Bikur Cholim in New York & the Northeast: The Directory

If someone you love is in a hospital anywhere in the New York area, the help below already exists — stocked kosher rooms down the hall, hot meals to the bedside, rides, and a place to stay for Shabbos. Every organization here was verified against its own website in June 2026.

• Chesed 24/7 — Spring Valley, NY. Hospitality (chesed) rooms in 30+ hospitals · Kosher meals & meal delivery · Shabbos & Yom Tov accommodations and apartments · Hospital shuttles/transport · Medical equipment & medicine chests · 24-hour hotline. ☎ 845-354-3233. Flagship hospital-support organization serving NY & NJ hospitals: 32 chesed rooms and 28 apartments across 34 hospitals, over half a million visits a year. HQ at 286 N Main St #210, Spring Valley, NY. 'Your Home in the Hospital.'
• Satmar Bikur Cholim (Ladies Bikur Cholim D'Satmar) — Brooklyn (Williamsburg), NY. Stocked bikur cholim rooms in hospitals across NYC · ~2,000 hospital meals delivered weekly · Full Shabbos & Yom Tov meals for patients and families · Financial assistance for indigent patients. Historic organization founded by Rebbetzin Feiga Teitelbaum; kitchen at 545 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg. One of the largest hospital meal/room operations in NYC; notable enough to have its own Wikipedia entry.
• Bikur Cholim Chesed Organization / Guardians of the Sick (Boro Park) — Brooklyn (Boro Park), NY. Hospital food pantries restocked daily · Shabbos accommodations for patients' families · Patient advocacy / hospital navigation · Medical equipment gemach (hospital beds, wheelchairs, Hoyer lifts) · Community blood drives with Maimonides Medical Center · Financial and crisis assistance. ☎ 718-438-2020. Established 1953 by Holocaust survivors; the main Boro Park bikur cholim, long partnered with Maimonides Medical Center. Located at 5216 11th Ave, Brooklyn.
• Ezras Cholim Yad Ephraim — Brooklyn, NY. Home-cooked meals for hospital patients · Full Shabbos program at Maimonides (meals, minyanim, guest accommodations) · ER and inpatient interventional care/support · Hospital visitation. ☎ 718-431-0404. Volunteer bikur cholim focused on Brooklyn hospitals, especially Maimonides Medical Center; operates a dedicated commissary kitchen adjacent to Maimonides (completed 2010).
• Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights — Brooklyn (Crown Heights), NY. Hospital and home visitation · Meals for patients and new mothers · Rides to medical appointments · Help with medical bills / financial relief · Medical supplies and equipment. ☎ 718-467-1661. Volunteer-based Chabad-community organization at 387 Kingston Ave; free, Shomer Shabbos services for the medically distressed in Crown Heights and Brooklyn hospitals.
• RCCS (Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society) — Brooklyn, NY. Health insurance premium subsidies for cancer patients · Insurance advocacy and appeals · Referrals to leading oncologists · Financial grants · Social services and case support. ☎ 718-722-2002. International organization headquartered at 762 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn; the major Orthodox address for cancer-care funding, insurance subsidy and navigation. Also has Monsey/Lakewood presence.
• Renewal — Brooklyn, NY. Living kidney donor matching and facilitation · Guidance through the transplant process for donors and recipients · Donor expense reimbursement and medical testing · Community education seminars. ☎ 718-431-9831. Founded 2006; global pioneer in community-based altruistic kidney donation, responsible for a significant share of US stranger-to-stranger transplants. 4721 New Utrecht Ave, Brooklyn.
• Chesed of Williamsburg (Chesed Bikur Cholim) — Brooklyn (Williamsburg), NY. Free non-emergency medical transportation for patients, families and bikur cholim volunteers · Publishes the Chesed Hospital Kosher Guide (bikur cholim suites, chesed rooms, kosher food, shuls near tri-state hospitals) · Volunteer center. ☎ 718-218-9000. Williamsburg-based (644 Wythe Ave) with upstate NY branches; its pocket Hospital Kosher Guide is the standard reference for chesed resources at tri-state hospitals.
• Bikur Cholim of Manhattan — New York (Manhattan), NY. Financial assistance for treatments, insurance premiums and therapies · Volunteer cooking, visiting and patient escorting · Two furnished apartments near Mount Sinai Hospital for patients' families · Underwrites the Mount Sinai bikur cholim room. Founded by Holocaust survivors over 50 years ago; 501(c)(3) based at 180 Riverside Drive serving Manhattan hospitals, with a focus on the Mount Sinai area.
• Lenox Hill Bikur Cholim — New York (Manhattan), NY. Chesed room at Lenox Hill Hospital (4th floor) with kosher food for Shabbat and Yom Tov · Support for patients and families at other Manhattan hospitals · Discreet assistance for various health concerns. 501(c)(3) at 131 E 78th St serving Jewish patients and families in and around Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side; site also maps resources at other Manhattan hospitals.
• Chai Lifeline (NY/Greater Atlantic Region) — New York (Manhattan), NY. Case management and advocacy for families of seriously ill children · Insurance support · Meals to hospitalized patients and families · Transportation to medical centers · i-Shine afterschool program, Camp Simcha, crisis and bereavement support. ☎ 212-465-1300. Founded 1987; international children's health-support network headquartered at 151 W 30th St, Manhattan, with two dozen free year-round programs across the NY/NJ region.
