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The street sheet Free food and shelter in New York City, one borough to a page

A phone dies. A library closes at six. A sheet of paper keeps working. This page turns the KONG New York list into one printed page for each borough: where to eat, where to get groceries, who to call for a bed, with addresses and phone numbers, and the lines that cover the whole city. Print one for your own pocket, or a stack for a church door, a laundromat, a library desk or an outreach bag.

In danger right now? Call 911. Thinking about suicide or in crisis? Call or text 988, any hour, free. Get help now.

New York City · free

Free food & shelter Manhattan

The live list, with links
scarletbeast.com/kongnewyork/homeless-resources/

  • 911In danger
  • 988Call or text. Crisis, any hour, free
  • 311City line: food, shelter intake, street outreach

Call before you go. Hours change. Sites move, close or run out.

In Manhattan

  • Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Soup Kitchen296 Ninth Ave, New York, NY 10001(212) 924-0167One of the largest emergency feeding programs in the country — a hot sit-down meal, weekdays. No ID, no questions, everyone welcome.
  • The Bowery Mission Soup Kitchen227 Bowery, New York, NY 10002(212) 226-6214Hot meals daily, plus showers, clothing and beds. Serving the Lower East Side since 1879.
  • New York Common Pantry Food Pantry8 East 109th St, New York, NY 10029(917) 720-9700Choose-your-own groceries plus the Hot Meals program. Also runs case management and help enrolling in SNAP.
  • West Side Campaign Against Hunger Food Pantry263 West 86th St, New York, NY 10024(212) 362-3662Supermarket-style pantry — you walk the aisles and choose your own food, with dignity. Also delivers.
  • Xavier Mission — Welcome Table Soup Kitchen55 West 15th St, New York, NY 10011(347) 305-8084Sunday hot meal plus a weekly food pantry and a clothing room. Volunteer-run out of St. Francis Xavier.
  • Broadway Community Inc. Soup Kitchen601 West 114th St, New York, NY 10025Morningside Heights. Hot meals, food pantry, showers and social services out of Broadway Presbyterian Church.
  • Metro Baptist Church — Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries Food Pantry410 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018(212) 594-4464Hell's Kitchen. Weekly food pantry and a clothing closet.
  • Henry Street Settlement Food Pantry265 Henry St, New York, NY 10002(212) 766-9200Lower East Side. Pantry plus shelter, benefits help and job programs — one of the oldest settlement houses in the country.
  • Food Bank For NYC — Community Kitchen of West Harlem Soup Kitchen252 West 116th St, New York, NY 10026(212) 566-7855Hot meals and a pantry in the heart of Harlem.
  • Goddard Riverside Community Center Food Pantry593 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024(212) 873-6600Upper West Side. Pantry, homeless outreach and one of the city's longest-running street outreach teams.
  • Project Renewal Shelter(212) 620-0340Shelter, medical care and meals with a focus on people coming off the street and out of hospital. Call for current intake sites.
  • Church of St. Paul the Apostle — Ministry to the Homeless Soup Kitchen405 West 59th St, New York, NY 10019(212) 265-3495Columbus Circle. Weekly meal and clothing distribution.
  • Chinese-American Planning Council Food Pantry150 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10012(212) 941-0920Food and benefits help with Mandarin and Cantonese speakers on staff. Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.
  • University Settlement Food Pantry184 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002(212) 453-4500Lower East Side. Pantry plus mental health and family services.

