Ocean Parkway Jewish Center

{{Short description|Orthodox synagogue in Brooklyn, New York}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}

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| location = 550 Ocean Parkway, Kensington, Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11218

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| architect = {{ubl|Samuel Malkind|Martyn Weinstein}}

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| year_completed = 1926

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| footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20091218.htm |title=National Register of Historic Places |date=2009-12-18|work=WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 12/07/09 THROUGH 12/11/09 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date= }}

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The Ocean Parkway Jewish Center is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 550 Ocean Parkway, in Kensington, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.

The synagogue was built between 1924 and 1926 and is a three-story plus basement and attic, stone clad Neoclassical style building, with a two-story addition. The front façade features three round-arched entrances and the second and third stories are organized as a temple front.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=102996|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration:Ocean Parkway Jewish Center|date=October 2009|accessdate=2011-02-20 |author=Kathy Howe|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=102980|title=Accompanying 19 photos}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The building was designed by Samuel Malkind and Martyn Weinstein. Malkind had worked for Louis Abramson's firm before starting his own practice with Weinstein{{Cite journal |last=Robbins |first=Anthony W. |date= |year=2009 |title=A Shul Grows in Brooklyn (and Queens) |url=https://nylandmarks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CommonBondv23.pdf |journal=Common Bond |publisher=The New York Landmarks Conservancy |volume=23 |issue=1 and 2 |pages=4-11}}{{Cite web |title=Martyn Weston papers: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids |url=https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/cbh/arc_105_weston/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=findingaids.library.nyu.edu |language=en-us}} and the design followed a pattern set by Abramson, "combining neo-Classical ornament with Judaic symbols".

The Chairman and Director is Allen Michaels.{{Cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2009/09/25/synagogues-church-set-to-make-history/ |title=Synagogues, church set to make history |date=25 September 2009 |last=Buiso |first=Gary |work=New York Post |access-date= }}