Minimum security (men and women) · Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) · DOCCS

Edgecombe Residential Treatment Facility

New York, New York County, New York

Visiting schedules change without notice. Always call before traveling.

Call Visiting Office: (212) 923-2575 Info last verified: June 2026

A minimum-security residential treatment facility for men and women in Manhattan, New York City. Edgecombe does not run a standard visiting program.

Statewide rules that apply at every DOCCS prison

These rules are set by DOCCS and apply at every unit. The full list — including all permitted and prohibited items and the approval process — is in Visiting in New York.

Dress code

No revealing or provocative clothing and nothing gang-associated; do not wear green (it resembles what incarcerated people wear) or anything resembling staff uniforms.
Each facility enforces its own visiting dress code and may turn away a visitor who is dressed out of code, so confirm the specific facility's rules before traveling.

ID: Every visitor must be on the incarcerated person's approved visitor list (the person initiates the request and DOCCS screens it). Adult visitors show a valid government-issued photo ID and pass through screening at each visit.
What to bring: Bring only what the facility allows — phones, bags, and most personal items are not permitted in the visiting room (lockers are provided). Money for the person's account is sent through JPay, never handed over at a visit.
Scheduling: Most facilities admit approved visitors within posted visiting hours, though some require advance scheduling and hours vary by facility — confirm with the specific prison before traveling. A newly committed person is processed at a reception/classification center first — Elmira is the primary men's reception center; Bedford Hills is the women's reception center — before transfer.

Full statewide rules: Visiting in New York

Overview

Edgecombe Residential Treatment Facility, in Manhattan, is a minimum-security Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) for men and women. As an RTF, it is a community-reentry and work-release-type facility rather than a standard prison, and the people held there are in a reentry status. It is located in the Washington Heights area of New York City.

What Makes Edgecombe Different

It does not run a standard visiting program. Confirm any arrangements directly with the facility.
It is a Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), a community-reentry / work-release-type facility rather than a standard prison.
It is in New York City — on Edgecombe Avenue in Manhattan (New York County).
Its incoming-mail handling differs from other DOCCS prisons (see Mail, below).

Visiting

Edgecombe does not run a standard visiting program. There is no standard weekend or contact-visiting schedule published for the facility, and visiting arrangements cannot be assumed. Confirm the current arrangements directly with the facility before traveling, and confirm the person’s current facility on the DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup.

The full statewide visitor process is in Visiting in New York.

Getting There

The facility is on Edgecombe Avenue in Manhattan (New York County), in the Washington Heights area of New York City.

Distances and routing are approximate. Confirm any visiting arrangements with the facility before traveling.

Mail

Edgecombe is the one DOCCS facility where incoming personal mail is not handled the way it is at other New York state prisons. Because its mail handling differs from the statewide rule, confirm the current mail process directly with the facility before sending anything. Address mail with the person’s name and DIN (Department Identification Number) and the facility’s address. Legal mail is handled under privileged-mail rules. Books, publications, and packages must be ordered from approved vendors. The general statewide rules are in Mail & Packages.

Learn More

For detailed information about visiting and communicating with someone in a New York state prison:

Visiting in New York — the approved visitor list, dress code, and visiting hours
Mail & Packages — on-site photocopying and the approved-vendor package rule
Phone & Video Calls — free Securus calls, JPay tablets, and video visits
Sending Money — depositing through JPay
Medical & Mental Health — sick call, in-house care, and oversight
Transfers & Finding Someone — reception, finding someone, and the lookup

Sources

This page is compiled from the following publicly available sources. Policies change without notice — confirm current details with the facility before relying on them.