In the event that you have to be in the hospital with a loved one during Sukkos, Chesed 24/7 below is an updated list of Hospitality Rooms and sukkah locations in various hospitals in Manhattan, New Jersey and Upstate New York.
Chesed 24/7 has stocked each of these rooms with fresh Yom Tov meals placed in a Shabbos warmer, snacks, drinks, hot water urns, machzorim and reading materials. Patients and their families are welcome to put their own Yom Tov food in the rooms’ refrigerators as well as the warming drawers.
The Chesed 24/7 rooms are located the the following 15 Hospitals: Columbia –Milstein Pavilion, Columbia – Babies and Childrens’ Hospital, Mount Sinai, Lenox Hill, Cornell, Sloan Kettering, Special Surgery, Albert Einstein, Calvary, Hackensack, Valley, Englewood, Good Samaritan, Ellenville and Catskill Regional. These rooms are open 24/7 for anyone who may need them.
May the rooms and sukkahs only be used for simchas!
NYC Hospitals
Mount Sinai Hospital
Chesed Room: Guggenheim Pavilion, 2nd Floor near the shul
Sukkah: Annenberg Patio 1st Floor West Wing, adjacent to the Guggenheim Pavilion.
It can be reached directly from the staircase near the Peck Jewish Chapel.
Lenox Hill Hospital
Chesed Room: 4th Floor off the Lounge
Sukkah: Next to Chesed Room on the porch
New York Cornell
Chesed Room: 2nd Floor North, Room 107
Sukkah: By the Walk-In Emergency Room courtyard
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital
Chesed Room: 1st Floor, Room C-170
Sukkah: Recreation Dept. 15 Floor
Hospital for Special Surgery
Chesed Room: 2nd Floor West, Room 252
Sukkah: Across from hospital, in front of The Belaire Building – 535 E. 71st Street
Columbia – Milstein Building
Chesed Room: 6th Floor Hudson North, Room 6-112
Sukkah: Main Entrance – right side, in hospital garden (ask security for the key)
Columbia – Babies Building
Chesed Room: 6th Floor Lobby
Sukkah: Milstein Building, Main Entrance – right side, in hospital garden (ask security for the key)
Albert Einstein -Montefiore Medical Center
Chesed Room: 4th floor, next to cafeteria
Sukkah: 1th Floor Main entrance
Calvary Hospital (Bronx)
Chesed Room: 3rd Floor, Room 359
Sukkah: 1st Floor on the side terrace
New Jersey Hospitals
Hackensack Medical Center
Main Building Chesed Room: 4th floor, SICU Visitor Lounge
Women Building Chesed Room: 5th Floor West, Room 121
Sukkah: Rose Building, near the main cafeteria (Ask security for details)
Valley Hospital
Chesed Room: Bergen Mother Baby Unit – Room B3224
Sukkah: Cheel Building, 4th floor, on the terrace by the waiting room
Englewood Hospital
Chesed Room: 3rd Floor, Room #632
Sukkah: In the garden area (near the library)
Upstate Hospitals
Good Samaritan (Suffern)
Chesed Room: Main Lobby
Sukkah: Left side of the Main Entrance
Sukkah: At the Bikur Cholim Shabbos House across the street
Catskill Regional (Harris)
Chesed Room: 5th Floor, Room 105
Sukkah: 1st floor in the yard, across from the volunteer office
Ellenville Hospital
Chesed Room: Radiology waiting room near the E.R.
Sukkah: Back of building near the Chesed room