Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Friday, September 11, 2026, and Yom Kippur ends after dark on Monday, September 21. New York City public schools are closed on Yom Kippurm, for day camps click here. The first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, which means the shofar is not sounded that day. On Sunday, September 13 — the second day — every congregation in the borough will blow it, several of them outdoors in a park.
Below are Brooklyn congregations and public gatherings that have published their 5787 schedules and have something specific for children: separate services by age, staffed kids rooms, tashlich walks to the water.
Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill & Carroll Gardens
Kane Street Synagogue | Cobble Hill
Kane Street runs four parallel tracks all morning on each holiday: Mini Minyan for ages 0–5, Kinder Minyan for kindergarten through second grade, Minyan Noar for grades 3–7, and a Teen Experience for grades 8–12, each running twice so parents can trade off. Children 8 and under need an adult with them; 9- to 12-year-olds can be dropped at Minyan Noar as long as a caregiver stays in the building.
Rosh Hashanah | Saturday, September 12 & Sunday, September 13
- Saturday 9:00am | Kinder Minyan and Mini Minyan (repeating at 10:00am and 11:15am)
- Saturday 10:00am | Minyan Noar, grades 3–7
- Saturday 11:15am | Teen Experience, grades 8–12
- Sunday 10:00am | Mini Minyan sensory activities for ages 0–4, and Minyan Noar
- Sunday 11:15am | Kinder Minyan and Teen Experience
- Sunday 4:30pm | Shofar Across Brooklyn, Cobble Hill Park
- Sunday 6:00pm | Tashlikh at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6, or meet at the synagogue at 5:30pm to walk together
Yom Kippur | Monday, September 21
- 9:00am–12:15pm | the same four children’s tracks
- 10:45am | Yizkor
- 3:30pm | Stories with Dr. Ray Scheindlin
- 5:00pm | Mincha and Ne’ilah
- 7:35pm | shofar, then break-fast with juice and cake at 7:45pm
Members attend free. A family-services-only pass for non-members runs $200 for all services or $125 for a single day, and admits two adults and four children. Full non-member tickets are $500 for an adult, $100 for a teen and $72 for a child aged 8–12.
236 Kane Street. Full schedule and tickets here.
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue | Brooklyn Heights
The only congregation on this list offering free drop-off childcare at every service. It is run by the synagogue’s own preschool staff, covers ages 2½ through pre-K, includes a snack and outdoor play in the mornings, and opens fifteen minutes before each service. Registration and a vaccination attestation are required. Older children have their own services split at fourth grade — parents must attend with K–3, and may attend with grades 4–7 — plus a Religious School track with lunch that runs 9:00am to 1:30pm.
Ticketed services are held at Plymouth Church, 57 Orange Street; the children’s and family programming is at the synagogue itself.
Rosh Hashanah | Friday, September 11 & Saturday, September 12
- Friday 6:30pm | evening service, childcare from 6:15pm
- Saturday 9:30am | morning service, childcare from 9:15am, tashlich immediately after
- Saturday 9:30–10:15am | K–3 service (10:30–11:30am for grades 4–7)
- Saturday 2:00pm | community service for families with children 5 and under
Yom Kippur | Sunday, September 20 & Monday, September 21
- Sunday 6:15pm | Kol Nidre, childcare from 6:00pm
- Monday 9:15–10:15am | K–3 service (10:30–11:30am for grades 4–7)
- Monday 1:00pm | community service for families with children 5 and under
- Monday at sundown | catered break-fast, registration required
Non-member tickets are $450 for both holidays or $260 for one, with a reduced rate of $175 for adults aged 22–30 and complimentary tickets for students, military and first responders. Childcare is free to anyone attending, with donations encouraged.
131 Remsen Street. Full schedule and tickets here.
Congregation B’nai Avraham | Brooklyn Heights
Chabad of Brooklyn Heights runs free children’s services from 11:00am to 12:30pm on all three holiday mornings, split into age bands — under 2, 2 to 5, and 5 to 12 — with RSVP required. There is also a beginners’ workshop each morning at 10:00am for anyone who wants the service explained as it happens, and a community dinner open to all on the first night.
On the second day of Rosh Hashanah the congregation walks from the shul down to the water: a tashlich procession leaving 117 Remsen Street at 6:30pm for Pier 5, with the shofar sounded at the harbor.
Services are free to members. Non-members are $350 for an adult and $100 for a student, and children under 12 are free. The congregation states plainly that no one is turned away — email if the cost is a barrier.
