Shaari Zedek Synagogue, New York City

Name: Shaari Zedek Synagogue
Address: New York City, United States

#1693 among attractions in New York City

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Shaari Zedek Synagogue, also known as Congregation Achavat Achim and since 1944 as St. Leonard's Church, is a historic synagogue at 767 Putnam Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. It was built in 1909–1910 and is a two-story rectangular brick building with cast stone trim. ()

Coordinates: 40°41'11"N, 73°55'51"W

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Northern Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant)New York City United States

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Day trips

Shaari Zedek Synagogue – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maria Hernandez Park, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Moore Street Retail Market, St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory.

1.2 miN
Park
Maria Hernandez Park, Sea Gate
31 min walk • Maria Hernandez Park is a municipal park in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City. It is located between Knickerbocker Avenue on the southwest to Irving Avenue on the northeast, and Starr Street on the northwest to Suydam Street on the southeast.
1.1 miSW
Museum, Children's museum
Brooklyn Children's Museum, New York City
28 min walk • The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a children's museum in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 1899, it is the first children's museum in the United States – and according to some, the first one worldwide.
1.3 miNW
Market, Shopping
Moore Street Retail Market, Sea Gate
34 min walk • Moore Street Market, often referred to as La Marqueta de Williamsburg, is one of four surviving public markets built by mayor Fiorello La Guardia in New York City in 1941 to get pushcarts off crowded and unclean streets. It is located at 110 Moore Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of northern Brooklyn.
1.3 miSW
Church, Romanesque revival architecture
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory, Sea Gate
33 min walk • St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory is a historic Episcopal church and rectory located at 1227 Pacific St. east of Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It was built in 1886 in the Romanesque Revival style. It is constructed of brick with stone trim and topped by a slate roof.
1.3 miSW
Museum, Synagogue
Jewish Children's Museum, New York City
35 min walk • The Jewish Children's Museum is the largest Jewish-themed children's museum in the United States. It aims for children of all faiths and backgrounds to gain a positive perspective and awareness of the Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding.
0.7 miS
Street
Atlantic Avenue, Sea Gate
17 min walk • Atlantic Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. It stretches from the Brooklyn waterfront on the East River all the way to Jamaica, Queens.
~1720 ftSW
Library, Neoclassical architecture
Macon Library, Sea Gate
9 min walk • Macon Library is a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, located in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The branch, opened in 1907, was the borough's eleventh Carnegie library. Richard A.
1.1 miSW
Park
Brower Park, Sea Gate
28 min walk • Brower Park is a municipal park in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. It is located between Brooklyn Avenue to the west and Kingston Avenue to the east, and between St. Marks Avenue to the north and Park Place to the south.
1.2 miS
Park
Eastern Parkway, Sea Gate
32 min walk • Eastern Parkway is a major road that runs through a portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it was the world's first parkway, having been built between 1870 and 1874.
0.6 miNE
Church
South Bushwick Reformed Church, New York City
16 min walk • South Bushwick Reformed Church, also known as the "White Church", is a historic Dutch Reformed church in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. The complex consists of the church and attached Sunday School building.
1.4 miSW
Library
Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad, Sea Gate
35 min walk • The Library Of Agudas Chassidei Chabad is a research library owned by Agudas Chasidei Chabad. Its content had been collected by the Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbes.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Shaari Zedek Synagogue?

Nearby attractions include Macon Library, Sea Gate (9 min walk), 462 Halsey Community Farm, Sea Gate (9 min walk), Immanuel Congregational Church, New York City (11 min walk), The People's Garden, New York City (12 min walk).

How to get to Shaari Zedek Synagogue by public transport?

The nearest stations to Shaari Zedek Synagogue:

Metro

Utica Avenue • Lines: A, C (13 min walk)
Kosciuszko Street • Lines: J (13 min walk)

Train

Nostrand Avenue (28 min walk)

Bus

Putnam Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue • Lines: Q58 (37 min walk)