Downtown Brooklyn, NY – Courthouse Area

Being called for Jury Duty is not fun at all, and to make matters worse you’re there all day. The courthouse is located on 360 Adams Street in downtown Brooklyn and if you search ‘Kosher’ into Google Maps, the only result you will get within a 20 minute walking radius is a closed Pizza shop.
They gave us a 1 hour lunch break and I was starving, so I did what any Jew would do in this situation, find another Jew! I asked the first orthodox looking man, and turns out he frequents the area alot. He directed me to a kosher shack in the lobby of a building across the street.

• Kosher Court
  16 Court Street (In the Lobby)
  Brooklyn, NY

He has coffee, pareve Chulent, and fresh soups which are the only hot items he sells. He also has a variety of cold platters and sandwiches. Including tuna, cheese, turkey, pastrami, bread and others.
The hashgacha checked out, although I forget specifically which one it was. The food was actually pretty good.
The owner gave me his cell phone and said if anyone has any hashgacha questions to give him a call. Baruch Yuda Gancz: 646-267-0577

Considering there are 30-40 Jews who serve on Jury Duty every day, and at least another few hundred working in the area I’m surprised this is all I was able to find nearby.

✈ Keeping Kosher in Hunter, NY (Hunter Mountain)

Contributed by: Charlie Shrem | Last Date of Travel: February 2009

Kosher Info: The town is Exit 20 off the NY State Thruway and is relatively small. There are several supermarkets and mini marts which sell kosher snacks and kosher Tradition soups.  Harris’s Happy Hunter Hideaway http://www.harrishunter.com is a Glatt kosher bed and breakfast on Main Street just one mile from the Hunter Mountain Ski Lodge. The kosher B&B serves three meals a day, certified kosher by Rabbi Moshe Bomzer of the Capital District Vaad HaKashruth in Albany. (Rabbi Bomzer was appointed to the Rabbinical Council of America’s Rabbinic Kashrut Committee.) Meals are included in the room rates. The “Shabbos Ski Package” includes a light Friday lunch, Friday night dinner, Shabbat morning kiddush, full Shabbat lunch, Seudah Shlishit, Saturday night BBQ and Sunday Morning country breakfast.

Tourist Info: The main attraction in town is Hunter Mountain Ski / Snowboard http://www.huntermtn.com. All equipment can be rented there and the slopes are open from 8am-4pm, however, check the site before going to see if they are open. You can also rent snowmobiles down Main street but I would not recommend it because they are fairly dangerous.

Jewish Info: There are no known mikvahs or shuls. However, the town is very close to Monsey, NY and the rest of the Catskill area, which are ample with Jewish life.