Queens · NYC landmark
Congregation Tifereth Israel
109-18 54th Avenue · Queens, New York City
A small synagogue records Jewish migration from the Lower East Side to early suburban Queens.
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NYFE Summary
Many of the congregation’s early members came from the crowded Lower East Side. Their synagogue carried familiar forms from that neighborhood into a less densely built part of Queens. The congregation was part of Corona’s small Jewish community before the elevated railway transformed the area.
The front is organized around a central entrance and a large upper window containing a Star of David. Pointed windows and curved decorative sections add detail around the gable. The wooden structure preserves the scale of the neighborhood’s earlier houses.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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