Manhattan Beach Jewish Center
The synagogue building, in 2017
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Status	Active
Location
Location	60 West End Avenue,Brooklyn,New York City
Country	United States
Location inNew York City
Geographic coordinates	40°34′50″N73°57′22″W / 40.58056°N 73.95611°W /40.58056; -73.95611
Architecture
Architect(s)	Jacob W. Sherman
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Bauhaus Modernist
Date established	1922(as a congregation)
Completed	1952; 1961
Materials	Limestone; brick;Akoustolith tiles
Manhattan Beach Jewish Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	1.03 acres (0.42 ha)
NRHP reference No.	15000266
Added to NRHP	May 26, 2015
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TheManhattan Beach Jewish Center is anOrthodoxJewish active congregation,synagogue, andcommunity center, located in theManhattan Beach neighborhood ofBrooklyn,Kings County,New York City,New York, United States.

Founded as Congregation B’nai Israel of Manhattan Beach in 1922, the congregation started calling itself as the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center shortly thereafter; however it did not apply to formally change its name until 1962.^[1]

Located at 60 West End Avenue, the historic synagogue building was completed in 1952. It was designed by Jacob W. Sherman in theBauhaus style, similar to European synagogues of the 1930s. Ten years after the synagogue was opened, the adjoining seven-story community center was built.^[2] The firstJewish community center was formed in 1917 in Manhattan, beginning a community centre movement. The Jewish Center of Brooklyn followed shortly thereafter, with a center that housed a gymnasium, kindergarten, library, classrooms, dining room and synagogue.^[1] The building is an example of the Jewish community center movement which was coming into its own at the time.^[2]

The synagogue is a two-story-and-mezzanineModern Movement building with alimestonefaçade and granite base. It has a short tower and recessed shallow entrance porch, flanked on either side by a single unadorned column.^[1]

DuringSuperstorm Sandy, the Center experienced serious damage. NYS AssemblymanSteven Cymbrowitz reported witnessing 350,000US gallons (1,300,000litres) of water and oil being pumped out of the basement. Two years after the storm, the Center was still recovering.^[2]

The synagogue building and community center was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 2015,^[1] one of only two properties in all of New York City to be nominated for the distinction by then-GovernorAndrew Cuomo, to both the State and National Registers of Historic Places.^[2]

• Manhattan Beach Jewish Center website

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