Jewish Center of Brighton Beach

2915 Ocean Parkway | Brighton Beach | built 1928

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

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1929
The Jewish Center of Coney Island builds its community center on Ocean Parkway
The congregation began in 1914 on West 5th Street in Coney Island as Temple Adath Israel. When it built its community center in 1929 and 1930, it took the name Jewish Center of Coney Island. The building is four stories with a basement and trapezoidal in plan, in the Renaissance Revival style, with golden stone on the front, a grand staircase and a second-story loggia under a red-tile hipped roof.
Source: Wikipedia
1947
The Jewish Center of Coney Island renames itself the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach
In 1947 the congregation changed its name from the Jewish Center of Coney Island to the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach. It had taken the Coney Island name when it built its community center in 1929 and 1930.
“In 1947, the name was changed to the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach.”
Source: Wikipedia
2005
The synagogue building appears in the crime film Lord of War
Lord of War, a 2005 crime drama starring Nicolas Cage, features the synagogue building. The Jewish Center of Brighton Beach is a former Orthodox synagogue and community center. The building's place on the National Register of Historic Places dates from 2013.
“The synagogue building was featured in Lord of War, a 2005 crime drama film starring Nicolas Cage.”
Source: Wikipedia

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