schools across all five boroughs of New York City
- New York City Department of Education
- New York State Department of Education
- New York Community Trust
- Butler Foundation
- Taft Foundation
- Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
208
schools in the New York City service area.
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Eagle Academy for Young Men-Bronx
NYC DOE-District 9
Thomas A Edison Career and Tech Education HS
NYC DOE-District 28
Aviation Career and Technical High School
NYC DOE-District 24
Queens Technical High School
NYC DOE-District 24
High School of Fashion Industries
NYC DOE-District 2
Bronx Leadership Academy
NYC DOE-District 9
Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School
NYC DOE-District 2
New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities
NYC DOE-District 10
Bronx Aerospace High School
NYC DOE-District 11
Bronx River High School
NYC DOE-District 11
The College Academy
NYC DOE-District 6
Midwood High School at Brooklyn College
NYC DOE-District 22
Manhattan Hunter Science High School
NYC DOE-District 3
New Utrecht High School
University Neighborhood High School
NYC DOE-District 1
Urban Assembly for Green Careers
NYC DOE-District 3
Edward R. Murrow High School
NYC DOE-District 21
PS35M
NYC DOE-District 2
HS for Construction, Trades, Engineering & Archiitechture
NYC DOE-District 26
Discovery High School
NYC DOE-District 10
High School for Law and Public Service
NYC DOE-District 6
Manhattan Bridges High School
NYC DOE-District 2
Urban Dove Team Charter School
Flushing High School
NYC DOE-District 25
Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy
NYC DOE-District 10
Bronx Collegiate Academy
NYC DOE-District 9
FDR High School
NYC DOE-District 20
Forest Hills High School
NYC DOE-District 28
Civic Leadership Academy
NYC DOE-District 24
Energy Tech High School
NYC DOE-District 30
EBC High School for Public Service-Bushwick
NYC DOE-District 32
Eagle Academy for Young Men-Harlem
NYC DOE-District 5
Williamsburg High School of Arts and Technology
Brooklyn Frontiers High School
NYC DOE-District 15
P.S. K077
NYC DOE-District 75
Veritas Academy
NYC DOE-District 25
Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance
NYC DOE-District 16
James Madison High School
NYC DOE-District 22
Bronx Arena High School
NYC DOE-District 8
Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice
NYC DOE-District 7
Dean College
NYC DOE-District 5
Inwood Early College for Health & IT
NYC DOE-District 6
Urban Assembly Maker Academy
NYC DOE-District 2
Martin Van Buren High School
NYC DOE-District 26
Boys and Girls High School
NYC DOE-District 16
Abraham Lincoln High School
NYC DOE-District 21
AECI II: NYC Charter High School for Computer Engineering and Innovation
NYC DOE-District 9
Comp Sci High
NYC DOE-District 12
Food and Finance High School
NYC DOE-District 2
H.E.R.O. High
NYC DOE-District 7
High School for Health Professions and Human Services
NYC DOE-District 2
MESA Charter High School
NYC DOE-District 32
Providing Urban Learners Success in Education
NYC DOE-District 10
Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences
NYC DOE-District 26
Uncommon Charter High School
Bronx High School for Law and Community Service
NYC DOE-District 10
High School for Contemporary Arts - X544
NYC DOE-District 11
High School of Telecommuncation Arts & Technology
NYC DOE-District 20
Manhattan Academy for Arts & Language
NYC DOE-District 2
Pace High School
NYC DOE-District 75
Transit Tech High School
NYC DOE-District 19
William E. Grady Career and Tech Education High School
NYC DOE-District 21
Achievement First Brooklyn High School
NYC DOE-District 13
City As School
NYC DOE-District 2
Fannie Lou Hammer High School
NYC DOE-District 10
Fort Hamilton High School
NYC DOE-District 20
Harry S Truman High School
NYC DOE-District 11
High School for Arts and Technology
NYC DOE-District 3
John Adams High School
NYC DOE-District 27
Kingsborough Community College
New Vision High School
NYC DOE-District 7
Newtown High School
NYC DOE-District 24
Pelham Preparatory Academy
NYC DOE-District 11
A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
Bronx Design and Construction Academy
NYC DOE-District 7
Bronx Lab School
NYC DOE-District 11
Bronxwood Preparatory Academy
NYC Doe-District 79
Digital Arts & Cinema Technology High School
NYC DOE-District 15
Erasmus High School
NYC DOE-District 40
Francis Lewis High School
NYC DOE-District 26
Frederick Douglass Academy
NYC DOE-District 5
Harvest Collegiate High School
NYC DOE-District 2
New Dorp High School
Richmond Hill High School - Q475
NYC DOE-District 27
The Hallen School
Private
Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
NYC DOE-District 6
Winston Preparatory School
Private
Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx - X568
NYC DOE-District 9
Academy of Finance and Enterprise
NYC DOE-District 24
August Martin High School
NYC DOE-District 27
Beacon High School
NYC DOE-District 2
Bronx Compass High School
Bronx Studio School for Writers & Artists
