Eldridge Street Synagogue.
12 Eldridge Street
New York, NY 10002
http://www.eldridgestreet.org/
The Eldridge Street Synagogue was completed in 1887. It is the first building designed and built to be a synagogue by the Jews from Eastern Europe--from whom 80% of American Jews descend. Eldridge Street was one of the busiest synagogues on the Lower East Side--as many as 1,000 people attended holiday services here at the turn of the century. read more

Beth HaMedrash HaGadol
60 Norfolk Street, New York, NY10002
This Gothic Revival former Baptist church was built in 1850, and purchased in 1885 by the oldest Russian Jewish Orthodox congregation in America.
A fire on the afternoon of Dec. 6, 2001, severely damaged the roof, ceiling, mural paintings and decorative plasterwork of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, one of the oldest and most beautiful of the Lower East Side's 19th century synagogues.

Congregation Kehila Kedosha Janina
280 Broome Street, New York, NY
Formed in 1906, this is the only congregation of Romaniote Jews in the Western Hemisphere. They descended from a cluster of Jewish enclaves originally settled in Greece at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple. Read more

First Roumanian - American Congregation
89 Rivington Street
Established in 1860, the Roumanian congregation acquired this red brick, former Methodist Church in 1882 and converted it to a synagogue the same year. Its elaborate sanctuary is one of the largest in the city, seating over 1600. The synagogue was recognized internationally as a center for cantorial music; known as "the Cantor's Carnegie Hall."

Angel Orensanz Cultural Center
| 172-176 Norfolk Street
Built in 1849-1850, this is the oldest surviving building in New York City built specifically as a synagogue, and the first synagogue structure built on the Lower East Side. At its completion, it was the largest synagogue building in the United States, seating 1200 people. The structure was purchased in 1986 by Angel Orensanz, a well-known Spanish sculptor;

Congregation Chasam Sopher
8 Clinton Street The second oldest remaining synagogue building in New York, this handsome red brick structure was built in 1853 by Congregation Rodeph Sholem, a Reform congregation established in 1842 by German immigrants. They occupied the building for almost 50 years, then moved to the Upper West Side where they are still located. Since 1891, the synagogue building has been continuously occupied by the Congregation Chasam Sopher (Seal of the Scribe), which was founded by Polish Jews. The congregation holds daily services every day of the year, led by Rabbi Azriel Siff.