117 Remsen Street. Full schedule and RSVP here.
Chabad of DUMBO | DUMBO
A kids’ program runs alongside the service on both days of Rosh Hashanah, each followed by a kiddush lunch, with the shofar sounded on the second day. There are no fees and no membership of any kind — the congregation’s line is simply “just come and connect,” with a suggested donation for those who can. Detailed dates and times forthcoming.
205 Plymouth Street. Schedule and RSVP here.
Dirah | Carroll Gardens
Free, with no membership and no charge for seats, and a children’s service at 10:30am on all three holiday mornings — songs, games, crafts and, new this year, a games session run by the Brooklyn Strategist. An open games room stays available throughout the services, though it is not staffed. Services are held at the Senesh School on Smith Street.
The Rosh Hashanah highlight for families is outdoors: tashlich and shofar at the Gowanus Canal, Sunday, September 13 at 5:30pm.
Rosh Hashanah | Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13
- Friday 7:30pm | evening service
- Saturday and Sunday 9:30am | morning service, children’s service 10:30am
- Sunday 11:30am | shofar, then kiddush lunch at 1:00pm
Yom Kippur | Sunday, September 20 & Monday, September 21
- Sunday 6:30pm | Kol Nidrei
- Monday 9:30am | morning service, children’s service 10:30am
- Monday 7:35pm | shofar and break-fast
Services at 342 Smith Street. Full schedule and reservations here.
Park Slope, Prospect Heights & Windsor Terrace
Congregation Beth Elohim | Park Slope
CBE puts its children’s services outdoors, on the Old Stone House patio at JJ Byrne Park, in three 45-minute waves timed so siblings of different ages can go one after another: tots at 9:00am, grades K–2 at 10:00am, grades 3–6 at 11:00am. Camp and Yachad staff run activities on site and families are encouraged to stay and play between services. If it rains everything moves indoors and shifts to the afternoon.
Rosh Hashanah | Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13
- Friday 5:00pm | tots service, newborn to 5, in the sanctuary
- Saturday 9:00am / 10:00am / 11:00am | tots, grades K–2, grades 3–6, Old Stone House patio
- Saturday, after services | parade from JJ Byrne
- Saturday 5:00pm | tashlich at Prospect Park Lake, meeting at the 9th Street entrance
- Sunday 10:30am | youth and family service, ages 0–12, joining the sanctuary for the shofar
Yom Kippur | Sunday, September 20 & Monday, September 21
- Sunday 5:00pm | tots service in the sanctuary
- Monday 9:00am / 10:00am / 11:00am | tots, grades K–2, grades 3–6, Old Stone House patio
The youth and family services are open to the public with no ticket required, members and non-members alike, though registration is requested and a $180 donation per service is suggested. The adult sanctuary services are for members. There is no drop-off childcare.
274 Garfield Place. Full youth schedule and registration here.
Park Slope Jewish Center | Park Slope
Most of PSJC’s family programming happens in a tent, which makes it an easy one for restless children. Songs and Stories for the New Year is aimed at up to age 7, the Kulanu family service is genuinely all-ages, and there is a Tot Tefillah for ages 0–4 on the second morning of Rosh Hashanah. Teens in eighth grade and up have their own discussion in the yard.
Rosh Hashanah | Saturday, September 12 & Sunday, September 13
- Saturday 9:30am | Songs and Stories, up to age 7
- Saturday 10:30am | Kulanu family service, all ages
- Sunday 9:30am | Tot Tefillah, ages 0–4
- Sunday 11:15am | youth and family shofar service
- Sunday 4:00pm | Shofar on the Stoop
- Sunday 5:30pm | tashlich at Prospect Park Lake
Yom Kippur | Monday, September 21
- 9:30am | Songs and Stories, up to age 7
- 10:30am | Kulanu family service, all ages
Youth and family services are $36 suggested per household, open to members and non-members. Children under 13 are free with a main-sanctuary registration, and there is a free community Kol Nidre. Note that PSJC is not offering drop-off childcare this year; a playroom is open for parent-supervised children, closed during Kol Nidre. Register by September 7 for Rosh Hashanah, September 17 for Yom Kippur.
1320 8th Avenue. Full schedule and registration here.
Romemu Brooklyn | Park Slope
Music-led, and this year in a new home: Romemu’s High Holy Days move to Old First Reformed Church at 729 Carroll Street, on the corner of 7th Avenue. Services are led by Hazzan Basya Schechter and Rabbi Ben Perlstein with a full band, and the machzor is completely transliterated, which makes it workable for families who do not read Hebrew.
