105th Precinct hosts community baby shower and diaper drive for families

The 105th Precinct parking lot will turn into a community baby shower and diaper drive on May 30, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., with MetroPlusHealth framing the event as a neighborhood support stop for families and caregivers. The supply mix is wider than a standard baby shower table: diapers and wipes will be available in newborn through toddler sizes, along with pull-ups and adult diapers and wipes.

The setting matters as much as the giveaway. The 105th Precinct serves Queens Village, Cambria Heights, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, Floral Park and Bellaire, so the parking lot gives MetroPlusHealth a highly visible, familiar place to reach households across the eastern edge of Queens. That makes the event read less like a party and more like a practical access point, built around basic needs that often get pushed aside until they become urgent.

MetroPlusHealth says the event is meant to foster community support, promote resource accessibility and strengthen connections between local organizations and the families they serve. The insurer, which says it has served New Yorkers for more than 35 years and has offered health coverage since 1985, has also placed the 105th Precinct event on a broader calendar of public-facing community programs in late May and early June, signaling that this is part of a wider outreach push rather than a one-off activation.

The format also fits a pattern that has been building across the city. In 2024, NYPD Community Outreach Division baby showers sponsored by NewYork-Presbyterian were set to run across all five boroughs, with families offered advice, swaddling lessons, lactation tips, doula services, mental health resources, pediatric care and help scheduling follow-up appointments. Those events were described as free and open to the public, and they were offered in both Spanish and English.

A year later, a Queens Borough President flyer promoted a community baby shower and diaper giveaway in Corona Plaza, in partnership with MetroPlusHealth and the Center for the Women of New York, with supplies distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Put together, the 105th Precinct event shows how baby shower branding is being repurposed into a neighborhood service model, where public safety, health access and material support are bundled into one trusted, local touchpoint.