Any borough

  • NYC Food Help — official city pantry finder Finder311finder.nyc.gov/foodhelpThe city's own map of food pantries and community kitchens, updated far more often than any static list. Start here.
  • NYC 311 Help Line311portal.311.nyc.govDial 311 from any phone in the five boroughs. Ask for food assistance, shelter intake or benefits — they will route you and can read out the nearest open sites.
  • National Hunger Hotline Help Line1-866-3-HUNGRY / 1-866-348-6479 · 1-877-8-HAMBRE (Español)hungerfreeamerica.org/en-us/national-hunger-hotlineFree, confidential, English and Spanish. Operated by Hunger Free America — they will find emergency food near whatever address you give them.
  • Plentiful — free pantry reservations Finderplentiful.orgFree app and text line used by hundreds of NYC pantries for booking a time slot, so you are not standing in a line that has already closed. No smartphone needed — it works by text.
  • Food Bank For New York City Finder(212) 566-7855foodbanknyc.org/get-helpThe city's largest hunger-relief org. Their "Get Help" page locates member pantries and kitchens borough by borough.
  • City Harvest Mobile Markets Mobile(646) 412-0600cityharvest.org/mobile-marketsFree fresh produce handed out from trucks on a fixed monthly schedule across all five boroughs. Check the site for this month's stops — no registration, no ID.
  • Coalition for the Homeless — Grand Central Food Program Mobile(212) 776-2000coalitionforthehomeless.org/our-programs/emergency-services/grand-central-food-programVans run a fixed route every night of the year, in every weather, handing out hot food at set stops across Manhattan and the Bronx. Route and times on the site.
  • NYC Homeless Outreach — Street Help Help Line311 — ask for street outreachnyc.gov/site/dhs/outreach/street-outreach.page24/7. Call 311 (or use the 311 app) and ask for street outreach to get a team to someone sleeping rough — including yourself. Outreach teams bring food, clothing and a route into shelter or housing.
  • Safe Horizon Help Line1-800-621-4673safehorizon.org24/7 crisis lines for domestic violence, crime victims and youth. If home is not safe, start here rather than at a pantry.
  • NYC 988 — free mental health support (formerly NYC Well) Help LineCall or text 988nyc988.cityofnewyork.us/enTalk, text or chat, 24/7, free, in over 200 languages. Dial or text 988.

Everything on this sheet is free. Checked 29 Sep 2026 against each organisation’s own website, not by phone. Checked means the number was right that day. It does not mean the site is open today. From the KONG New York list at scarletbeast.com. Written with AI (Claude). Not a crisis service.

New York City · free

Free food & shelter Bronx

The live list, with links
scarletbeast.com/kongnewyork/homeless-resources/

  • 911In danger
  • 988Call or text. Crisis, any hour, free
  • 311City line: food, shelter intake, street outreach

Call before you go. Hours change. Sites move, close or run out.

In Bronx

  • POTS — Part of the Solution Soup Kitchen2759 Webster Ave, Bronx, NY 10458(718) 220-4892A full front door: hot dining room, food pantry, showers, haircuts, legal clinic, medical and mail service. If you only make one Bronx stop, make it this one.
  • BronxWorks Food Pantry60 East Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY 10453(646) 596-1316 — food pantry appointments · (646) 393-4000 — main officePantries, homeless outreach and benefits enrolment across the borough.
  • Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Food Pantry3101 Kingsbridge Terrace, Bronx, NY 10463(718) 884-0700Northwest Bronx. Pantry plus after-school and family programs.
  • Mid-Bronx Senior Citizens Council Food Pantry900 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451(718) 588-8200Food and meals with a focus on older Bronx residents, but ask — they help beyond seniors.
  • NAICA — Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs Food Pantry(347) 226-4169Pantry, shelter and housing help across the Bronx. Call for the current pantry site.
  • Thorpe Family Residence Shelter(718) 933-2854Transitional housing for mothers and children in the Bronx. Call before travelling.Not confirmed. Call 311 first.
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York Food Pantry(888) 744-7900One number covering food, rent arrears and eviction help across the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island.

