Pastoral Services

During your stay, the Department of Pastoral Care at NYHQ is concerned about your spiritual needs. Chaplains are available to visit with you, offer prayer and counsel and assist you with your sacramental needs and religious observances. If we may be of assistance to you or to your loved ones, please contact us at

670-1114 

Rabbi David Keehn
Director of Pastoral Care
Office Hours, Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

There is a chaplain on call for emergencies 24 hours a day.
Please contact the medical center operator at 670-2000.  

Our Mission

The Department of Pastoral Care affirms the sacredness, dignity and worth of all persons as creatures of God. We acknowledge diversity of both individuals and religious/spiritual traditions. We are committed to the respectful provision of pastoral services/spiritual care to our patients and their families and loved ones with compassion and competence. We will strive to provide these services in collaboration with other disciplines, religious institutions, community groups and others seeking to facilitate healing and wholeness of all persons.

Sacramental Ministries

Roman Catholic Services

• Holy Communion and Anointing are available upon request. The Eucharist is distributed on Sundays and several times during the week by Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. 
• Sunday Mass: 5:30 a.m. on Channel 9 

Orthodox Christian, Episcopal, Lutheran 

Sacraments are available upon request.

Jewish Patients 

Electric Sabbath candles are available for your use. Please call 670-1114 on Friday before 3:00 p.m.
Kosher meals are available at no extra charge. Please ask your nurse to contact Nutrition Services if you did not indicate your preference upon admission.

A Sabbath apartment may be reserved, pending availability. For further information call 670-1111.
Eruv Boundary Line: (718) 670-2401

The Interfaith Chapel 

The Main Lobby

The Jewish Chapel

Lang Resident Student Center 

(Chapels are open daily from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.)

On holy days and special observances, services are announced in the medical center's Information Bulletin which is posted at selected locations. You are encouraged and welcome to participate in these services as allowed by your physician and as your medical condition permits.

If you would like your spiritual leader informed of your hospitalization, we will be pleased to make the contact for you. Please call 670-1114 and tell us your name, room number, name of your faith community and its leader. Our staff will make the contact for you. Your spiritual leader is encouraged to visit you.