Park Slope Jewish Center

{{Short description|Jewish Egalitarian Conservative Synagogue}} {{About||similarly named synagogues|B'nai Jacob (disambiguation){{!}}B'nai Jacob|similarly named synagogues|Tifereth Israel (disambiguation){{!}}Tifereth Israel}} {{Redirect|PSJC|the Boone, Missouri emergency dispatch agency|Public Safety Joint Communications Center}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Park Slope Jewish Center | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Park_Slope_Jewish_Center_(55268325826).jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Park Slope Jewish Center, 2026 | religious_affiliation = [[Conservative Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival =  | organisational_status =  | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = Rabbi Carie Carter | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | status = [[Synagogue]] | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 1320 Eighth Avenue, [[South Slope, Brooklyn|South Slope]], [[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 [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|40|39|46.7|N|73|58|54|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = Allen A. Blaustein | architecture_type = Synagogue | architecture_style = [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque]] and [[Baroque Revival architecture|Baroque]] elements | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = {{circa|1915}} {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1925 | 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 = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|psjc.org}} | module = {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Park Slope Jewish Center | nrhp_type = | built = 1925 | added = January 11, 2002 | refnum = 01001442<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} | footnotes = }} The '''Park Slope Jewish Center''' is an egalitarian [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] [[synagogue]] located at 1320 Eighth Avenue in [[South Slope, Brooklyn|South Slope]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States.

Established as a congregation in {{circa|1915}}, from 1942 to 1960 they were known as Congregation B'nai Jacob - Tifereth Israel.

== Overview == The synagogue was built in 1925 as the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] Congregation B'nai Jacob, and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story brick building with [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque]] and [[Baroque Revival architecture|Baroque style]] elements. It features the [[Star of David]] on exterior masonry, a [[rose window]], and a domed skylight.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318357 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Congregation Tifereth Israel|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Howe, Kathleen A.|date= September 2001| access-date=November 2, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>

The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002.

A $1.75 million renovation and expansion was completed in 2015. Rabbi Carie Carter has served the congregation since 2000.

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Park Slope Jewish Center}} * {{official website|http://www.psjc.org/ }}

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