Chovevei Torah Synagogue, 1932. For much of the 20th century this grand building housed an Orthodox Jewish synagogue. The building is currently used for weddings and family and religious events by the Lubavitch Hasidic community.

1408 President Street, 1932.

(Henry M. Congdon & Son, 1907; additions: 1937) This Romanesque Revival style building was designed as the community center for a large church planned for the lot next door that was never built. The building included a basement gym, kitchen, auditorium and classrooms. Interestingly, the firm had recently designed the homes on the opposite side of Union Street (site 13), thus allowing for a certain continuity and design harmony on the block. Thirty years after designing the original structure, the architectural firm of Henry M. Congdon & Son returned in 1937 to permanently transform the building into a church, adding Gothic details with a new sanctuary, steeple, entrance and stairway. The corner structure benefits from being set back by grassy lawns from both Union Street and Brooklyn Avenue, lending it a pleasant stature in addition to its architectural charm.

1345 President Street. S. Epstein residence, ca. 1923.

Public School, 1929. P.S. 167 was built circa 1900. It was called the Parkside School for much of its history. Following the Crown Heights Riots of 1991, P.S. 167 was the location of an important meeting between the Mayor, police, and the African American and Jewish communities affected by the violence.

Interior of the Eastern Parkway Branch, BPL, 1915. Constructed in 1914 and designed by Raymond Almirall, the Eastern Parkway Branch was funded by the Carnegie Foundation. This branch became one of the borough's most heavily used facilities, surrounded by densely populated residential communities. This photograph depicts the children's department, and today the library continues to provide rich children's programming.

Brooklyn Carnegie Libraries: Eastern Parkway Branch CLIENT: BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ARCHITECT: Raymond F. Almiral DATE: 1914 STYLE: Classical Revival The building has several characteristics of the suburban Carnegie library type. Located mostly in the less densely populated areas of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens, these branches are most often freestanding structures within a larger lot (most often they are surrounded by a lawn). Frequently, the libraries have a symmetrical layout, large windows to allow an abundance of light into the reading rooms, and a prominent, decorative entrance. This one-story, five-bay stone Classical Revival is topped with a stone balustrade on its flat roof. Large arched windows line the façade, including one over the central doorway. The entrance door has been replaced, and the building underwent rehabilitation work in 1950-51, 1969 and 1975. The interior originally one-story interior has been divided into two floors. It retains details such as the original reading nook with fireplace and mantel of decorative tile, wood paneling and decorative plaster ceilings.