Congregation Beth Israel/West Side Jewish Center
Congregation Beth Israel, commonly referred to as the West Side Jewish Center or, in more recent years, the Hudson Yards Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 347 West 34th Street, in the Garment District of Manhattan, in New York City, New York, in the United States.Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
- Type: Synagogue
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: Manhattan, New York
- Also known as: “Congregation Beth Israel West Side Jewish Center” and “West Side Jewish Center”
- Address: 347 West 34th Street, New York, 10001
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Madison Square Garden and Empire State Building.
Madison Square Garden
Stadium
Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd streets above Pennsylvania Station. Madison Square Garden is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Congregation Beth Israel/West Side Jewish Center.
Empire State Building
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Empire State Building is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Congregation Beth Israel/West Side Jewish Center.
Pennsylvania Station
Railway station
Photo: Arturoramos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pennsylvania Station is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday as of 2019. Pennsylvania Station is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Congregation Beth Israel/West Side Jewish Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hudson Yards and New York City.
Hudson Yards
Neighborhood
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hudson Yards is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, bounded roughly by 30th Street in the south, 41st Street in the north, the West Side Highway in the west, and Eighth Avenue in the east.
New York City
Photo: Marco Cortese, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New York is a global center for media, entertainment, art, fashion, research, finance, and trade. The bustling, cosmopolitan heart of the 4th largest metropolis in the world and by far the most populous city in the United States, New York has long been a key entry point and a defining city for the nation.
Midtown East
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Midtown East is the core retail and commercial neighborhood of Manhattan, containing the highest concentration of business and money this side of, well, the planet.
Congregation Beth Israel/West Side Jewish Center
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.75322° or 40° 45′ 12″ northLongitude
-73.99519° or 73° 59′ 43″ westInception
1925Height
67 feet (21 metres)Open location code
87G8Q233+7WOpenStreetMap ID
way 265258258OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxWikidata ID
Q5160632
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Polish—“Congregation Beth Israel/West Side Jewish Center” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيس مجمع بيت اسرائيل ويست سايد المركز اليهودى”
- Polish: “Synagoga Beth Israel w Nowym Jorku”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include B&H Photo and Midtown South Precinct Police Station.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as 34th Bagels & More and Subway.
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