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.

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.

Former Shaari Zedek Synagogue 221 Kingston Avenue Designed by Eisendrath & Horowitz, 1923-25 Formed in 1902 and originally located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the Shaari Zedek Synagogue relocated here after the congregation merged with the Brooklyn Synagogue of Eastern Parkway in 1922. The synagogue and community house were completed in 1925 to the designs of Eisendrath & Horowitz, who had also been responsible for Temple Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Temple Beth Emeth in Prospect Park South, and Temple B’nai Israel in Sunset Park. All of these, like Shaari Zedek, were designed in the Colonial Revival style, which was popular for American synagogues in the early 20th century. The limestone and light grey brick building features a grand entrance portico with Ionic columns, a triangular pediment, and an entablature that reads “Gates of Righteousness,” the English translation of “Shaari Zedek.” An impressive standing-seam metal, octagonal dome sits atop the structure. When it was completed, the synagogue bore the distinction of housing the city’s largest Conservative Jewish congregation. In 1969, the building was sold to the First Church of God in Christ of Brooklyn. The Former Shaari Zedek Synagogue is located in the Crown Heights North III Historic District.

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.