• Bikur Cholim of Washington Heights — New York (Washington Heights), NY. Regular volunteer visits to patients at Washington Heights medical institutions (incl. NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia area) · Shabbos/Yom Tov lodging apartment at 169th Street · Food, transportation and translation services · Help defraying medical costs. ☎ 212-927-0110. Volunteer organization affiliated with K'hal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ); registered 501(c)(3) (EIN 13-3280104, per ProPublica/GuideStar). Serves families at the Columbia-Presbyterian medical campus.
• Bikur Cholim of Queens (BCQ) — Queens, NY. Home and hospital visitation · Kosher meals for the sick and elderly · Transportation to doctors' appointments and hospitals · Taxi vouchers for expectant mothers for Shabbos/Yom Tov emergencies. All-volunteer organization serving the greater Queens Jewish community for over 40 years; 501(c)(3) (EIN 51-0192179, Charity Navigator/GuideStar listed).
• Achiezer Community Resource Center — Lawrence (Five Towns), NY. 24/7 medical referral hotline · Hospital food program for Shabbos/Yom Tov · Hospital respite rooms (7 locations incl. LIJ Valley Stream) · Insurance guidance program · Mental health department · Crisis intervention and emergency response. ☎ 516-791-4444. Founded 2009; the Five Towns/Far Rockaway community's central 24/7 address for medical, financial and crisis needs. Offices in Lawrence and Far Rockaway.
• Bikur Cholim of Far Rockaway and the Five Towns — Far Rockaway / Five Towns, NY. Meal preparation and delivery for the sick and new mothers · Transportation to medical appointments · Phone calls and visits to shut-ins · Medical equipment loans (wheelchairs, walkers, crutches) · Hospitality room at North Shore University Hospital · Hospital guide for Queens and Long Island hospitals. ☎ 516-371-9662. Women's volunteer organization founded 1983 serving Far Rockaway and the Five Towns; phone listed is its published WhatsApp line. Sharsheret-listed partner organization.
• Bikur Cholim of Rockland County — Monsey, NY. Kosher hospital meals and pantries · Shabbos House and rooms near area hospitals for patients' families · Hospital visitation volunteers · Transportation to area hospitals · Medical referrals · Medical equipment loans. ☎ 845-425-7878. Serving greater Monsey since 1981 under Rabbi Simon Lauber; 25 Robert Pitt Drive, Monsey. Recognized by Montefiore Nyack Hospital as its community bikur cholim partner; also runs Achieve Behavioral Health.
• Refuah Helpline — Monroe, NY. Medical referrals to specialists · Case management and patient advocacy · Insurance and coverage advice · Medical record review and research · 24/7 crisis intervention · Expediting appointments. ☎ 845-662-5881. Founded 2000, based in Monroe (Kiryas Joel area); 'Just one call for Cholei Yisroel' — all services free. Charity Navigator listed (EIN 82-1778227).
• Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim of Lakewood — Lakewood, NJ. 18 kosher hospital pantries stocked daily · Friendship House kosher hospitality houses (Lakewood; Manhattan near Memorial Sloan Kettering; Columbia) · Shabbos accommodations for patients' families · Meals and support for patients · Medical transport and patient services. ☎ 866-905-3020. Lakewood's central bikur cholim (93 Prospect St), 'Keeping Families Together.' Its Manhattan Friendship House across from Sloan Kettering and Columbia Friendship House serve families traveling to NYC hospitals.
• ROFEH International — Brookline (Boston), MA. Short-term medical lodging near Boston hospitals · Medical referrals to Boston specialists · Kosher food in hospitals · Patient care respite and visitation · Volunteer drivers to Boston-area hospitals. ☎ 617-566-1900. Founded by the Bostoner Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz; comprehensive free support system for patients traveling to Boston's medical centers. 1710 Beacon St, Brookline.
• Bikkur Cholim of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, PA. Kosher pantries/bikkur cholim rooms at HUP, Jefferson, Lankenau, Jefferson Abington and other hospitals · Cooked kosher meal delivery to patients and families · Lodging apartment in University City for families visiting HUP and CHOP · Shabbat kits for hospitalized families. Active since 1999; ~50 volunteers. Pantry openings at Penn and Jefferson hospitals covered by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Jewish Exponent.
• Bikur Cholim of Baltimore — Baltimore, MD. Kosher meals to patients and families in hospital and at home · Hospital visitation volunteers · Rides to and from hospitals, rehab and medical appointments · Support for out-of-town patients coming to Baltimore (Johns Hopkins area) for care. ☎ 410-999-3700. 501(c)(3) founded 1985 serving the Baltimore Jewish community and patients traveling to Baltimore hospitals from around the world. 2833 Smith Ave #242.
• CHEMED Health Center — Lakewood, NJ. Primary care (internal medicine, pediatrics, women's health) · Dentistry, podiatry, radiology/mammography · Behavioral health · Insurance marketplace enrollment and NJ FamilyCare eligibility assistance. ☎ 732-364-6666. Founded 2009; Federally Qualified Health Center serving Lakewood's community (1771 Madison Ave). Included as the medical-care anchor of Lakewood's chesed/health ecosystem alongside Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim.

Part of The Worldwide Bikur Cholim Directory. Every listing was verified against the organization's own website or an established communal directory (June 2026). Run an organization that belongs here, or see something to correct? Tell us — listings are free.

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