{"nrhp_refnum":"06000478","name":"East Midwood Jewish Center","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1625 Ocean Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.62246587800007,"lon":-73.95517253799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-06-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European","Religion","Entertainment/Recreation","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A combined synagogue and community center at 1625 Ocean Avenue in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, built between 1926 and 1929 in the Neo-Renaissance style. A school building and bridge link were added in 1950.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an architecturally distinguished example of the synagogue-community center building type, attributed to architect Louis Allen Abramson. It also meets Criterion A for ethnic heritage, religion, social history, recreation, and community planning. It remains in its original building, serving its original purposes, while many comparable centers have closed, been sold, or been redesigned.","narrative":"Combining worship, study, social life and sports under one roof, this Brooklyn building at 1625 Ocean Avenue in Midwood was constructed between 1926 and 1929 as a synagogue-community center. Architect Louis Allen Abramson is credited with the Neo-Renaissance design, which features a limestone and buff brick facade, Corinthian columns, nine tall stained glass windows and two green copper domes in a Moorish style. Inside are a two-story sanctuary seating 800, a chapel, two ballrooms, a gymnasium and a swimming pool. A three-story day school and a bridge link were added in 1950. The building is notable because many similar centers have been converted, redesigned or demolished, while this one still serves its original purposes with its architecture largely intact. It was listed for its architectural merit and for its role in the ethnic heritage, religion, social history and recreation of Eastern European Jewish families in a new Brooklyn neighborhood. Deferred maintenance has left the windows and building envelope needing repair.","period_of_significance":"1926-1950","architect_builder":"Abramson, Louis Allen (architect); Warshaw, Irwin (construction superintendent)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance; Other: Moorish","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a synagogue, school and community center in its original building; stained glass windows are in fair condition and wooden frames in poor condition, with a capital campaign planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.608141-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000478.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000478/f854884771-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000478/f854884771-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"David Shankbone","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Midwood_Jewish_Center_building_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">David Shankbone</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Midwood_Jewish_Center_building_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318371","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midwood_Jewish_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3508020"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/east-midwood-jewish-center-06000478/"}