Mission Statement

What is the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg?

Who do we serve?

Senior Citizen

Social Services - Health Insurance

Housing & Development

Health & Enviromental Services

Community and Workforce


United Jewish Organization Headquarters of williamsburg:

32 Penn Street
Brooklyn NY 11211

T 718-643-9700
F 718-643-6581


Housing & Development Services

| Planning Services: UJO acts as a catalyst for area wide long term planning and land use changes for the purpose of creating new housing opportunities and public infrastructure such as parks, schools and community facilities. UJO works with a variety of federal, state and city agencies.
| Housing Services: UJO is a partner or sponsor in four major affordable housing projects creating hundreds of units in Williamsburg independently and with other community based organizations.
| Anti-Abandonment: UJO is actively engaged in revitalizing the community through
its Anti-Abandonment projects.

Economic Development: UJO is a founding member of the Greater Williamsburg Collaborative (GWC), a coalition of four community agencies. United Jewish Organizations, Los Sures, St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) collaborating on community wide economic development and training initiatives.

Schaefer-on-Kent:
The UJO is the non-profit sponsor of the Schaefer Affordable Housing Development.  The UJO, working with the developer and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, reinvested its own developer's fee in order that Schafer, a 350-unit development on the Williamsburg waterfront, would be able to have an unprecedented affordable component of 40%.  

These 140 units are tenanted by low-income families. The UJO engaged in outreach and eligibility seminars to ensure that the local community was aware of this great housing opportunity.  Schaefer opened its doors to these families in the Spring of 2006.