AA meetings across New York

AA Meetings New York

Sourced from official New York AA intergroups

New York has 3,756 AA meetings listed across 753 cities, held every day of the week at churches, community centers, and online. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in New York are free and confidential, and open to anyone with a desire to stop drinking, with no membership, referral, or fee required.

New York State carries one of the deepest AA traditions in the country, anchored by New York Intergroup (founded 1946, one of the oldest continuously operating AA service offices) and extended across the five boroughs, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, the Capital Region, the Mohawk Valley, the Finger Lakes, Western New York, and the North Country. The directory lists meetings in all 62 counties.

New York AA Intergroup and Central Office

The largest AA intergroup listed in New York is New York Inter-Group, with 797 meetings. Call them at (212) 647-1680 or visit nyintergroup.org for meeting updates and local AA service information. 24 other AA service offices serve New York, listed further down this page.

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Online AA Meetings in New York

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MIDNITE #12920

Sundays12:00AM - 1:15AM
Online
New York, NY 10014, USA, New York, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
SpeakerOnline Meeting

FIRST THINGS FIRST #11520

Sundays6:00AM - 7:00AM
Online
207 West 96th Street, New York, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
OpenTradition StudyEnglish
Meeting Notes:

Basement Between Amsterdam Avenue & Bway Limit of 35 persons. Masks optional. The bathroom will be available to meeting attendees only. The chairperson will have a key.

Sundays6:00AM - 7:00AM
Online
560 Old Bethpage Road, Plainview, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
ClosedDaily ReflectionsDiscussionEnglish
Meeting Notes:

Meeting ID: 748 745 6616 Case sensitive Passcode: 6am

Sundays6:30AM - 7:30AM
Online
114 Main Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
MeditationEnglish
Meeting Notes:

Meeting ID: 825 1530 5518 Case sensitive Passcode: soberstart

Early Risers

Sundays6:30AM - 7:30AM
Online
Rochester, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
DiscussionEnglishOpen
Meeting Notes:

Phone #: 929-205-6099 Meeting ID: 833 673 130 Password: 358546

EXCHANGE VIEWS @ ST MARGARET’S HOUSE #11459

Sundays6:30AM - 7:30AM
Online
New York, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
DiscussionOpenEnglish
Meeting Notes:

Round Robin. Topic Meeting.

Sundays6:30AM - 7:30AM
Online
75 East Olive Street, Long Beach, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
ClosedDaily ReflectionsDiscussionEnglish
Meeting Notes:

Last Sun: OD/Anniv. Meeting ID: 357 917 687 Case sensitive Passcode: 987768

Sundays6:45AM - 7:45AM
Online
Center Moriches, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
Big Book StudyClosedEnglish
Meeting Notes:

Zoom Meeting ID: 691 630 673 Zoom Passcode: 850366 To join by phone dial: (646) 558-8656 Dial-in Meeting ID: 691 630 673# Dial-in Passcode: 850366#

Sundays7:00AM - 8:00AM
Online
Buffalo, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
Big Book StudyStep StudyDiscussionOpenStep StudyEnglish
Meeting Notes:

Buffalo Early Birds is a daily, online only, co-ed open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. We have a regular beginners' room, focused on early sobriety and the first three steps of A.A.'s program of recovery. We also host breakout rooms every...

BREWSTER EARLIER BIRDS #120000

Sundays7:00AM - 8:00AM
Online
460 North Main Street, Brewster, New York
Meeting Types & Format:
DiscussionOpenWheelchair AccessEnglish
Meeting Notes:

in the Christian Community Center Room

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When Are AA Meetings in New York?

Most AA meetings in New York start at 7pm, with 2,116 scheduled across the week at that hour. The single busiest slot is Monday at 7pm, when 374 meetings run.

AA Meetings in New York by the Numbers

Across New York, the 3,756 listed AA groups are concentrated in New York (410 meetings), Brooklyn (262), and Queens (121), with active groups in 753 cities in total. Monday is the busiest day for meetings, and evening (5–9 PM) sessions are the most common. About 62% of groups (2,342) offer an online or hybrid option.

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When AA groups meet in New York

  • Sunday949
  • Monday1,176
  • Tuesday1,119
  • Wednesday1,160
  • Thursday1,141
  • Friday1,127
  • Saturday1,036

Meetings per day of the week across New York. Monday has the most scheduled groups.

What members read between meetings

A.A.'s own literature does most of the heavy lifting between meetings in New York. These are the books most often spotted on a member's bookshelf, with a short note on what each one is for. Each card is tagged with its language.

The book Bill W. and Dr. Bob wrote first, in 1939. Most members pick up a copy in their first week or two and keep it close.

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Bill W.'s longer essays on each Step and each Tradition. The usual companion read once the Big Book starts to feel familiar.

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A short, practical book about the day-to-day of staying sober. Often the one a sponsor suggests in the first month.

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One short A.A. reading for each day of the year, with a thought to carry into it. Members often keep a copy on the kitchen counter.

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Brief passages from A.A.'s co-founder, arranged by topic. Some groups read one aloud at the top of every meeting.

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About AA in New York

New York City: five boroughs, twenty languages, all night and all day

New York Intergroup coordinates several thousand weekly meetings across the five boroughs. Manhattan alone has historic groups running continuously since the 1940s, with downtown lunch meetings near the courts, Midtown groups serving office workers, an Upper West Side calendar centered on Lincoln Square and Morningside Heights, and an Upper East Side calendar concentrated around the hospitals. The East Village, Lower East Side, Chelsea, and West Village have a strong LGBTQ+ AA presence dating back decades. Brooklyn's calendar is enormous, with neighborhood-specific clusters in Park Slope, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, and Bed-Stuy. Queens has a dense Spanish-language and Bengali-language meeting presence in Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, and Jamaica. The Bronx and Staten Island each have their own established meeting networks.

