Mental Health Care in Brooklyn, NY

NYC/HHC Kings County Hospital Center

What Does NYC/HHC Kings County Hospital Center Offer?

NYC/HHC Kings County Hospital Center is a mental health facility at 451 Clarkson Avenue, Building R, Brooklyn, New York, offering outpatient care, telehealth therapy, partial hospitalization and hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, state-financed insurance and self-pay and offers a sliding fee scale and payment assistance. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

451 Clarkson Avenue, Building R
Brooklyn, NY 11203

SAMHSA lists this facility's programs separately: KCHC Child/Adolescent Psych IP Servs; Kings County Hospital CPEP.

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at NYC/HHC Kings County Hospital Center

Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
Outpatient
Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

Medicaid
Private health insurance
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
State welfare or child and family services funds
U.S. Department of VA funds
Medicare
Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Crisis and Emergency Services

Crisis intervention team
Psychiatric emergency onsite services
Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Couples/family therapy
Group therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Abnormal involuntary movement scale
Cognitive remediation therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy

Who the Program Serves

Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Young adults
Seniors or older adults
Veterans
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients with HIV or AIDS
Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
Persons with eating disorders
Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Ages: Children/Adolescents
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Language Services

Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Spanish
Other languages (excluding Spanish)
Creole
French

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Loxapine
Perphenazine
Aripiprazole
Clozapine
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
Pimozide
Asenapine
Brexpiprazole
Cariprazine
Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Mentoring/peer support
Housing services
Assisted Outpatient Treatment
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Family psychoeducation
Case management service
Integrated primary care services
Suicide prevention services
Diet and exercise counseling
Intensive case management
Legal advocacy
Education services
HIV testing
STD testing
TB screening
Metabolic syndrome monitoring
Laboratory testing
Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in New York lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.