Five Towns Shuls & Shul Map

Five Towns has 48 shuls on ShulMap in Long Island, NY: Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Young Israel of Woodmere, Young Israel of North Woodmere, Congregation Shaaray Tefila, Congregation Beth Sholom, Agudas Achim of Lawrence, Congregation Bais Tefilah of Woodmere, Kehillas Ahavas Yisrael (KAY), Beis HaKnesses of North Woodmere, Congregation Anshei Chesed, Chabad of the Five Towns, Anshei Ashpa, Bais Avrohom, Bais Medrash Of North Lawrence, Bais Ment - Zichron Dovid And Sora Schwartz, Beis Avrohom, Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid, Beis Medrash Of Harborview, Beis Medrash Of Lawrence, Congregation Regency Torah Center, Dogwood Shtiebel, K'hal Mevakshei Hashem, Kehal Chasidy Chernobel, Khal Chassidim - Lawrence, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov, Adas Yisroel, Aish Kodesh, Bais Haknesses Mishkan Yisroel, Beis Medrash Ishei Yisroel, Beis Medrash Of Woodmere, Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok, Congregation Nishmas Hatorah, Irving Place Minyan, Kehilat Shaare Shalom, Kehillas B'nei Torah, Kehillat Atzei Mizrach, Sefardic Kehilla Of Woodmere, The Shul - Chabad Of Woodmere, Vayigdal Moshe, Woodmere Community Kollel, Yeshiva Gedolah Of The Five Towns(Mesoras Hatorah), Yismach Moshe Of Woodmere, Chabad Of Hewlett, Congregation Emet Ve Emuna Of Hewlett, Sephardic Congregation Of Hewlett, Young Israel Of Hewlett / Ahavat Yisrael, Bais Tefila Of Inwood, Jcci-Inwood.

One of the largest Modern Orthodox communities in North America — Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett, and Inwood form a self-contained Jewish universe on Long Island's South Shore, with Central Avenue as the kosher commercial spine.

Yes — shul is the traditional term for synagogue, and Five Towns has 48 Orthodox synagogues listed on ShulMap, each mapped with the kosher amenities and housing around it.

The Five Towns are a cluster of communities on the South Shore of Long Island, in Nassau County, New York — traditionally Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett, and Inwood (the name predates the area's growth, and a few more hamlets are often included). Together they form one of the largest Modern Orthodox communities in North America, with Central Avenue as the kosher commercial spine.

The Five Towns are home to one of the largest concentrations of Modern Orthodox Jews in the country. Community estimates put the Orthodox Jewish population in the tens of thousands across Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett, and Inwood, closely tied to the adjacent Far Rockaway community. These figures are estimates.

ShulMap maps 11 of the largest and most central shuls, including Young Israel of Woodmere — reputedly the largest Young Israel congregation in the world — but the community-wide total across the five towns is higher, into the dozens once smaller shuls, shtiebels, and yeshiva minyanim are counted. This is an estimate; the mapped selection covers the major anchors.

Yes. The Five Towns Eruv covers Woodmere, Hewlett, Cedarhurst, North Woodmere and Lawrence, is funded by roughly 40 affiliated shuls and is under local rabbinic supervision. Status is posted at fivetownseruv.org, sent by free email alert, and carried on the hotline at 516-900-3831. Exclusions the eruv calls out include the Woodmere Dock at the south end of Woodmere Boulevard South, the Woodmere Club golf course, Hewlett Harbor, the Grant Park pond and walking path, Doxy Brook Park on Branch Boulevard, North Woodmere Park past the playground entrance, and waterfront sections of Back Lawrence around Albro Lane, Meadow Drive, Turkey Point and Sage Avenue. Note that Lawrence also sits inside the separate Far Rockaway and Lawrence Eruv. Source: fivetownseruv.org, checked 7 September 2026. Confirm the current boundary and weekly status before carrying, and follow your own rav.

The US Census median home value for ZIP 11516, which covers Five Towns, is $857,200 (American Community Survey, 2020–2024, as valued by owners), and 28% of households there rent. That is a ZIP-wide figure, and asking prices today usually run higher — on ShulMap Five Towns sits in the $$$–$$$$ band relative to nearby communities.

Use the apartment and home search on this page to see current listings in Five Towns. Walking distances to shuls are approximate — confirm what's comfortable for your family.