{"nrhp_refnum":"10000010","name":"Kingsway Jewish Center","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2810 Nostrand Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.61716447600003,"lon":-73.94478086499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","European","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of connected synagogue, school and catering hall buildings at 2810 Nostrand Avenue (also 2920 Kings Highway) in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. The main synagogue block was built in 1951, with a school and banquet wing added in 1957, to designs by architects Martyn Weston and Herman Sohn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is locally significant under Criterion A for Brooklyn's mid-20th-century Jewish history and religion, as a 'Jewish Center' combining worship, education and recreation. Under Criterion C it is an intact 1950s modern synagogue, apparently modeled on Bauhaus-influenced European synagogues of the 1930s. It also holds 18 leaded-glass windows by Abstract Expressionist Adolph Gottlieb, described as the only complete set of his windows surviving in their original location.","narrative":"Occupying an entire block front on Kings Highway in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, Kingsway Jewish Center is a mid-century synagogue complex that also served as a community hub. The four-story main block, completed in 1951 to designs by Martyn Weston and Herman Sohn, has a stepped brick facade, a polished red granite entrance and two short flanking towers. Inside are a sanctuary with unusual side-facing seating, a small daily chapel, a gymnasium and a swimming pool. A school and banquet wing followed in 1957. The center reflects the 'Jewish Center' movement, which joined worship with education, recreation and social life while Brooklyn was a major Jewish population center. Its modern design appears to draw on Bauhaus-influenced European synagogues of the 1930s. The sanctuary's eighteen leaded-glass windows, designed by Abstract Expressionist Adolph Gottlieb and commissioned in 1955, are the best-known feature; the nomination describes them as the only complete Gottlieb window set surviving in its original location.","period_of_significance":"1951-1957","architect_builder":"Weston, Martyn N. and Sohn, Herman M.; Gottlieb, Adolph (artist)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continuously maintained as a synagogue since 1951; main facade, sanctuary, chapel, gymnasium and pool survive largely intact, though the Gottlieb windows need conservation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.93004-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000010.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000010/827157165d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000010/827157165d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingsway_Brooklyn_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</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:Kingsway_Brooklyn_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318425","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsway_Jewish_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6413725"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/kingsway-jewish-center-10000010/"}