Large night life venues, including House of Yes in Brooklyn and Knockdown Center in Queens, announced they were shutting down. But smaller, cabaret-style venues like Birdland Jazz Club and the Village Underground said they would continue to operate on reduced schedules.

Starting Friday, all events and public programing at New York City public libraries are been canceled. Library branches remain open for now, a spokeswoman said.

Late Thursday, the Chelsea Piers sports complex, citing the advice of public health officials, said it would shut down at midnight and remain closed at least through March 31. The company’s management said in a memo to the more than 1,000 people it employs that they were being put on a mandatory, unpaid furlough, but that their health benefits would continue and that they would receive some extra pay with their last check.

Religious institutions close their doors and offer guidance on social distancing.

Orthodox Jewish leaders in Bergen County, N.J., have enacted sweeping social-distancing policies, including closing synagogues and schools, imposing restrictions on kosher restaurants and placing limits on funerals and mourning visitations.

The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County said in a statement that it made its decision after being told that public health officials “need our help to slow the spread of the disease before their resources are overwhelmed.”

The council said members of the community were “strongly encouraged” to work from home and to keep their children from socializing with classmates, which would undermine the purpose of closing schools.

The council also instructed people not to gather for Shabbat meals, and it asked kosher restaurants to fill only delivery and takeout orders, rather than seating customers. Funerals will be restricted to small groups of family members and a minyan, or quorum needed for religious ceremonies. The council said in-person shiva visits should be replaced with phone calls or video chats.