Lower Eastside Service Center

DRS/Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic

46 East Broadway, 6th 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
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

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

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • 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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Adult women
  • Adult men

Ancillary Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Lower Eastside Service Center

    46 East Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10002

Rehabilitation Process