About Helen Keller Services for the Blind
Contact HKSB
For information about HKSB Services & Programs
Brooklyn, (718) 522-2122
Hempstead, (516) 485-1234
Huntington, (631) 424-0022
Sands Point, (516) 944-8900
Communications and Development
Deborah Rodriguez (718) 522-2122, ext. 2204 or drodriguez@helenkeller.org
Frank Primeggia, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2203
Frank Primeggia, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2203
Brooklyn, (718) 522-2122
Hempstead, (516) 485-1234, ext. 618
Huntington, (631) 424-0022
Sands Point, (516) 485-1234, ext. 618
Frank Primeggia, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2203 or email info@helenkeller.org
Early Intervention (Home- and Center-Based)
Garth White, Principal, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2323
Preschool
Haviva Novogroder, Intake and Evaluation Coordinator, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2321
Garth White, Principal, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2323
(631) 424-0022 or email info@helenkeller.org
Joanne Labriola, (516) 485-1234, ext. 602 or email info@helenkeller.org
Evaluation for Children’s Learning Center
Haviva Novogroder, Intake and Evaluation Coordinator, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2321
Garth White, Principal, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2323
Liz Meade, (718) 522-2122, ext. 2295
Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Lorraine LoCurto, (516) 485-1234, ext. 610
Addresses & Directions
Brooklyn
57 Willoughby Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 522-2122
Fax: (718) 935-9463
E-Mail: info@helenkeller.org
Directions:
2, 3, 4, 5 Subway to Borough Hall; 2, 3 to Hoyt Street; or A, F, C, R Subway to Jay Street—MetroTech
Nassau
One Helen Keller Way
Hempstead, NY 11550
(516) 485-1234
Fax: (516) 538-6785
Directions:
From Southern State Parkway: Take Peninsula Blvd. North exit, Exit 19N toward Hempstead. Merge onto Peninsula Blvd. Turn Left onto Main Street. Turn right onto Fulton Avenue/NY-24/Bethpage Turnpike/Hempstead Turnpike. Turn right onto Helen Keller Way.
Suffolk
40 New York Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 424-0022
Fax: (631) 424-0301
Directions:
From I-495/LI Expressway, take Exit 35 toward Midtown Tun/Eastern LI/48 Street. Merge onto I-495 via Exit 35E. Take Exit 36 toward Searingtown Road/Port Washington. Stay straight to go onto Nassau Blvd. Turn left onto Searingtown Road. Turn right onto Northern Blvd/NY-25A E. Continue to follow NY-25A E. Turn right onto Lawrence Hill Road. Turn right to stay on Lawrence Hill Road. Lawrence Hill Road becomes W. Main Street/NY-25A. Turn left onto New York Avenue/NY-110.
Helen Keller National Center
141 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050
(516) 944-8900
Fax: (516) 944-7302
E-mail: HKNCinfo@hknc.org
Directions:
From I-495/LI Expressway, take Exist 35, toward Midtown Tun/Eastern LI/48 Street. Merge onto I-495/LI Expressway via Exit 35E. Take Exit 36 toward Searingtown Road/Port Washington. Stay straight to go onto Nassau Blvd. Turn left onto Searingtown Road. Searingtown Road becomes Port Washington Blvd./NY-101. Port Washington Blvd./NY-101 becomes Middle Neck Road.
HKSB Board of Trustees
- Chairman: Christopher D. Maher
- Vice-Chairman: Richard T. Arkwright, Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust
- Treasurer: John R. Caughey, CapGen Financial
- Secretary: Alvin Adelman, Esq., Cullen & Dykman LLP
- Robert B. Alperin, M.D.
- Michael A. Boxer, Esq., Luxottica Group
- Comm. Joseph F. Bruno, NYC Office of Emergency Management
- Debra Del Vecchio, Brooks Brothers
- Richard Dzwlewicz, TD Bank
- Stella Guarna, NYC Office of Emergency Management
- Cornelius A. Heaney, Cornelius A. Heaney Company
- Gary Hett, Patriot National Bank
- Larry Kinitsky, Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh
- Frank LaRocca, Consolidated Edison
- Diana Nicholson, Esq., Corner Finn Nicholson & Charles
- Philip F. Stenger, TD Bank
- Proctor N. Wong, MKJ Capital Resources
Trustees Emeriti
- James J. Daly, Esq.
- Thomas DeMartino
- Donald Sullivan
- Lawrence Wizel
HKSB Staff
Senior Management
- Thomas J. Edwards, President & CEO
- Marc Feldman, Chief Financial Officer
- Deborah Rodriguez, Director of Communications/Development/IT
- Frank Primeggia, Managing Director, Rehabilitation Services
- Joseph McNulty, Executive Director, HKNC
- Lorraine M. LoCurto, M.A., Managing Director, OPWDD Services
- Cheryl A. Merritt-Giles, Esq., Managing Director of Human Resources
Program Staff
- Deborah T. Costa, M.S., Suffolk County Rehabilitation Coordinator
- William (Bill) Dale, M.A., Nassau County Rehabilitation Coordinator
- Liz Meade, Brooklyn Rehabilitation Coordinator
- Garth White, Principal, Children’s Learning Center
- Website design: Anne Garland www.annegarland.com (external link)
Helen Keller Services for the Blind History Timeline
Read a narrative history of HKSB, with archival photos
Helen Keller visiting with IHB employee John Gilmour (left) and IHB executive director Peter Salmon in 1945
1893 Founded.
1895 Industrial Home for the Blind (IHB) incorporates under laws of the State of New York.
1917 Services are established for people who are deaf-blind.
1920 IHB hires first professionally trained social workers.
1946 Recreation and Day Center opens for senior citizens who are blind.
1947 IHB opens nation's first comprehensive rehabilitation center for individuals who are blind and visually impaired.
1952 Program for infants is established; IHB employs the state's first itinerant teacher for students who are blind on Long Island.
1953 Low Vision Clinic, the first of its kind in the nation, opens in Brooklyn; Braille and Large-Print Library opens; Camp Helen Keller opens on Long Island.
1962 Anne Sullivan Macy Program for the Deaf-Blind is inaugurated.
1967 Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC) is established by a unanimous act of Congress; HKSB starts Preschool Vision Screening Program on Long island.
1971 IHB adds additional children's services in Brooklyn.
1976 Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC) opens in Sands Point, New York.
1979 Rehabilitation Center opens in Hempstead.
1983 Day Treatment Program for individuals who are blind and developmentally disabled opens.
1985 IHB changes its name to Helen Keller Services for the Blind (HKSB) in memory of its longtime friend and supporter, Helen Keller.
1988 Children’s Learning Center opens in Brooklyn; Del Vecchio Adaptive Technology Center opens in Hempstead.
1989 Suffolk Service Center opens in Huntington.
1990 St. Giles Adaptive Technology Training Center opens in Brooklyn.
1991 Adaptive Skills Training Program for senior citizens is established.
1992 Cooperative camping program with Boy Scouts of Suffolk County is started.
2002 Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA) opens in North Bellmore to become a group home for several of our Day Treatment clients.
2003 Preschool Vision Screening Program expands to include Brooklyn.
2004 Parent & Early Education Resource Center opens in Brooklyn to provide educational and support services to parents of youngsters who are blind and/or multi-handicapped. It is the first center of its kind in Brooklyn.
