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Jewish Center of Coney Island , also known as the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach, is a historic synagogue and community center located in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn , Kings County, New York .1The synagogue was built in 1929–1930, and is a four-story-with-basement trapezoidal shaped building in the Renaissance Revival style. The front facade is clad in golden-colored stone and features a grand staircase and second story loggia . The building is capped by a hipped roof of red tile. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.2
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United States historic place Jewish Center of Coney Island , also known as the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach, is a historic synagogue and community center located in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn , Kings County, New York . The synagogue was built in 1929–1930, and is a four-story-with-basement trapezoidal shaped building in the Renaissance Revival style. The front facade is clad in golden-colored stone and features a grand staircase and second story loggia . The building is capped by a hipped roof of red tile. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database) .
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Former synagogue building in New York, US The Jewish Center of Brighton Beach , named as the Jewish Center of Coney Island prior to 1947, is a historic former Orthodox Jewish synagogue and community center , located in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn , Kings County, New York , in the United States.Brighton: Houses of Worship (student project) .
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historic synagogue and community center located in the brighton beach neighborhood of brooklyn
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historic former orthodox jewish synagogue and community center
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