NYC DOE-District 8
Brooklyn Collegiate
NYC DOE-District 23
Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
NYC DOE-District 3
Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders
NYC DOE-District 21
Fiorello H. Laguardia High School
NYC DOE-District 3
Greenburgh Academy
Yonkers
Herbert H. Lehman High School
NYC DOE-District 11
Independence High School
NYC DOE-District 2
Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
NYC DOE-District 2
Opportunity Charter School
NYC DOE-District 3
Orchard Collegiate Academy
NYC DOE-District 1
Richard R. Green High School of Teaching
NYC DOE-District 2
Riverside High School
Yonkers
Roosevelt High School
Yonkers
Sunset Park High School
NYC DOE-District 15
The Child School / Legacy High School
Private
The Equality Charter High School
NYC DOE-District 11
The New York Institute for Special Education
Tiegerman High School
Williamsburg Charter High School
NYC DOE-District 14
Academy of American Studies
NYC DOE-District 30
Achievement First University Prep High School
NYC DOE-District 32
Art and Design High School
NYC DOE-District 2
Bay Ridge Prep Upper School
NYC DOE-District 20
Benjamin N Cardozo High School
NYC DOE-District 26
Bronx Bridges High School
NYC DOE-District 8
Bronx Preparatory Academy - X514
NYC DOE-District 11
Brooklyn Collaborative Studies High School
NYC DOE-District 15
Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School
NYC DOE-District 13
Brooklyn Preparatory High School
NYC DOE-District 14
Brooklyn Prospect Charter High School
NYC DOE-District 15
Brooklyn Technical High School
NYC DOE-District 13
Broome Street Academy
Charter
Colombia Secondary School
NYC DOE-District 3
Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences
NYC DOE-District 18
East Williamsburg Scholars Academy
NYC DOE-District 14
Epic High School
NYC DOE-District 27
Eximius College Preparatory Academy
NYC DOE-District 9
Harlem Village Academies
High School for Energy and Technology
NYC DOE-District 10
Hillside Arts & Letters Academy Q235
NYC DOE-District 28
Information Technology High School
NYC DOE-District 24
Innovation Charter High School
Khahil Gilbran International Academy
Lafayette Academy
NYC DOE-District 3
Landmark High School
NYC DOE-District 2
Leaders In Our Neighborhood (LION) Charter School
NYC DOE-District 8
Murray Hill Academy
NYC DOE-District 2
New Dawn Charter High School II
New Design High School
NYC DOE-District 2
New York City College of Technology (City Tech)
Northside Charter High School
NYC DOE-District 14
NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies
NYC DOE-District 2
Park West High School
NYC DOE-District 5
Port Richmond High School
NYC DOE-District 31
Progress High School for Professional Careers
NYC DOE-District 14
Saunders Trades and Technical High School
Yonkers
South Bronx Community Charter School
South Brooklyn Community High School
The Cinema School
NYC DOE-District 12
The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology
The James Baldwin School
NYC DOE-District 2
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences
NYC DOE-District 22
The Scholars Academy
The Summit School
Private
Theatre Arts Production Company School
NYC DOE-District 10
United Charter High School
University Prep Charter High School
NYC DOE-District 7
Vanguard High School
NYC DOE-District 2
Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts
NYC DOE-District 3
William Cullen Bryant High School
NYC DOE-District 30
Alfred E Smith CTE
Bard High School Early College - M696
Bayside High School
NYC DOE-District 26
Beach Channel High School
NYC DOE-District 27
Boerum Hill International Studies
Bronx Academy for Software Engineering
Bronx Academy of Letters
Bronx Collaborative High School (BxCHS)
Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Enrivonment
NYC DOE-District 17
Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
Business Technology Early College High School
Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
Clara Barton High School - K600
Claremont International High School
NYC DOE-District 9
Coop Tech
Earl Monroe High School
El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice
Fordham Leadership Academy
Forsyth Satellite Academy
Gotham Collaborative HS
Gramercy Arts High School
Guttman Community College
Harlem Renaissance High School
NYC DOE-District 5
Health Opportunity High School
Herbert H. Lehman High School
Heritage
High School of Economics and Finance
J. M. Rapport School for Career Development
James Baldwin High School
John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
Judith S Kaye High School
KAPPA International High School
Manhattan School for Career Development
Maspeth High School
Mott Hall V High School
P 369K
PULSE High School
Queens Collegiate: A College Board School
The Facing History School
Urban Assembly for Media Studies
W. H. Maxwell Career & Tech Education High School
World View High School
X288 Collegiate Institute for Math & Science
Meet the team
Working alongside young adults and employers in New York City.
