Manhattan, NY – Landmark Synagogue Demolished On Lower East Side

Manhattan, N.Y. – A 150-year-old synagogue was torn down on the Lower East Side.

The First Roumanian-American Congregation had to be torn down after it was determined to be structurally unsound because of weakened trusses, making the site unsafe for the adjacent buildings and pedestrians.

The rabbi says they were able to save all of the historic Torah scrolls before the synagogue was demolished.