Jewish Center of Brighton Beach explained

Jewish Center of Brighton Beach

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Religious Affiliation:

Orthodox Judaism (former)

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Organisational Status:

Synagogue (former)

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Functional Status:

Open

Location:

2915 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York City

Country:

United States

Map Type:

New York City

Map Size:

250

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Coordinates:

40.5798°N -73.967°W

Architect:

Bloch & Hesse

Architecture Type:

Synagogue architecture

Architecture Style:

Renaissance Revival

Established:

1914

Year Completed:

1930

Date Destroyed:

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Facade Direction:

West

Site Area:

24000square feet

Materials:

Stone; tiles

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Jewish Center of Coney Island
Added:	December 11, 2013
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Refnum:	13000908

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The Jewish Center of Brighton Beach, named as the Jewish Center of Coney Island prior to 1947, is a historic former Orthodox^[2] Jewish synagogue and community center, located in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, in the United States.

History

The formation of the Brooklyn Jewish Center combined the three leading Brownsville Jewish organizations – the Hebrew Educational society, the Stone Avenue Talmud Torah, and the Congregation Ohav Sholom – into one entity. The first Jewish community center was formed in 1917 in Manhattan, beginning a community centre movement. The Jewish Center of Brooklyn followed shortly thereafter, with a center that housed a gymnasium, kindergarten, library, classrooms, dining room and synagogue.

The congregation was founded in 1914 on West 5th Street in Coney Island (originally named Temple Adath Israel), and when building the community centre in 1929–1930, renamed itself as the Jewish Center of Coney Island. In 1947, the name was changed to the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach.

The former synagogue is a four-story-with-basement trapezoidal-shaped building in the Renaissance Revival style. The front façade is clad in golden-colored stone and features a grand staircase and second story loggia. The building is capped by a hipped roof of red tile.^[3]

The former synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.^[1]

Soluri Architecture were engaged to redesign the 24000square feet building in a more modern and practical style.^[4]

The synagogue building was featured in Lord of War, a 2005 crime drama film starring Nicolas Cage.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2013-12-20. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/09/13 through 12/13/13. National Park Service.
Web site: Riker, Paul . Jewish Center of Brighton Beach . Brighton: Houses of Worship (student project) . . n.d. . January 31, 2024 .
Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jewish Center of Coney Island . 2015-12-01 . Broverman, Anna . PDF . June 2013 . See also: Web site: Accompanying photos .
Web site: Jewish Community Center, Brooklyn . Projects . Soluri Architecture . n.d. . January 31, 2024 .
Web site: Sheidlower, Noah . Top 10 secrets of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn: 8. Jewish Center of Coney Island is a historic synagogue in Brighton Beach . Untapped New York . n.d. . January 31, 2024 .