Specialists & support team
Abeera Aijaz
Youth Employment Specialist
abeera.aijaz@bridgestowork.orgAnna Sammons
Assistant Director
anna.sammons@bridgestowork.orgAnnie Sheslow
Pre-Employment Specialist
annie.sheslow@bridgestowork.orgDave DeSalvo
Administrative Assistant II
dave.desalvo@bridgestowork.orgAlso supports Dallas, Fort Worth
Devin Gaine
Youth Employment Specialist
devin.gaine@bridgestowork.orgElisha Omar
Senior Pre-Employment Specialist
elisha.omar@bridgestowork.orgEmily Lara
Pre-Employment Specialist
emily.lara@bridgestowork.orgJoel Sronce
Youth Employment Specialist II
joel.sronce@bridgestowork.orgKia D.
Youth Employment Specialist
Maya Cooper
Youth Employment Specialist II
maya.cooper@bridgestowork.orgMegan Keefer
Senior Pre-Employment Specialist
megan.keefer@bridgestowork.orgNikki Branhut
Pre-Employment Specialist II
nikki.branhut@bridgestowork.orgRasna Ekra
Youth Employment Specialist
rasna.ekra@bridgestowork.orgRosalie Szeto
Grants/Contracts Manager
rosalie.szeto@bridgestowork.orgSharice Carr
Youth Employment Specialist
sharice.carr@bridgestowork.orgSue-Ann Jarrett
Youth Employment Specialist
sue-ann.jarrett@bridgestowork.orgTiffany Zorrilla
Youth Employment Specialist
tiffany.zorrilla@bridgestowork.orgWill Carter
Youth Employment Specialist
will.carter@bridgestowork.orgXanier Laureano
Pre-Employment Specialist
xanier.laureano@bridgestowork.orgYissel Fraterrigo
Youth Employment Specialist
yissel.fraterrigo@bridgestowork.org
Office
Common questions
Bridges New York City, answered.
- Does Bridges from School to Work serve New York City?
- Yes. Bridges has operated in New York City since 2018, helping young adults with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep competitive jobs with local employers.
- Is Bridges New York City free?
- Yes. Bridges is always free for participants and their families, and there is no fee to employers. The program is funded through grants, donations, and corporate giving.
- Who is eligible for Bridges New York City?
- Bridges serves young adults with disabilities who are preparing to enter the workforce, including both in-school students and out-of-school job seekers. The quickest way to check eligibility is to start an interest form or take the eligibility quiz on this site.
- How does Bridges New York City work?
- Bridges follows a Prepare, Place, Support model: one-on-one job-readiness coaching, strength-based matching with local employers, and a dedicated Youth Employment Specialist who stays involved for a full year after a participant is hired.
- What kinds of employers hire through Bridges New York City?
- Bridges New York City places young adults with local and national employers across retail, hospitality, food service, healthcare, logistics, and other industries, including Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, TJ Maxx, Bronx Zoo, American Eagle Outfitters, among many others.
- How do I get started with Bridges New York City?
- Start an interest form on this website, or contact the New York City team directly using the office details on this page. A Youth Employment Specialist will follow up to talk through next steps.
- Where is the Bridges New York City office?
- The Bridges New York City office is located at 1460 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Office hours are Monday–Friday, by appointment.
Ready to connect with Bridges New York City?
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