Park Slope Jewish Center
Park Slope Jewish Center | |
Location | 1320 Eighth Avenue Brooklyn, New York City |
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Coordinates | 40°39′46.7″N 73°58′54″W / 40.662972°N 73.98167°WCoordinates: 40°39′46.7″N 73°58′54″W / 40.662972°N 73.98167°W |
Built | 1925 |
Architect | Allen A. Blaustein |
Architectural style | Romanesque and Baroque elements |
NRHP reference No. | 01001442[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 11, 2002 |
The Park Slope Jewish Center, known from 1942 to 1960 as Congregation B'nai Jacob - Tifereth Israel, is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue located at 1320 Eighth Avenue in South Slope, Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in 1925 as the orthodox Congregation B'nai Jacob, and is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building with Romanesque and Baroque style elements. It features the Star of David on exterior masonry, a rose window, and a domed skylight.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
A $1.75 million renovation and expansion was completed in 2015. Rabbi Carie Carter has served the congregation since 2000.
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Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kathleen A. Howe (September 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Congregation Tifereth Israel". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 16 photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
External links[]
- Media related to Park Slope Jewish Center at Wikimedia Commons
- Park Slope Jewish Center website
Categories:
- Synagogues completed in 1925
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn
- Synagogues in Brooklyn
- Conservative synagogues in New York City
- Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
- Romanesque Revival synagogues
- United States synagogue stubs
- Brooklyn Registered Historic Place stubs
- National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn
- Brooklyn building and structure stubs
- New York City religious building and structure stubs