Congregation Beth Elohim

Congregation Beth Elohim, also known as the Garfield Temple and the Eighth Avenue Temple, is a Reform Jewish congregation and historic synagogue located at 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of in , , United States.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Synagogue
  • Description: Reform Jewish congregation located at 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn
  • Also known as: “Congregation Beth Elohim Main Sanctuary”, “Eighth Avenue Temple”, and “Garfield Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prospect Park and Park Slope Historic District.

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is in . It includes its namesake park, plus the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and South.

Historic site
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is a national historic district in Park Slope, Brooklyn, . It consists of 1,802 contributing buildings built between 1862 and about 1920.

Museum
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The is an art museum in the borough of . At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. is situated 2,900 feet east of Congregation Beth Elohim.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Park Slope and Prospect Heights.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in , , within an area known as . is roughly bounded by and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and Prospect Expressway to the south.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the northwest of the borough of . The traditional boundaries are Flatbush Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Eastern Parkway – beginning at – to the south, and Washington Avenue to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of , within the area once known as . The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 6.

Congregation Beth Elohim

Latitude
40.67122° or 40° 40′ 16″ north
Longitude
-73.97424° or 73° 58′ 27″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Height
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
87G8M2CG+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 250439037
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­synagogue
Geo­Names ID
6337568
Wiki­data ID
Q5160604
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yiddish—“Congregation Beth Elohim” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “以罗欣之殿会堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيس مجمع بيت الله”
  • Finnish: “Congregation Beth Elohim”
  • Finnish: “Eighth Avenue Temple”
  • Finnish: “Garfield Temple”
  • German: “Beth-Elohim-Gemeinde”
  • Hebrew: “קהילת בית אלוהים”
  • Yiddish: “קהילה בית אלהים”

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