Parking

For Yom Kippur morning Saturday 10/12 we will reserve most of the TBB parking lot for those with accessibility needs. The driveway behind the building will also be blocked during Family Services, approximately 9:30am-11:30am, for safety.

If you do not need to park very near the building, please use street parking. If you need to park in the parking lot, including any need to limit how far you walk from street parking, someone will be outside to assist you in entering the parking lot. Please email tbb@templebnaibrith.org if you know you would like a parking space reserved in advance. Whether you have emailed in advance or not, please pull up to the driveway and you will receive assistance parking.

The City of Somerville suspends resident-only parking restrictions on streets around the synagogue during services on Shabbat and Jewish holidays listed below. All other parking restrictions will still be enforced. Any ticket issued in error must be submitted within one week of receiving a ticket to tbb@templebnaibrith.org for abatement. Please do not contact the City directly.

We are working to make TBB accessible for all, including a goal to install a door which can be opened with a button. The existing door at the rear of our building is wheelchair accessible when someone is available to open it. Once inside, an elevator is available to access other floors. On Yom Kippur, when you receive assistance parking in the lot, that can include having the door opened. For access any other time, please email tbb@templebnaibrith.org in advance so we can be ready to assist in opening the door.

Parking Consideration on Shabbat & Holidays 

Because the very small U-shaped lot around our building cannot accommodate everyone on busy occasions, the City of Somerville has graciously agreed to suspend resident-only parking restrictions on streets around the synagogue during the following services:

     Shabbat (Friday evening and Saturday during services)

     Erev Rosh Hashanah and Rosh Hashanah Days 1 and 2

     Erev Yom Kippur and Yom Kippur

     Sukkot Potluck Friday

     Purim

Important: Only resident parking restrictions are suspended. Other parking restrictions will still be enforced, for example obstructing a posted fire lane, blocking a crosswalk or driveway, parking within 10 ft of a hydrant, or within 20 ft of an intersection (beware of the “No Parking Here to Corner” sign on Central Street, just before Broadway). These tickets cannot be abated. Please try to park on Broadway before parking on side streets.

Any ticket issued in error must be submitted within one week of receiving a ticket to tbb@templebnaibrith.org for abatement. Please do not contact the City directly.

Parking at Other Times

The City of Somerville has resident-only parking restrictions affecting all streets in the city. We ask Somerville residents with a valid parking sticker to use on street parking in order to make our very small parking lot available to non-residents.

Non-residents may park without a permit for two hours on Broadway and Medford Streets between the hours of 8am and 11pm. All other neighborhood streets, including Central Street, require a resident sticker. There are no resident only parking restrictions on Sundays.