{"nrhp_refnum":"10000009","name":"Jewish Center of Kings Highway","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1202-1218 Ave. P.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.611884056000065,"lon":-73.96052674399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A synagogue complex at 1202-1218 Avenue P in the Midwood/Kings Highway neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It includes a synagogue built in 1928-30 to designs by Maurice Courland and an adjoining school built in 1949.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion A for ethnic heritage and religion, as an early-20th-century synagogue built for a growing congregation during the \"Jewish Center\" movement. It also argues significance under Criterion C as an intact 1920s neo-Classical synagogue with a facade mixing classical forms and Judaic motifs, and with notable stained-glass windows. The period of significance includes the post-World War II growth of the congregation and the new school.","narrative":"Two buildings on Avenue P in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood make up the Jewish Center of Kings Highway: a synagogue built in 1928-30 to designs by architect Maurice Courland, and a school added in 1949. The synagogue has a brick facade overlaid with a cast-stone temple front of four Corinthian piers, a pediment, and carved details such as the Tablets of the Law, menorahs and a magen david. Inside, a single-space sanctuary has a coved ceiling, a skylight, leaded-glass windows and an ark framed by faux-marble columns. A social hall lies beneath. The school has a simplified classical front and houses classrooms, a gymnasium and a chapel. The complex was listed for its role in Brooklyn's Jewish history and for its architecture. It reflects the Jewish Center movement, in which synagogues also served as community hubs with educational and recreational space. The congregation still uses it, and its main features remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1928-1959","architect_builder":"Courland, Maurice (synagogue); Prosbauer & Prober (school)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continues to function as a synagogue; continuously maintained as a synagogue since construction, and the main facade, sanctuary and entrance vestibule survive largely intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.345981-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000009.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000009/a4d1b204b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000009/a4d1b204b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"George Paichadze","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jewish_Center_of_Kings_Highway.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">George Paichadze</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jewish_Center_of_Kings_Highway.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318421","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Center_of_Kings_Highway","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6189746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/jewish-center-of-kings-highway-10000009/"}