Manhattan Beach Jewish Center
60 West End Avenue | also 64 West End Avenue, 34 West End Avenue | Brighton Beach | built 1951
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- 1952
The Manhattan Beach Jewish Center completes its Bauhaus-style synagogue at 60 West End Avenue
The architect was Jacob W. Sherman, who worked in the Bauhaus style, much like European synagogues of the 1930s, and the synagogue was finished in 1952. It is a two-story building with a mezzanine, a limestone facade and a granite base. A short tower and a shallow recessed porch with two plain columns mark the entrance.
“…the historic synagogue building was completed in 1952. It was designed by Jacob W. Sherman in the Bauhaus style, similar to European synagogues of the 1930s.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1962
The congregation formally adopts its Jewish Center name as a community center rises beside the synagogue
The congregation began in 1922 as Congregation B'nai Israel of Manhattan Beach and soon called itself the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center. It did not apply to make that name official until 1962. About a decade after the synagogue opened, the adjoining seven-story community center was built.
“…it did not apply to formally change its name until 1962. Ten years after the synagogue opened, the adjoining seven-story community center was built.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2012
Superstorm Sandy floods the center's basement with some 350,000 gallons of water and oil
Superstorm Sandy badly damaged the center. Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz said he watched about 350,000 gallons of water and oil being pumped from the basement. The center was still recovering two years afterward.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2015
The synagogue and community center are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In 2015 the synagogue building and community center were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Then-Governor Andrew Cuomo nominated the property to both the state and national registers, one of only two in New York City he nominated.
Source: Wikipedia
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