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Central Synagogue

Central Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue at 652 Lexington Avenue, at the corner with 55th Street, in the neighborhood of New York City.
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  • Type: Synagogue
  • Description: synagogue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
  • Also known as: “Congregation Ahawath Chesed Shaar Hashomayim”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Empire State Building.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in , New York City, on 53rd Street between and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. is situated 2,100 feet west of Central Synagogue.

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The is a 102-story, Art Deco-style supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. is situated 1 mile southwest of Central Synagogue.

Church
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St. Patrick's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the neighborhood of . It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a . is situated 1,600 feet west of Central Synagogue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diamond District and Tudor City.

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex on the East Side of in , bordering the Turtle Bay and neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

Central Synagogue

Latitude
40.75959° or 40° 45′ 35″ north
Longitude
-73.97057° or 73° 58′ 14″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Inception
1872
Height
77 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q25H+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 266233360
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­synagogue
Geo­Names ID
6337253
Wiki­data ID
Q3504867
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yiddish—“Central Synagogue” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “中央会堂”
  • Chinese: “中央會堂”
  • Czech: “Central Synagogue”
  • Czech: “Centrální synagoga”
  • Czech: “Kongreagace Ahavat Chesed”
  • Czech: “Ústřední synagoga v New Yorku”
  • Dutch: “Central Synagogue”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيس المركزى”
  • Finnish: “Central Synagogue”
  • French: “Central Synagogue”
  • Hebrew: “בית הכנסת המרכזי (מנהטן)”
  • Hebrew: “בית הכנסת המרכזי”
  • Italian: “sinagoga centrale di New York”
  • Italian: “Sinagoga centrale di New York”
  • Macedonian: “Централна синагога”
  • Polish: “Synagoga Centralna w Nowym Jorku”
  • Spanish: “Central Synagogue”
  • Spanish: “Sinagoga Central”
  • Turkish: “Ahavat Hesed Cemiyeti”
  • Turkish: “Central Synagogue”
  • Turkish: “Congregation Ahavath Chesed”
  • Turkish: “Merkez Sinagog”
  • Turkish: “Merkez Sinagogu”
  • Turkish: “New York Merkez Sinagogu”
  • Yiddish: “צענטראל-סינאגאגע”

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