Temple Beth El of Borough Park


Temple Beth El of Borough Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	4802 15th Ave., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°37′58.59″N 73°59′13.71″W / 40.6329417°N 73.9871417°W / 40.6329417; -73.9871417Coordinates: 40°37′58.59″N 73°59′13.71″W / 40.6329417°N 73.9871417°W / 40.6329417; -73.9871417
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920-1923
Architect	Shampan & Shampan
Architectural style	Moorish, Egyptian
NRHP Reference #	10000224 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 27, 2010

Temple Beth El of Borough Park, now known as Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park, is a historic synagogue at 4802 15th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It was built between 1920 and 1923 and is a three story building with Moorish and Egyptian design influences.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

Beth El historically has a distinguished list of officials, including:

Rabbi Simon Glazer, rabbi in the mid-1920s
Mordechai Hershman, cantor throughout the 1920s
Rabbi Israel Schorr, rabbi from 1938 to 2000^[3]
Moshe Koussevitzky, cantor from 1952 to 1966
Benzion Miller, cantor from 1981 to the present

As seen from across 15th Avenue.

References

1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 4/26/10 THROUGH 4/30/10. National Park Service. 2010-05-07.
↑ Kathy Howe (December 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Temple Beth El of Borough Park". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 24 photos".
↑ "Rabbi Israel Schorr, 94; Led Brooklyn Synagogue". The New York Times. 2000-04-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

External links

Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park website

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York

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