Brooklyn · NYC landmark
Former St. Casimir’s Church / Paul Robeson Theatre
40 Greene Avenue · Brooklyn, New York City
A former church records successive Universalist, Jewish, Polish Catholic and Black community-arts uses.
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NYFE Summary
Successive congregations adapted this building as the neighborhood changed. It began as a Universalist church, became Temple Israel’s synagogue and later served the Polish Catholic parish of St. Casimir. Each group used the same basic street-facing structure.
Physician and community activist Josephine English bought the building in 1980 and converted it into the Paul Robeson Theatre. Round-arched windows, a central tower and its later spire remain visible outside.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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