Long Island and the Hudson Valley

Suffolk County General Service and Nassau Intergroup serve Long Island, with meeting calendars across more than a hundred communities from the western Nassau border out to Montauk and Orient Point. The Hudson Valley intergroups (Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster) cover the suburbs and commuter towns north of the city, with denser calendars in White Plains, New Rochelle, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, and Newburgh. Kingston, New Paltz, and the smaller Hudson Valley towns have a distinct meeting culture that draws weekenders and full-time residents.

Capital Region, Mohawk Valley, and the North Country

Albany-Schenectady-Troy is the Capital Region hub, with Capital Region Intergroup covering Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and the surrounding counties. The Mohawk Valley (Utica, Rome, Amsterdam) has historic groups dating to the 1940s and 50s. The North Country (Plattsburgh, Watertown, Massena, Saranac Lake, Lake Placid) maintains a tight-knit meeting network across a vast geography, with online and hybrid options that make weekly attendance possible even in the smallest Adirondack communities.

Western New York and the Finger Lakes

Western New York Intergroup serves Buffalo and the surrounding Erie and Niagara county communities; the meeting culture reflects the city's blue-collar history with several long-running groups in the East Side, West Side, and South Buffalo neighborhoods. Rochester has its own intergroup covering Monroe County and reaching out to Geneva, Canandaigua, and the Finger Lakes towns. Syracuse anchors Central New York with meetings across Onondaga County. Binghamton, Elmira, and the Southern Tier counties round out the meeting coverage along the Pennsylvania border.

Getting to a meeting in New York

MTA subway, bus, and commuter rail (LIRR, Metro-North) cover New York City and the immediate suburbs; for many city residents, a meeting is within walking distance regardless of borough. PATH and NJ Transit connect to North Jersey. Outside the metro, intercity options include Amtrak (Empire Service, Adirondack, Lake Shore Limited, Maple Leaf), Greyhound, and a strong regional bus network.

Finding AA Meetings in New York

New York splits fairly evenly between open meetings (41% of the weekly schedule) and closed ones (41%). Wheelchair access is listed for 24%, and 12% are Big Book studies. Meetings are also held in Spanish.

What kinds of AA meetings are there in New York?

AA meeting types in New York by share of the weekly schedule
Meeting typeShare of weekly meetingsWhat it means
Closed41%For people who have a desire to stop drinking
Open41%Anyone may attend, including family and friends
Discussion33%Members share on a chosen topic
Wheelchair access24%The venue lists wheelchair access
Newcomer14%Geared to people new to AA
Step study12%Works through the Twelve Steps
Big Book12%Reads and discusses the book Alcoholics Anonymous
Speaker11%One member tells their story
Women4%For women
Spanish3%Held in Spanish
12 Steps & 12 Traditions3%Studies the book of that name
Men2%For men
Tradition study2%Studies the Twelve Traditions
LGBTQ+2%LGBTQ+ focused, open to all who qualify

A meeting can carry several types, so the shares do not add up to 100%.

Major Cities with AA Support in New York

New York, New York's most active AA community, hosts 410 meetings. Other major cities include Brooklyn, Queens, Buffalo, and more, each running multiple meetings per week.

New York

410 AA meetings available

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Brooklyn

262 AA meetings available

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Queens

121 AA meetings available

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Buffalo

112 AA meetings available

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Rochester

112 AA meetings available

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Is there support in New York for family and friends of someone who drinks?

Yes. 41% of the weekly AA schedule in New York is open meetings, which anyone may attend, including family and friends who want to understand what someone they love is going through. In all, 8 weekly sessions run alongside an Al-Anon meeting, and 4 alongside Alateen.

Al-Anon is a separate fellowship for people affected by someone else's drinking, and Alateen is its program for teenagers. Both are free and list their own meetings, in person and online, at al-anon.org. This directory lists AA meetings only.

AA is not treatment. For detox, treatment and sober living, see what other alcohol support there is besides AA.

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New York Intergroups and Central Offices

25 offices are listed for New York, with the contact details each one publishes.

AA in Syracuse, New York
211
Area 48 Northeastern New York
653
Northeastern New York, USA
Area 83 - District 42
18
aa-stlawrenceny.org
Brooklyn Intergroup of AA
187
www.brooklynintergroup.org
Buffalo Central Office
253
Connecticut General Service Committee
1
Connecticut, USA
Cortland - Homer Intergroup
14
District 0660 – Tioga County NY
14
Finger Lakes Area Intergroup
61
Ithaca Area Intergroup
40
Jefferson County Intergroup
29
Jefferson County, NY, USA
NY-PENN Intergroup
50
nypennintergroup.org
New York Inter-Group
797
Niagara Intergroup
20
niagarafallsnyaameetings.com
Northeastern Pennsylvania Intergroup
1
Pittston, PA, USA
Orange County Intergroup Central Office
75
Orange County, NY, USA
Queens Intergroup Of AA
187
Rochester Area Intergroup Inc
223
Rockland County Intergroup
70
Rockland County, NY, USA
rocklandnyaa.org
Staten Island AA
81
statenislandaa.org
Suffolk Intergroup
355
Suffolk County, NY, USA
Sullivan County Intergroup of AA
40
sullivannyaa.org
Triple Cities Intergroup
56