Park Slope Jewish Center

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]

For similarly named synagogues, see B'nai Jacob.
For similarly named synagogues, see Tifereth Israel.
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Park Slope Jewish Center
(2013)
Location1320 Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn, New York City
Coordinates40°39′46.7″N 73°58′54″W
Built1925
ArchitectAllen A. Blaustein
Architectural styleRomanesque and Baroque elements
NRHP reference No.01001442[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 2002

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

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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.
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