Montefiore Wellness Center at Waters

Next Steps North

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1510 Waters Place, 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY 10461, USA


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changing lives affected by addiction 

Over the past forty years, Einstein's Division of Substance Abuse has helped thousands of men and women enter recovery and re-join their families and communities. Through recovery, individuals are empowered to help find meaning in their lives and integrate back into their communities.

Melrose (260 East 161st Street): (718) 993-3397

Port Morris (804 East 138th Street): (718) 742-7803

Waters Place (1510 Waters Place): (718) 597-3888

Next STEPS (Substance Abuse Treatment Education and Prevention Service) works with patients to achieve abstinence from substances by focusing on all aspects of the whole person -- physical, mental and social. Next STEPS is located in three large Wellness Centers in the Bronx that provide services including psychiatric treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, and peer support.

Next STEPS takes a client-centered approach to treatment and offers services that are individualized, culturally competent and provided with the utmost respect. Next STEPS works to promote recovery with individual patients, as well as the larger community, by providing recovery-focused social activities, graduate alumni groups, and other peer support groups.

Next STEPS offers individual counseling and groups covering topics such as early recovery, managing triggers, motivation for change, relapse prevention, spirituality, mental health/dual diagnosis, anger management, and the MATRIX Model. Our treatment is informed by evidence-based practices, particularly cognitive-behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing.

Many of our patients have additional needs (mental health, medical, cultural and/or criminal justice); Next STEPS aims to provide these services in a "one-stop shopping" model. We also coordinate care with other agencies when a Next STEPS patient receives care elsewhere or requires a service that we do not provide. The Division of Substance Abuse has linkage agreements with many providers in the Bronx, Manhattan and Westchester.

The Division of Substance Abuse provides several treatment options for opioid addiction. Medications such as methadone or buprenorphine (Suboxone) or other approved opioid-agonist medications, used either in maintenance or long-term tapering, are medically prescribed to normalize biochemistry, block the effects of abused opioid drugs, and eliminate drug craving.  Comprehensive maintenance treatment combines pharmacotherapy with personalized health care, psychosocial support, relapse prevention, and behavioral therapies to manage opioid addiction and substantially improve our patients' health and quality of life.

The Division provides community-oriented primary care for adults age 18 and over. Some of the conditions we treat include:

Additionally, we provide services that include:

Our physicians are board certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine, have faculty appointments at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and are on staff at Montefiore Medical Center. Our medical staff provides care for patients hospitalized at Montefiore Medical Center.

The Division of Substance Abuse's Wellness Program offers extended hours and flexible scheduling for patients' convenience. Walk-in appointments are accepted after a patient is registered in our system.

Medicaid, Medicare and many commercial health insurance plans are accepted. Patients paying out of pocket for addiction services utilizing Suboxone may develop a payment plan.

The Division's modern, state-of-the-art facilities are conveniently located off major highways. Several are located near major public transportation hubs, and some offer free parking.

1510 Waters Place, Bronx, NY 10461

Next Steps NorthChemical Dependence OutpatientHours: M-F 8:30-7:00, Sat 8:30-11:30

Juan Martinez, [email protected] 

Opioid Treatment ProgramHours: M-F 6:30-3:30, Sat 8:00-10:30

Yvonne [email protected] 

Medical Maintenance Program Tel: (718) 409.9450 Joe Hecht, [email protected] 

Primary Health Care Hours: M-F 6:30-4:00

[email protected] 

260 E. 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451

Next Steps SouthChemical Dependence OutpatientHours: M-F 8:30-7:00, Sat 8:30-11:30

Amy Greengrass, [email protected] 

Opioid Treatment ProgramHours: M-F 8:00-5:00, Sat 8:00-11:30

[email protected] 

Primary Health CareHours: M-F 8:00-5:00

[email protected] 

804 E. 138th Street, Bronx, NY 10454

Opioid Treatment ProgramHours: M-F 6:30-7:00, Sat 8:30-10:30

Marsha Dommel, [email protected] 

Primary Health CareHours: M-F 6:30-7:00

[email protected] 

Sarah Church, PhDExecutive Director(718) [email protected] 

Valerie Bartlett, MPHDeputy Director(718) [email protected] 

The Einstein Division of Substance Abuse operates three large Wellness Centers in the Bronx that provide a full range of medical, psychiatry, vocational, and peer support services. We are continually seeking smart, dynamic professionals willing to grow in a rewarding, diverse environment of substance abuse case management, vocational/educational services, and mental health.

See our Career Opportunities website for more information.


Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Relapse prevention from naltrxone
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication
  • Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone
  • All Clients in 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
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment
  • General Hospital(including VA hospital)

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State department of health

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance

Emergency Mental Health Services


Payment Assistance Available


Language Services

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Spanish

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system
  • Persons with HIV or AIDS
  • Persons who have experienced trauma

Ancillary Services

  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • 12-step faciltitation approach
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Contingency management/motivational incentive
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services


  • Montefiore Wellness Center at Waters

    1510 Waters Place, 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY 10461