Park Slope Jewish Center
Conservative synagogue in Park Slope, Brooklyn
The Park Slope Jewish Center is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue located at 1320 Eighth Avenue in South Slope, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
Established as a congregation in c. 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 Congregation B'nai Jacob, and is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building with Romanesque and Baroque style elements. It features the Star of David on exterior masonry, a rose window, and a domed skylight.
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.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Park Slope Jewish Center” as conservative synagogue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as conservative synagogue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7138026. VIAF identifies the subject as 61152200770514400003. Authority coordinates are 40.663, -73.982. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1320, 1915, 1942 and 1960.
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This entry incorporates text from “Park Slope Jewish Center” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.