Any borough

  • NYC Food Help — official city pantry finder Finder311finder.nyc.gov/foodhelpThe city's own map of food pantries and community kitchens, updated far more often than any static list. Start here.
  • NYC 311 Help Line311portal.311.nyc.govDial 311 from any phone in the five boroughs. Ask for food assistance, shelter intake or benefits — they will route you and can read out the nearest open sites.
  • National Hunger Hotline Help Line1-866-3-HUNGRY / 1-866-348-6479 · 1-877-8-HAMBRE (Español)hungerfreeamerica.org/en-us/national-hunger-hotlineFree, confidential, English and Spanish. Operated by Hunger Free America — they will find emergency food near whatever address you give them.
  • Plentiful — free pantry reservations Finderplentiful.orgFree app and text line used by hundreds of NYC pantries for booking a time slot, so you are not standing in a line that has already closed. No smartphone needed — it works by text.
  • Food Bank For New York City Finder(212) 566-7855foodbanknyc.org/get-helpThe city's largest hunger-relief org. Their "Get Help" page locates member pantries and kitchens borough by borough.
  • City Harvest Mobile Markets Mobile(646) 412-0600cityharvest.org/mobile-marketsFree fresh produce handed out from trucks on a fixed monthly schedule across all five boroughs. Check the site for this month's stops — no registration, no ID.
  • Coalition for the Homeless — Grand Central Food Program Mobile(212) 776-2000coalitionforthehomeless.org/our-programs/emergency-services/grand-central-food-programVans run a fixed route every night of the year, in every weather, handing out hot food at set stops across Manhattan and the Bronx. Route and times on the site.
  • NYC Homeless Outreach — Street Help Help Line311 — ask for street outreachnyc.gov/site/dhs/outreach/street-outreach.page24/7. Call 311 (or use the 311 app) and ask for street outreach to get a team to someone sleeping rough — including yourself. Outreach teams bring food, clothing and a route into shelter or housing.
  • Safe Horizon Help Line1-800-621-4673safehorizon.org24/7 crisis lines for domestic violence, crime victims and youth. If home is not safe, start here rather than at a pantry.
  • NYC 988 — free mental health support (formerly NYC Well) Help LineCall or text 988nyc988.cityofnewyork.us/enTalk, text or chat, 24/7, free, in over 200 languages. Dial or text 988.

Everything on this sheet is free. Checked 29 Sep 2026 against each organisation’s own website, not by phone. Checked means the number was right that day. It does not mean the site is open today. From the KONG New York list at scarletbeast.com. Written with AI (Claude). Not a crisis service.

New York City · free

Free food & shelter Brooklyn

The live list, with links
scarletbeast.com/kongnewyork/homeless-resources/

  • 911In danger
  • 988Call or text. Crisis, any hour, free
  • 311City line: food, shelter intake, street outreach

Call before you go. Hours change. Sites move, close or run out.

In Brooklyn

  • St. John's Bread & Life Soup Kitchen795 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221(718) 574-0058One of Brooklyn's biggest emergency feeding programs — hot meals, a digital-choice pantry and a mobile soup kitchen van.
  • The Campaign Against Hunger (Bed-Stuy) Food Pantry2010 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233(718) 773-3551Supermarket-style choice pantry with fresh produce, plus SNAP enrolment and a rooftop farm.
  • Neighbors Together Soup Kitchen2094 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11233(718) 498-7256Ocean Hill–Brownsville. Hot meals in a real dining room, plus an advocacy office that fights benefit cut-offs and evictions.
  • Masbia of Flatbush Soup Kitchen1372 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230(718) 972-4446 ext. 208Restaurant-style kosher soup kitchen — you are seated and served at a table. Also packs take-home groceries.
  • Masbia of Boro Park Soup Kitchen5402 New Utrecht Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219(718) 972-4446 ext. 205Kosher hot meals and grocery packages, served with the same sit-down dignity as the Flatbush site.
  • CHiPS — Park Slope Christian Help Soup Kitchen200 Fourth Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217(718) 237-2962Daily hot soup kitchen plus a residence for young mothers.
  • Reaching-Out Community Services Food Pantry6417 18th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204(718) 373-4565Bensonhurst. Large choice pantry, home delivery for people who cannot travel.
  • CAMBA Shelter1720 Church Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226(718) 287-2600Shelter, food, legal help and job training across Brooklyn.
  • Greenpoint Reformed Church Food Programs Food Pantry136 Milton St, Brooklyn, NY 11222(718) 383-5941Small, long-running neighbourhood pantry and soup kitchen in Greenpoint.
  • Southside United HDFC — Los Sures Food Pantry434 South 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211(718) 387-3600Williamsburg. Pantry plus tenant and housing advocacy in English and Spanish.
  • Brooklyn Rescue Mission Food Pantry(917) 426-3001Bed-Stuy. Pantry and urban farm. Call for the current distribution site.

