Synagogues of East NY and Brownsville

prodigalson

Hi Lost!


Greetings from the Upper Mid West where we are having a cold snap and the wind chill factor is considerably lower than ZERO. Ouch!

I have a suggestion for a photo topic -- having grown up in East New York, I remember several abandoned synagogues there and in Brownsville. I would like to know if any of those old buildings are still standing and would greatly appreciate photos of those buildings (inside and outside, if possible) with their precise location. Please post as many photos as you can.

Thanx!

lostingreenwoodhts

Can anyone help source or start documenting any of these places for prodiglason?

prodigalson, have you searched flckr? There's a lot of Brooklyn based photo streams...If you find anything, start a thread on this board.

prodigalson

Hi Lost - thanx for the tip. I found only one:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/19141174@N00/64373951/




... woops, am having trouble with the html features -- couldn't make the img work ...

prodigalson

OK! I found a site that has several photos, including synagogues in East New York:

http://www.disassociate.com/lost_big_thumb5.html


let's see if I can get this one that had been converted into a church on html:







Voila! Got it. Let's see if I can find more. And please, if any of you have them, please post!

theberrimanschool

Subject: Synagogues in East New York, Brooklyn, NY

There are two places that have pictures of synagogues in East New York that came to mind. The East New York Project on http://www.tapeshare.com and Forgotten New York http://www.forgotten-ny.com/. If you went to school there I have a page on PS 64/Berriman on myspace. http://www.myspace.com/berriman64. There is no commercial material on these sites except of offers of the books with the neighborhood and East New York history. I went to Franklin K Lane HS. You can find me on FaceBook also. There are more pictures on flicker also if you search diligently. There is one in flicker located on Berriman St and Hegeman Street. This one I know because I delivered Settzer and soda there then years later, a friend of mine bought the place and made apartments. THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS NOW: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=berriman+and+hegeman+11208&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Hegeman+Ave+&+Berriman+St,+Brooklyn,+Kings,+New+York+11208&ll=40.666382,-73.877048&spn=0,0.019205&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.666259,-73.876953&panoid=kkWjXgJ0buc8xacJqlDfNg&cbp=12,293.9,,0,20.35

theberrimanschool

http://www.myspace.com/berriman64

prodigalson

thanx for those updates!

prodigalson

New Lots Avenue shtiebel in East New York now used as a Pentecostal church:

prodigalson

current photo of another small synagogue that appears to be still being used in that manner:

Dumont Avenue near Vermont Street in East New York

pragmaticguy

Not in East New York-Brownsville but there's a magnificent synagogue being used as a church on the corner of Park Place and Kingston.

prodigalson

Wow. I just Googled it and, yes, what a magnificent building:

http://tinyurl.com/c49hq5m

prodigalson

Brooklyn isn't the only place where old synagogues evolved into churches. Minneapolis (esp the North Side) had quite a few conversion as well such as this one:

http://www.mnopedia.org/structure/mikro-kodesh-synagogue-minneapolis

There was a recent showing on TPT (Twin Cities TV) about this but I could not find a link.

prodigalson

Brooklyn isn't the only place where old synagogues evolved into churches. Minneapolis (esp the North Side) had quite a few conversion as well such as this one:

http://www.mnopedia.org/structure/mikro-kodesh-synagogue-minneapolis

There was a recent showing on TPT (Twin Cities TV) about this but I could not find a link.