Manhattan Beach Jewish Center of Brooklyn Nominated to State and National Registers of Historic Places

Brooklyn - State Senator Marty Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) today is offering his congratulations to the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center for being placed on a list of twenty-two properties nominated by Governor Andrew Cuomo, to the State and National Registers of Historic Places by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation.

The Manhattan Beach Jewish Center is celebrating over 90 years of providing our community with all types of social, children, and recreational activities. For many years the community center building has housed a yeshiva, a senior citizen center, a caterer to provide Jewish Life Cycle celebrations, after-school academic and recreational program, and a summer day camp. The Bauhaus-influenced synagogue was completed in 1952 and the adjoining community center completed in 1962.

Senator Marty Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) stated, “What an exciting day for the Manhattan Beach community, which I proudly represent in the State Senate, to see one of their very own centers on track for prestigious recognition. I commend the congregation and members of the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center for their continued service to our neighborhood, and I fully support efforts at the State and federal level to historically designate this site.”

A listing on the State and National Register provides an opportunity for property owners to revitalize their buildings, making them eligible for various State grants and federal historic rehabilitation tax credits. The State and National Registers are the official lists of buildings, structures, districts, landscapes, objects and sites significant in the history, architecture, archaeology and culture of New York State and the nation. There are more than 120,000 historic buildings, structures and sites throughout the state listed on the National Register of Historic Places, individually or as components of historic districts.

Once the recommendations are approved by the state historic preservation office, the properties are listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places and then nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, where they are reviewed and, once approved, entered on the National Register.