The Bay Ridge Center is preparing to open a new, state-of-the-art facility on Bay Ridge Avenue in November.
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The Bay Ridge Center, a community program that provides services for adults 60 and older, is inching closer to the opening of its new a state-of-the-art facility on Nov. 1.
The organization will go from offering their various specialty programs and free meals from a 47-square-foot room in a church basement to a new 21,000-square-foot building at 15 Bay Ridge Ave. with specially-designed activity rooms.
Members will enter the main lobby to find a reception area, offices, a dining cafe, a strength training class with high-tech gym equipment and a dance studio for beloved yoga and jazzercise sessions. On the second floor, the space opens up to a sound-proofed music room, an art therapy area, a health and wellness class and computer room.
The new space will give organizers a chance to offer even more events and gives southern Brooklyn seniors a space of their own, according to Todd Fliedner, executive director for the Bay Ridge Center.
Fliedner said the team thought of everything when it came to addressing the biological, psychological, social and cultural needs of older adults.
“The needs are so critical now because of the growing population of older adults,” he told Brooklyn Paper. “We do so much for our seniors.”
BRC offers a daily food program, transportation to and from the community center, wellness classes, benefit counseling and computer training.
Candice Sessoms, director of operations for BRC, and her kitchen staff of six have been preparing and delivering meals to over 650 homes while also serving roughly 90 members who meet at the center daily for lunch.
According to Sessoms, it’s incredible to see what the team has been able to do in their current space.
“Our kitchen is a very, well oiled machine. It has to be,” she said. “To think, everything we’re going to do…
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