Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx, New York City

Name: Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx
Address: 1115 Ward Avenue, New York City, United States

#483 among attractions in New York City

Romanesque architecture, Synagogue, Romanesque revival architecture

Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx

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Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx was a synagogue located at 1115 Ward Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. The building was constructed between 1928 and 1932, and is a three-story, vernacular Romanesque Revival style. It has a plastic slate roof and yellow brick front façade with red brick and cast-stone accents. The front facade features a set of seven round-arch lancet stained-glass windows separated by wreathed cast-stone columns. In 1979, the synagogue sold the building to the Green Pasture Baptist Church, which has occupied the building since then. ()

Built: 1924 (100 years ago)Coordinates: 40°49'36"N, 73°52'38"W

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1115 Ward AvenueEast Bronx (Clason Point)New York City United States

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Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Crotona Park, Starlight Park, Printers Park, Soundview Park.

1.2 miNW
Park
Crotona Park, New York City
32 min walk • Crotona Park is a public park in the South Bronx in New York City, covering 127.5 acres. The park is bounded by streets of the same name on its northern, eastern, southern, and western borders, and is adjacent to the Crotona Park East and Morrisania neighborhoods of the Bronx.
0.6 miN
Park
Starlight Park, New York City
16 min walk • Starlight Park is a public park located along the Bronx River in the Bronx in New York City. Starlight Park stands on the site of an amusement park of the same name that operated in the first half of the 20th century.
0.7 miW
Park
Printers Park, New York City
19 min walk • Printer's Park is a small park on Hoe Avenue between Aldus Street and Westchester Avenue, in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. The park is run by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The park's name honors Richard March Hoe, who invented the Rotary printing press.
0.8 miSE
Park
Soundview Park, New York City
22 min walk • Soundview Park is a 205-acre park on Clason Point in the southern portion of the Bronx, New York City. The park is adjacent to the Clason Point, Hunts Point, and Soundview neighborhoods, situated where the Bronx River flows into the East River, roughly opposite Rikers Island and LaGuardia Airport.
1.6 miNE
Church
St. Raymond's Church, New York City
41 min walk • St. Raymond's Church is a parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Castle Hill Avenue at Tremont Avenue, The Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1842. It was dedicated on the feast of St. Raymond Nonnatus, on August 31, 1845, thus getting its name.
1.3 miNE
Church
St. Helena's Church, New York City
33 min walk • The Church of St. Helena is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of New York. Its parish church is located at the intersection of Olmstead Avenue and Benedict Avenue, Bronx, New York City, in the Unionport neighborhood.
0.8 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Sunnyslope, New York City
21 min walk • Sunnyslope is a historic home located in Hunts Point in the South Bronx in New York City. It was built about 1860 by Peter Hoe, brother of Richard March Hoe, on their family estate.
1 miSW
Park
Julio Carballo Field, New York City
26 min walk • Julio Carballo Fields is a park in the Hunt's Point section of The Bronx, New York City. Originally called Manida Park, it was renamed in 1997 to honor Julio Carballo, who ran a neighborhood youth baseball program in the 1970s and 1980s.
0.7 miW
Church, Italianate architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
St. John Chrysostom's Church, New York City
18 min walk • St. John Chrysostom's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in the Morrisania section of the New York City borough of the Bronx.
0.4 miW
Park
Concrete Plant Park, New York City
11 min walk • Concrete Plant Park is a public park in the Longwood section of the Bronx, New York City. It consists of 7.39 acres located on the west bank of the Bronx River between Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard.
0.6 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Blessed Sacrament Church, New York City
17 min walk • The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Beach Avenue and Gleason Avenue, Soundview, the Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1927. It was merged into the parish of the Holy Family in 2015.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx?

Nearby attractions include Concrete Plant Park, New York City (11 min walk), St. Joan of Arc's Church, New York City (13 min walk), Starlight Park, New York City (16 min walk), Blessed Sacrament Church, New York City (17 min walk).

How to get to Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx by public transport?

The nearest stations to Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx:

Metro

Elder Avenue • Lines: 6 (5 min walk)
Morrison Avenue–Soundview • Lines: 6 (6 min walk)

Bus

East Tremont Avenue & Unionport Road • Lines: Bx42 (32 min walk)
Unionport Road & East Tremont Avenue • Lines: Bx22 (32 min walk)