Lower Eastside Service Center

Unit I

46 East Broadway, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10002, USA

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Helping Recovery Become Reality 

Helping Recovery Become Reality 

Since 1959, the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC) has been devoted to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and mental illness.

Since 1959, the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC) has been devoted to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and mental illness.

(Original 1959 photo) Lower East Side churches and settlement houses band together to form theLower Eastside Information and Service Center for Narcotic Addiction, Inctoday known as the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC)

(Original 1959 photo) Lower East Side churches and settlement houses band together to form theLower Eastside Information and Service Center for Narcotic Addiction, Inctoday known as the

Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC)

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Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Detoxification
  • Methadone maintenance
  • Methadone maintenance for predetermined time
  • Methadone detoxification
  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Buprenorphine maintenance for predetermined time
  • Buprenorphine detoxification
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Methadone
  • SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling
  • Rational emotive behavioral therapy

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Language Services

  • Spanish
  • Other languages(excluding Spanish)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Seniors or older adults
  • Adult women
  • Adult men

Ancillary Services

  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Contingency management/motivational incentive
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
  • Methadone clients only
  • Lower Eastside Service Center

    46 East Broadway, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10002

Rehabilitation Process