How We Help
From a 95-room House on East 73rd Street to family rooms and services inside hospitals throughout NYC, Ronald McDonald House New York shows up for families where they need us most.
One House. 22 hospital partners. All over NYC. Forty-six years of showing up.
Pediatric treatment doesn’t follow a single map. Some families come from across the world to spend months at the House on East 73rd Street. Others spend long days in a hospital waiting room across town and just need a place to breathe between rounds. We built Ronald McDonald House New York to meet every family where they need us.
Two ways we show up
Ronald McDonald House New York serves families in two ways — by opening our doors to them and by building teams and services to meet them where they need us most.
Inside the house
The House on East 73rd Street
In 2025, the House provided 1,824 families from 45 different states and 32 countries with a seamless circle of support. Some stayed a week. Some stayed a year. We never turned a family away for inability to pay.
- 95 guest rooms, including 6 post-transplant suites.
- Three meals a day, every day
- 24/7 staff, on-site family support, in-house tutoring
- Children’s enrichment and wellness programming
- Transportation to and from treatment
- Blocks from Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York-Presbyterian, Hospital for Special Surgery, and 5 other partner hospital systems
What happens inside the House
A bed isn't a program. A roof isn't a cure. The work that happens inside Ronald McDonald House New York is what turns a place to sleep into a place to heal.
The Blavatnik Family Foundation Wellness Center
Yoga, meditation, massage, and support groups for caregivers who've forgotten what it's like to take a deep breath. In 2025, 7,742 services were provided to caregivers in the space.
Children & Enrichment Programming
Tutors for kids missing months of school. Music therapy. Art studios. A playroom where kids can be kids first, and patients second. Birthdays celebrated. Holidays observed. Childhood kept intact.
House Operations
Transportation to and from treatment. Laundry. The thousand small tasks a family in crisis can't manage on their own — handled, so they can focus on their child.
Meal Program
Three meals a day. Every family member in the House. 365 days a year. Healthy meals served with the help of corporate and individual volunteer sponsors just like you.
Beyond our Doors
An outreach network across 22 NYC hospitals
Not every family needs a roof over their head. Some just need a place to take a breath. Across 22 hospital systems throughout NYC, Ronald McDonald House New York runs four Ronald McDonald Family Rooms, seven Hospitality Carts, and a slate of year-round in-hospital programs — meeting families where they are, inches from the NICU or pediatric ICU.
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caregivers used a Family Room In 2025
51,688
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received a coffee or a meal from a Hospitality Cart on a day they didn't have time to leave the hospital floor
11,044
- 4 Family Rooms (NYC Health + Hospital/Elmhurst, NYC Health + Hospital Kings County, Montefiore/Einstein, NYC Health + Hospital Metropolitan)
- 7 Hospitality Carts (Hospital for Special Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, Elmhurst Hospital, Kings County Hospital, Jacobi Medical Center, Metropolitan Hospital, Montefiore/Einstein Hospital)
- More families reached every year.
Family Rooms
A respite for caregivers inside partner hospitals with sleeping pods, kitchens, laundry, sibling play areas. A place to rest just steps away from the NICU or pediatric floor.
Community Health
A dedicated team addressing the social factors that shape pediatric health outcomes — housing, food, transportation, healthcare access. Through our Population Health team and New York State’s Medicaid 1115 Waiver, we partner with three Social Care Networks to connect families across all five boroughs to the support that keeps children healthy.
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The work doesn't stop. Neither do we.
Donate. Volunteer. Host an event. Bring your company. Make a planned gift. There’s a way in for everyone — and once you’re in, family stays.