Kingsway Jewish Center

{{short description|Orthodox synagogue in Brooklyn, New York}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Kingsway Jewish Center | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Kingsway Brooklyn 2.JPG | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = The Center [[façade]] in 2013 | religious_affiliation = [[Modern Orthodox Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival =  | organisational_status =  | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = {{ubl|Rabbi Etan Tokayer|Rabbi Mordechai Schiffman {{small|(Assistant)}}|Rabbi Shlomo Wolman {{small|(Shamash)}}|Rabbi Milton H. Polin {{small|(Rabbi Emeritus)}}}} | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | status = [[Synagogue]] | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = 18 stained glass windows by [[Adolph Gottlieb]] | location = 2810 Nostrand Avenue, [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]], [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = New York City | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[New York City]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|40|36|57|N|73|56|41|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = {{ubl|Martyn Weston|Herman Sohn|Adolph Gottlieb}} | architecture_type = Synagogue | architecture_style = [[Art Deco architecture|Art Deco]] | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1928 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1951 | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = Steel; brick | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|kingswayjewishcenter.org}} | module = {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Kingsway Jewish Center | nrhp_type = | added = February 12, 2010 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 10000010 }} | footnotes = <ref name="nrhp">{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2010-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places|date=2010-03-26|work=WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 3/15/10 THROUGH 3/19/10|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref> }} The '''Kingsway Jewish Center''' is an historic [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox Jewish]] synagogue at 2810 [[Nostrand Avenue]], in the [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]] in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States.

==History== [[File:Kingsway Brooklyn 1.JPG|thumb|View of the synagogue from across Kings Highway]] The Center complex includes the synagogue (1951), school block (1957), and catering hall wing ({{circa|1957}}). The synagogue features a series of 18 windows designed by [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] artist [[Adolph Gottlieb]]. It is a four-story steel frame building with a brick faced facade that steps back from the property line as it rises. The school building is a simple three story building with long rectangular windows and several entrances.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318425 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Kingsway Jewish Center|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Howe, Kathy|date= December 2009| access-date=November 3, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>

It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2010.<ref name="nrhp"/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commonscat-inline|Kingsway Jewish Center}} * {{official website|http://www.kingswayjewishcenter.org/}}

{{National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooklyn}} {{Synagogues in the United States}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Synagogues completed in 1951]] [[Category:Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn]] [[Category:Synagogues in Brooklyn]] [[Category:Midwood, Brooklyn]] [[Category:Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City]] [[Category:Art Deco synagogues]] [[Category:1928 establishments in New York City]] [[Category:1920s architecture in the United States]] [[Category:Jewish organizations established in 1928]] [[Category:Modern Orthodox synagogues in New York City]] [[Category:Art Deco architecture in Brooklyn]] [[Category:20th-century synagogues in the United States]]