Children get two tracks — ages 3–6 and ages 7–12 — on Rosh Hashanah day one and Yom Kippur day, and Romemu is one of the few congregations here offering childcare at every service for children who are potty trained. A parent or caregiver must stay with children aged 0–2. The congregation notes that the children’s rooms are not fully accessible.
Services
- Friday, September 11, 8:00–9:30pm | Erev Rosh HaShanah song session
- Saturday, September 12, 9:00am–1:30pm | Rosh HaShanah
- Sunday, September 20, 6:30–9:30pm | Kol Nidrei
- Monday, September 21, 9:00am–1:30pm | Yom Kippur
- Monday, September 21, 5:30–7:30pm | Mincha and Neilah
Tickets are per service: $145 for a non-member adult, $50 for a non-member child aged 3–12, or $435 and $150 respectively for the full bundle. Members pay $99 and $35. Neilah is $18, and free for children. Confidential financial assistance is available.
Services at 729 Carroll Street. Full schedule and tickets here.
Congregation B’nai Jacob and Chabad of Park Slope | Park Slope
The two run the holidays jointly, with a children’s program at 11:00am on both days of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur, and a community dinner after the first evening service. No affiliation is needed and walk-ins are welcome.
Rosh Hashanah | Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13
- Friday 7:00pm | evening service, community dinner at 8:00pm
- Saturday and Sunday 9:00am | morning services, children’s program 11:00am
Yom Kippur | Sunday, September 20 & Monday, September 21
- Sunday 6:45pm | evening service
- Monday 9:00am | morning service, children’s program 11:00am, Yizkor at noon
- Monday 5:15pm | Mincha and Neila, fast ends 7:35pm
Seats are $180 for a non-member adult, $130 for a member, $75 for a full-time student and $36 for a child under bar or bat mitzvah age, and only if a seat is actually needed. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
401 9th Street. Full schedule and seat reservations here.
Chabad of Windsor Terrace | Windsor Terrace
A children’s program starts at 11:30am on both mornings of Rosh Hashanah, designed to run while parents are in services — games, stories, songs and prayers with the congregation’s own group leaders. The community tashlich is the draw here: a procession to Prospect Park Lake at 6:00pm on Sunday, September 13, which the congregation describes as young and old marching and singing together.
Rosh Hashanah | Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13
- Friday 7:05pm | evening service
- Saturday and Sunday 10:00am | morning service, children’s program 11:30am
- Sunday noon | shofar, kiddush at 1:45pm
Yom Kippur | Sunday, September 20 & Monday, September 21
- Sunday 6:45pm | Kol Nidrei
- Monday 10:00am | morning service, Yizkor at noon
- Monday 5:45pm | Neilah, fast ends 7:35pm, break-fast follows
No membership or affiliation is needed. A $120 donation is requested to reserve a seat, and no one is turned away for lack of funds. Machzorim in Hebrew and English are provided. Note the children’s program is listed for the Rosh Hashanah mornings only, not for Yom Kippur.
1266 Prospect Avenue. Full schedule and seat reservations here.
Kensington, Ditmas Park, Midwood & Sunset Park
Flatbush Jewish Center | Kensington
The strongest family offering in southern Brooklyn, and the clearest about ages. Children’s services are run with Tkiya and sit alongside the main service on all three days: Tkiya Tot Services for ages 0–5 at 10:15am and Tkiya Big Kid Services for ages 6–9 at 11:45am, with a Teen Torah Chat with Rabbi Heather Miller at 10:30am — new this year — for older children.
Rosh Hashanah | Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13
- Friday 6:15pm | evening service, community dinner at 7:00pm, pre-registration required
- Saturday and Sunday 8:30am | morning services, children’s programming from 10:15am
- Sunday 11:00am | shofar service, all families invited
Yom Kippur | Sunday, September 20 & Monday, September 21
- Sunday 6:20pm | Kol Nidrei
- Monday 8:30am | morning service, children’s programming from 10:15am
- Monday 11:00am | Yizkor
- Monday 6:30pm | Neilah, fast ends 7:35pm
Children are ticketed separately and cheaply: $18 per child aged 3–11 for members, $36 per child aged 2 and up for non-members, or $54 and $108 for all three days. Adults are $100 for members and $200 for non-members, and $50 for teens aged 13–19. The Rosh Hashanah dinner is $25 for members, $35 for non-members and $15 for children under 13.