Any borough

  • NYC Food Help — official city pantry finder Finder311finder.nyc.gov/foodhelpThe city's own map of food pantries and community kitchens, updated far more often than any static list. Start here.
  • NYC 311 Help Line311portal.311.nyc.govDial 311 from any phone in the five boroughs. Ask for food assistance, shelter intake or benefits — they will route you and can read out the nearest open sites.
  • National Hunger Hotline Help Line1-866-3-HUNGRY / 1-866-348-6479 · 1-877-8-HAMBRE (Español)hungerfreeamerica.org/en-us/national-hunger-hotlineFree, confidential, English and Spanish. Operated by Hunger Free America — they will find emergency food near whatever address you give them.
  • Plentiful — free pantry reservations Finderplentiful.orgFree app and text line used by hundreds of NYC pantries for booking a time slot, so you are not standing in a line that has already closed. No smartphone needed — it works by text.
  • Food Bank For New York City Finder(212) 566-7855foodbanknyc.org/get-helpThe city's largest hunger-relief org. Their "Get Help" page locates member pantries and kitchens borough by borough.
  • City Harvest Mobile Markets Mobile(646) 412-0600cityharvest.org/mobile-marketsFree fresh produce handed out from trucks on a fixed monthly schedule across all five boroughs. Check the site for this month's stops — no registration, no ID.
  • Coalition for the Homeless — Grand Central Food Program Mobile(212) 776-2000coalitionforthehomeless.org/our-programs/emergency-services/grand-central-food-programVans run a fixed route every night of the year, in every weather, handing out hot food at set stops across Manhattan and the Bronx. Route and times on the site.
  • NYC Homeless Outreach — Street Help Help Line311 — ask for street outreachnyc.gov/site/dhs/outreach/street-outreach.page24/7. Call 311 (or use the 311 app) and ask for street outreach to get a team to someone sleeping rough — including yourself. Outreach teams bring food, clothing and a route into shelter or housing.
  • Safe Horizon Help Line1-800-621-4673safehorizon.org24/7 crisis lines for domestic violence, crime victims and youth. If home is not safe, start here rather than at a pantry.
  • NYC 988 — free mental health support (formerly NYC Well) Help LineCall or text 988nyc988.cityofnewyork.us/enTalk, text or chat, 24/7, free, in over 200 languages. Dial or text 988.

Everything on this sheet is free. Checked 29 Sep 2026 against each organisation’s own website, not by phone. Checked means the number was right that day. It does not mean the site is open today. From the KONG New York list at scarletbeast.com. Written with AI (Claude). Not a crisis service.

New York City · free

Free food & shelter Queens

The live list, with links
scarletbeast.com/kongnewyork/homeless-resources/

  • 911In danger
  • 988Call or text. Crisis, any hour, free
  • 311City line: food, shelter intake, street outreach

Call before you go. Hours change. Sites move, close or run out.

In Queens

  • River Fund New York Food Pantry89-11 Lefferts Blvd, Richmond Hill, NY 11418(718) 441-1125One of the largest pantries in Queens — long Saturday lines, huge volume, plus college and benefits help.
  • Masbia of Queens Soup Kitchen105-47 64th Rd, Forest Hills, NY 11375(718) 972-4446 ext. 207Kosher sit-down meals and take-home grocery packages.
  • La Jornada Food Pantry(347) 527-1379Flushing. Very large weekly distribution serving immigrant families; Spanish and Mandarin spoken. Check the site for the current location.
  • Queens Community House Food Pantry108-25 62nd Dr, Forest Hills, NY 11375(718) 592-5757Food plus housing, youth and older-adult services at sites across Queens.
  • Sikh Center of New York — Langar Soup Kitchen95-30 118th St, Richmond Hill, NY 11419Free hot vegetarian meal (langar) served to anyone who walks in, of any faith or none. Cover your head; shoes off.Not confirmed. Call 311 first.
  • Hour Children Food Pantry Food Pantry36-11 12th St, Long Island City, NY 11106(718) 433-4724Astoria/LIC. Pantry open to the neighbourhood, run by an organisation supporting formerly incarcerated mothers.
  • Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities Food Pantry107-20 Northern Blvd, Corona, NY 11368(718) 651-0096East Elmhurst/Corona. Food, substance-use treatment and youth programs.
  • Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens Food Pantry(718) 722-6001One number for food, rent help and eviction prevention across Brooklyn and Queens.

