Congregation Shaare Zedek of Harlem

Congregation Shaare Zedek of Harlem
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	23 W. 118th St., Manhattan, New York, US
Coordinates	40°48′10″N 73°56′48″W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architect	Michael Bernstein
Architectural style	Moorish Revival
NRHP reference #	15000031
Added to NRHP	February 23, 2015

Congregation Shaare Zedek of Harlem is a historic synagogue at 23-25 West 118th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has Moorish Revival architecture features. It has served as a protestant church for many decades.

Description

The Congregation Shaare Zedek building is at 23-25 West 118th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.

Michael Bernstein designed it.

History

Congregation Shaare Zedek, a Conservative Jewish congregation, was one of many synagogues serving Harlem in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the neighborhood was inhabited by over 100,000 Jews. Harlem's Jewish community, originating after the American Civil War in the 1860s, was populated by Jews who relocated from more southerly parts of Manhattan. Encouraged by the construction of elevated railways to Harlem, the neighborhood's Jewish population became one of the largest in the United States. Shaare Zedek was founded in Lower Manhattan in 1837 and, after several relocations, took over the property of Ansche Chesed, another Jewish congregation in Lower Manhattan.

Jewish congregation

By 1897, Shaare Zedek's members disputed whether to stay in the former Ansche Chesed building in Lower Manhattan or move to Harlem where an increasing number of congregants were settling.

Christian congregation

After Shaare Zedek moved out, the building was occupied by Bethel Way of the Cross Church of Christ.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street
• Congregation Shaare Zedek (Manhattan), another building with the same name at 93rd Street

Sources

• Gurock, Jeffrey S. (1979). When Harlem was Jewish, 1870-1930. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-8357-3729-6. Retrieved 2026-07-25. Search this book on
• "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Congregation Shaare Zedek of Harlem". National Park Service. Retrieved 24 July 2026.

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