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The country’s first technology-themed center for people 60 and up, the Senior Planet Exploration Center opened January 2013 at 127 West 25th Street, in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

The center hosts classes, workshops, talks and social and cultural events, offering older New Yorkers a comfortable space to learn, work and explore new ways to thrive in today’s digital world.

Technology is at the heart of the Exploration Center. We help seniors harness its power to enhance health, finances, social connections, civic engagement, creativity and lifelong learning.

What You’ll Find When You Stop By

Senior Planet courses are by registration only, but the center is always busy with activities, both scheduled and unscheduled.

You can show up for scheduled workshops, seminars and group sessions, but since these fill up fast, register ahead of time if you want to be sure of a spot by calling 646-590-0615.

You can also drop in to use our computers, play a video game, chat with our Techsperts or check out one of the new tech gadgets we have on hand.

The center has free wi-fi; you’re welcome to bring your laptop or tablet and work on a project here in the company of others.

Visitor Info

Hours The Senior Planet Exploration Center is open Monday-Friday 9am-4pm, excluding federal and state holidays.

Location The Senior Planet Exploration Center is located at 127 W 25th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.
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Registration Register for any of the free Senior Planet Exploration Center courses, events or other scheduled programs, or get answers to your questions, by calling 646-590-0615.

Contact us To RSVP for a workshop or event, or for visitor info, call 646-590-0615 or email us at RSVP@seniorplanet.org. If you have comments or general questions about the Senior Planet Exploration Center, please email us at info@seniorplanet.org.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at the Senior Planet Exploration Center! 

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13 Comments

  1. muzzy says:
    01/26/2013 at 2:34pm

    Welcome to the neighborhood, the block and the building. Wishing you success!

  2. luckyseven says:
    02/04/2013 at 10:11am

    I have been using this e mail address for the
    past 45 years.I hope and trust that this could
    continue.

  3. Mujahid Farid says:
    02/08/2013 at 11:38am

    There is an issue that Senior Planet Exploration Center should consider exploring and addressing; i.e. the crisis of the growing number of elderly persons being held in confinement in United States’ prisons.

    • Barbara, Senior Planet editor says:
      02/08/2013 at 11:57am

      Mujahid, thanks for your suggestion. We’ll look into the issue.

      • Barbara, Senior Planet editor says:
        02/08/2013 at 12:39pm

        Mujahid, if there’s something in particular you think we should read, please reply with a link.

    • Ashton Applewhite says:
      02/08/2013 at 12:15pm

      I agree.

      ironically there was an article a while ago about destitute olders in Japan committing minor offenses so they could get a bed and a hot meal in jail…

      • Barbara, Senior Planet editor says:
        02/08/2013 at 12:38pm

        Feel free to link me to any info you have.

        • Mujahid Farid says:
          02/08/2013 at 1:21pm

          Please read the following research reports:

          1. “Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the United States,” by Human Right Watch 2012, http://www.hrw.org;
          2. “At America’s Expense: The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly,” by ACLU 2012, http://www.aclu.org;
          3. “Time Served: The High Cost, Low Return, of Longer Prison Terms,” by PEW Center on The States 2012, http://www.pew.org; and
          4. “It’s About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release,” by VERA Institutie of Justice 2010, http://www.vera.org.

          In addition The Correctional Association of New York is launching a project called “RAPP” (Release of Aging People in Prison Project) to address this problem. You can contact the Correctional Association at:
          http://www.correctionalassociation.org, or
          212-254-5700 for futher information.

          Thank you.

          • Barbara, Senior Planet editor says:
            02/08/2013 at 1:30pm

            Thank you!

  4. Diantha Schull says:
    02/14/2013 at 7:58am

    I am trying to teach myself to use WordPress in order to make a website. A simple website. Do you have someone that could spend an hour or two with me to help answer some basic questions that don’t seem to be in the tutorials online?
    Thank you.

    • Barbara, Senior Planet editor says:
      02/15/2013 at 10:00am

      Unfortunately, we don’t currently have the resources to provide one to two hours of individual instruction on any subject. However, if you’d like to come into the center, we do offer 20-minute one-on-one tech help. We can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to answer your questions – in fact, after reading all those tutorials, you might know more than us! – but you’re welcome to stop by.

      • Diantha says:
        02/15/2013 at 12:22pm

        Thank you for the reply. I plan to come into the Center soon.

  5. Bob M says:
    02/21/2013 at 4:03pm

    This is my first time using Senior Planet. I’m glad to find a place that offers free and relatively unhassled (so far) internet use