Any borough

  • NYC Food Help — official city pantry finder Finder311finder.nyc.gov/foodhelpThe city's own map of food pantries and community kitchens, updated far more often than any static list. Start here.
  • NYC 311 Help Line311portal.311.nyc.govDial 311 from any phone in the five boroughs. Ask for food assistance, shelter intake or benefits — they will route you and can read out the nearest open sites.
  • National Hunger Hotline Help Line1-866-3-HUNGRY / 1-866-348-6479 · 1-877-8-HAMBRE (Español)hungerfreeamerica.org/en-us/national-hunger-hotlineFree, confidential, English and Spanish. Operated by Hunger Free America — they will find emergency food near whatever address you give them.
  • Plentiful — free pantry reservations Finderplentiful.orgFree app and text line used by hundreds of NYC pantries for booking a time slot, so you are not standing in a line that has already closed. No smartphone needed — it works by text.
  • Food Bank For New York City Finder(212) 566-7855foodbanknyc.org/get-helpThe city's largest hunger-relief org. Their "Get Help" page locates member pantries and kitchens borough by borough.
  • City Harvest Mobile Markets Mobile(646) 412-0600cityharvest.org/mobile-marketsFree fresh produce handed out from trucks on a fixed monthly schedule across all five boroughs. Check the site for this month's stops — no registration, no ID.
  • Coalition for the Homeless — Grand Central Food Program Mobile(212) 776-2000coalitionforthehomeless.org/our-programs/emergency-services/grand-central-food-programVans run a fixed route every night of the year, in every weather, handing out hot food at set stops across Manhattan and the Bronx. Route and times on the site.
  • NYC Homeless Outreach — Street Help Help Line311 — ask for street outreachnyc.gov/site/dhs/outreach/street-outreach.page24/7. Call 311 (or use the 311 app) and ask for street outreach to get a team to someone sleeping rough — including yourself. Outreach teams bring food, clothing and a route into shelter or housing.
  • Safe Horizon Help Line1-800-621-4673safehorizon.org24/7 crisis lines for domestic violence, crime victims and youth. If home is not safe, start here rather than at a pantry.
  • NYC 988 — free mental health support (formerly NYC Well) Help LineCall or text 988nyc988.cityofnewyork.us/enTalk, text or chat, 24/7, free, in over 200 languages. Dial or text 988.

Everything on this sheet is free. Checked 29 Sep 2026 against each organisation’s own website, not by phone. Checked means the number was right that day. It does not mean the site is open today. From the KONG New York list at scarletbeast.com. Written with AI (Claude). Not a crisis service.

New York City · free

Free food & shelter Staten Island

The live list, with links
scarletbeast.com/kongnewyork/homeless-resources/

  • 911In danger
  • 988Call or text. Crisis, any hour, free
  • 311City line: food, shelter intake, street outreach

Call before you go. Hours change. Sites move, close or run out.

In Staten Island

  • Project Hospitality Soup Kitchen100 Park Ave, Staten Island, NY 10302(718) 448-1544The island's main front door for food, shelter, health care and recovery. Start here.
  • Salvation Army — Staten Island Corps Food Pantry(718) 448-8480Pantry and emergency assistance. Call for the current pantry hours and site.
  • Meals on Wheels of Staten Island Mobile(718) 727-4435Home-delivered meals for people who cannot get out — older adults and people who are homebound.
  • Community Health Action of Staten Island Food Pantry(718) 808-1300Food pantry alongside harm reduction, HIV services and recovery support.

