{"nrhp_refnum":"10000011","name":"Young Israel of Flatbush","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1012 Ave. I","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.62892819600006,"lon":-73.96553612199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Ethnic Heritage-Other-Ethnic","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Moorish Revival synagogue at 1012 Avenue I, at the corner of Coney Island Avenue, in the Flatbush/Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn, built 1925-29 to designs by Louis Allen Abramson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion A for ethnic heritage and religion, as an Orthodox Young Israel congregation's synagogue that also housed a school, gymnasium and meeting rooms in the Jewish Center tradition. It is significant under Criterion C as an intact 1920s Moorish Revival synagogue by Abramson, a leading architect of the Jewish Center movement.","narrative":"Young Israel of Flatbush is a synagogue at 1012 Avenue I in Brooklyn's Flatbush/Midwood area, built between 1925 and 1929 and designed by Louis Allen Abramson. Its street fronts are faced in purple-red and brown patterned brick with tile and stucco trim, and feature horseshoe arches, slender minarets, a short onion-style dome and stained-glass rose windows. Inside, a two-story sanctuary carries the Moorish theme through tilework, arabesque ornament, leaded-glass windows and an elaborate ark set against a marble backdrop. The building also holds classrooms, a gymnasium and a chapel. It was built for an Orthodox congregation belonging to the Young Israel movement, at a time when much of the surrounding Jewish community favored more liberal branches of Judaism. Combining worship with education, athletics and social space, it reflects the Jewish Center movement. It has remained a synagogue throughout its history and retains a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1925-1959","architect_builder":"Abramson, Louis Allen","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Moorish Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continuously maintained as a synagogue since construction; main facades and main sanctuary survive largely intact, with alterations mainly to minor spaces such as offices and classrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.067287-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000011.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000011/cba0c802d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000011/cba0c802d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Israel_of_Flatbush_Ave_I_%26_Coney_Is_Av_cloudy_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</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:Young_Israel_of_Flatbush_Ave_I_%26_Coney_Is_Av_cloudy_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318560","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Israel_of_Flatbush","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8058194"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/young-israel-of-flatbush-10000011/"}