Youth shelters are in many ways different from the public shelters adults typically go to. The only NYC youth shelter I know of is Covenant House a few blocks from the PABT. Only stayed a couple months as a kid and still have PTSD from my time there. Would rather risk it on the streets or nap in drop in centers, parks, and the couches at the flagship Macy’s store.

If I couldn’t sleep at day shelters like I did then I have no idea how I would have survived. SO many predators in youth shelters…