Congregation Beth Israel

203 East 37th Street | East Flatbush | built 1925

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1928
Congregation Beth Israel builds its synagogue on East 37th Street
The synagogue at 203 East 37th Street in East Flatbush was erected in 1928. It is a two-story buff brick building with Romanesque Revival and Neoclassical elements and a front of three sections with round-arched windows. The Star of David appears on the front fence.
Source: Wikipedia
1970
The shrinking congregation sells the synagogue to Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day
As the local Jewish population moved to wealthier parts of Brooklyn and to the suburbs, membership fell. The synagogue became defunct around 1970, when the congregation sold the building to Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day.
“The congregation membership declined with the migration of the local Jewish populace to wealthier areas of Brooklyn and to the suburbs.”
Source: Wikipedia
2009
The former synagogue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places listed Congregation Beth Israel's former synagogue at 203 East 37th Street in 2009. Wikipedia describes the building as featuring stained glass windows, pews, plaster work and a Star of David on the front fence.
“The former synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.”
Source: Wikipedia

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