327 East 5th Street. Full schedule and registration here.
Beth Shalom v’Emeth Reform Temple | Ditmas Park
B’ShERT holds family services that are free to attend — one on Rosh Hashanah day one at 1:30pm and one on Yom Kippur at 2:00pm, both in person. Tickets or photo ID are still required at the door, including for the free services, so register in advance rather than turning up cold. Tashlich follows the morning services on both days of Rosh Hashanah, at 2:30pm and 2:00pm.
For the main services, non-member tickets are $200 in person for all four, or $118 to attend on Zoom. Local college students attend free.
83 Marlborough Road. Full schedule and tickets here.
East Midwood Jewish Center | Midwood
EMJC invites families with children to its children’s services, and also runs a Yom Kippur service in Hebrew and Russian — unusual in Brooklyn and useful for Russian-speaking families. Two things to check when you register: the congregation describes the children’s services as free while its order form lists a suggested $54 per family, and service times are published only as scanned images rather than on the page itself. Email roomj@emjc.org to confirm both before you plan around them.
Additional tickets beyond the membership allocation are $150 for members and $200 for non-members.
1625 Ocean Avenue. Details and registration here.
Chabad of Sunset Park | Sunset Park
The reason to note this one is outdoors and free: Shofar in the Park, Sunday, September 13 at 5:00pm, a drop-in shofar sounding and tashlich in Sunset Park near 44th Street and 6th Avenue — one of the few High Holiday gatherings in the borough that costs nothing and requires nothing. The Rosh Hashanah evening service is Friday, September 11 at 6:30pm. Seats are by suggested donation, starting at $100.
Details and registration here.
Open to everyone: three public gatherings
New Year in The Neighborhood: Rosh Hashanah Family Services | Williamsburg
A morning built specifically for families with young children — music, prayer, storytelling, meditation and hands-on creativity — held in a hotel rather than a synagogue, which lowers the barrier for anyone who does not belong anywhere. Run by The Neighborhood, Fig Tree and B’nai Brooklyn, with meditation teacher Alison Laichter and song leader Martine Duffy. A communal lunch afterwards is included.
Saturday, September 12 | 10:00am–1:00pm | Moxy Brooklyn Williamsburg, 353 Bedford Avenue | $36, free for children 2 and under | Tickets here
Into the Deep: Tashlich and Meditation | Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free, outdoors and by the water: meditation, song and the casting-off ritual of tashlich, led by The Neighborhood together with Romemu Brooklyn. It is not billed as a children’s event and there is no kids’ programming, but it is short, outside and costs nothing, which makes it one of the easier ways to mark the new year with children who will not sit through a service.
Sunday, September 13 | 2:00–4:00pm | Brooklyn Bridge Park | Free, RSVP requested | RSVP here
A Musical Celebration of Rosh Hashanah | Williamsburg
Fifteen years running, and still the most unusual room in Brooklyn to hear the new year in: a full morning of live music and a traditional service on the stage at Brooklyn Bowl, led by Rabbi Daniel Brenner with musical director Jeremiah Lockwood and Jordan McLean of Antibalas. Torah reading and procession, the religious parts explained in plain language as they happen, shofar and meditation, then a festive Blue Ribbon lunch at 12:30pm. The show is all ages, though there is no separate children’s track. Proceeds support Shalom Y’all Jams.
Saturday, September 12 | doors 9:00am, show 10:00am | Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Avenue | All ages | Tickets and details here
Sukkot and Simchat Torah
- Brooklyn Heights Synagogue | Fri, Sept 25, 6:30pm — Shabbat evening service followed by a festive dinner in the sukkah; Sun, Sept 27, 9:30am — Sunday in the Sukkah; Sat, Oct 3, 5:30pm — Simchat Torah pizza block party, with the service and dancing at 6:00pm
- Kolot Chayeinu | Fri, Sept 25, 5:30–6:30pm crafting for all ages in Prospect Park, then a community celebration with clergy 6:30–8:00pm; Sat, Oct 3, 6:30–8:00pm Erev Simchat Torah at the Church of Gethsemane, followed by Simchat Torah Across Brooklyn in Grand Army Plaza
- Sukkot in The Neighborhood | Fri, Sept 25 – Sun, Oct 4 | Luria Academy, 664 Bergen St — a week of arts, culture and spirituality inside an art-installation sukkah by Gili Avissar, built from flags originally flown in the old city of Jerusalem
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