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92nd Street YMHA Performing Arts CenterThe oldest Jewish Community Center in America, the 92nd Street Y first began serving the community with Adult Education classes in 1874. A non-profit with a full range of services, the Y has been a le ... Website: www.92y.org Telephone212-415-5500 | ||
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Amalgamated DwellingsAn early experiment in co-op housing, this elegant alternative to the crowded tenements was built in 1930 under the auspices of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Housing those Jewish worker ... | ||
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American Museum of Natural HistoryOne of the great family museums in New York, AMNH displays a vast collection of fossils, samples, minerals and specimens in a fun and engaging manner. The famous Blue Whale replica, a 90 foot fibergla ... Website: www.amnh.org Telephone212-769-5100 | ||
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Anne Frank CenterWebsite: www.annefrank.com Telephone(212) 431-7993, Fax(212) 431-8375 | ||
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Arbit Blatas Holocaust MemorialsAround the corner of the B’Nai B’rith Headquarters building are the seven bronze plaques designed by artist Arbit Blatas to commemorate the Holocaust. Part of a worldwide installation, the series ... | ||
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Aron Streit Inc.When the Streit’s Matzo Bakery opened in 1916, Aron Streit and Rabbi Weinberger made all their matzo by hand. In 1925 the present location was opened and soon expanded to include modern machinery. T ... Website: www.streitsmatzos.com Telephone212-475-7000 | ||
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Audobon BallroomOpened in 1912 by William Fox, born Wilhelm Fried in Hungary, the Audobon Ballroom was the first theater in the neighborhood. Bringing the latest vaudeville shows to the “Heights” the theater also ... Telephone212-928-6288 | ||
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Beth Israel Medical CenterBuilt to aid the vulnerable Jewish residents of the Lower East Side, the hospital is now the center of a network of affiliated medical services that cover the greater New York area. Life in the teneme ... Website: www.wehealny.org Telephone212-420-2000 | ||
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Bialystoker Home for the AgedThe building itself is unremarkable but for the twelve tablatures around the front entrance, representing the twelve tribes of Israel, and the fact that it contains the last living memories of the Low ... | ||
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B’Nai B’rith International HeadquartersThe oldest continually operating Jewish service organization in the world and founders of the Anti-Defamation League, B’Nai B’rith was founded in New York in 1843 and remains the world headquarter ... Website: www.bnaibrith.org Telephone212-490-1170 | ||
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Carnegie HallBuilt by industrialist Andrew Carnegie to house the New York Philharmonic, the world famous concert hall was saved from demolition by Jewish violinist Isaac Stern. When the New York Philharmonic moved ... Website: www.carnegiehall.org Telephone212-247-7800 | ||
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Castle Clinton and the Monument to the ImmigrantsOpened as Castle Garden in 1824, the “castle” was originally built as a fortification against British naval aggression. The Garden was the setting for aristocratic flights of fancy; concerts, debu ... | ||
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Cemeteries of the Shearith IsraelThe first Jewish congregation in the New World, the Shearith Isreal consecrated a cemetery just east of Sixth Avenue on West 11th Street in 1805. A small cemetery, its most notable interment is Ephrai ... | ||
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Center for Jewish HistoryOpened in 1999, the Center for Jewish History contains four of the leading authorities on the history of the Jewish peoples. The American Jewish Historical Society is the oldest ethnic preservatio ... Website: www.cjh.org Telephone212-294-6160 | ||
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City HallThe center of municipal government for the five boroughs that make up New York City, the side lobby on the main floor of City Hall displays a collection of Jewish artifacts in a glass case. Visitors c ... | ||
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Daily Forward BuildingThe “publisher’s row” of the Yiddish newspaper business, five Yiddish dailies were once published on this stretch of East Broadway. The most imposing façade of the street is that belonging to t ... | ||
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Diamond Shops of WestEast and west of 5th Avenue, both sides of 47th Street are lined with shops specializing in diamonds and high-end jewelry. There are nearly 400 diamond dealers above the shops as well as diamond-cutte ... | ||
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East Side MikvehThe initials ATH are inscribed over the entrance, standing for Arnold Toynbee Hall. Built as a settlement house in 1904, it provided educational and social services for new immigrants of the Lower Ea ... | ||
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East Side Torah CenterA night school offering shiruim for every level almost every night of the week, this study center was opened in 1890. Several plaques commemorating its 100th anniversary surround the outside of the bu ... Website: www.estorahcenter.com | ||
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Educational AllianceNow a community center serving the Chinese and Spanish constituents of the Lower East Side, this was once a settlement house helping Jewish immigrants adapt to their new home. Founded by philanthropis ... | ||
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