Any borough

  • NYC Food Help — official city pantry finder Finder311finder.nyc.gov/foodhelpThe city's own map of food pantries and community kitchens, updated far more often than any static list. Start here.
  • NYC 311 Help Line311portal.311.nyc.govDial 311 from any phone in the five boroughs. Ask for food assistance, shelter intake or benefits — they will route you and can read out the nearest open sites.
  • National Hunger Hotline Help Line1-866-3-HUNGRY / 1-866-348-6479 · 1-877-8-HAMBRE (Español)hungerfreeamerica.org/en-us/national-hunger-hotlineFree, confidential, English and Spanish. Operated by Hunger Free America — they will find emergency food near whatever address you give them.
  • Plentiful — free pantry reservations Finderplentiful.orgFree app and text line used by hundreds of NYC pantries for booking a time slot, so you are not standing in a line that has already closed. No smartphone needed — it works by text.
  • Food Bank For New York City Finder(212) 566-7855foodbanknyc.org/get-helpThe city's largest hunger-relief org. Their "Get Help" page locates member pantries and kitchens borough by borough.
  • City Harvest Mobile Markets Mobile(646) 412-0600cityharvest.org/mobile-marketsFree fresh produce handed out from trucks on a fixed monthly schedule across all five boroughs. Check the site for this month's stops — no registration, no ID.
  • Coalition for the Homeless — Grand Central Food Program Mobile(212) 776-2000coalitionforthehomeless.org/our-programs/emergency-services/grand-central-food-programVans run a fixed route every night of the year, in every weather, handing out hot food at set stops across Manhattan and the Bronx. Route and times on the site.
  • NYC Homeless Outreach — Street Help Help Line311 — ask for street outreachnyc.gov/site/dhs/outreach/street-outreach.page24/7. Call 311 (or use the 311 app) and ask for street outreach to get a team to someone sleeping rough — including yourself. Outreach teams bring food, clothing and a route into shelter or housing.
  • Safe Horizon Help Line1-800-621-4673safehorizon.org24/7 crisis lines for domestic violence, crime victims and youth. If home is not safe, start here rather than at a pantry.
  • NYC 988 — free mental health support (formerly NYC Well) Help LineCall or text 988nyc988.cityofnewyork.us/enTalk, text or chat, 24/7, free, in over 200 languages. Dial or text 988.

Everything on this sheet is free. Checked 29 Sep 2026 against each organisation’s own website, not by phone. Checked means the number was right that day. It does not mean the site is open today. From the KONG New York list at scarletbeast.com. Written with AI (Claude). Not a crisis service.

Good to know

Where this comes from

  • Every name, address, phone number and note on the sheets is copied by a program from the KONG New York list each time this page is built. This page checked nothing new.
  • That list was checked on 29 Sep 2026: every card against the organisation’s own website. Nobody dialed the numbers. 2 of the 54 places could not be confirmed, and the sheets say so next to them.
  • The sheets print no opening hours, because the list has none it trusts. That is why each sheet says to call first.
  • A printed page goes out of date and cannot be corrected once it is in a pocket. The date is printed on every sheet. If you put these somewhere, please replace them when the list is checked again.
  • If a place on a sheet has closed or moved, we would like to know: [email protected].

What this page is not

  • It is not every place in the city. It is the 54 on the KONG list. 311 and the city’s own food map know many more, and know what opened this week.
  • It is only New York City. Anywhere else in the United States, 211 is the way to local help, and the phone list has the national lines.
  • It cannot promise a meal or a bed. A place can be full, closed for the day or out of food.
  • Scarlet Beast is not a crisis service, runs none of these places and answers none of these lines.

Ways to use it

  • For yourself: print your borough, fold it in four, keep it with your ID.
  • For other people: print a few and leave them where someone who needs one will see it, with permission from whoever runs the place.
  • No printer? A public library may be able to print it; ask at the desk. Or show the page on a phone: Use offline can save pages of this site for when there is no signal.
  • The code in the corner of each sheet opens the live list, which is where corrections go first.

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A list of places, not advice. General information. It cannot tell you which place fits your case or whether it is open.

This page and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). It was checked by programs, not yet used by people, and nobody here has visited these places or dialed these numbers for this page. It runs no analytics or tracking (privacy). Also in Spanish: La hoja de calle.

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