After nearly six years of construction, the $50 million Lincoln Square Synagogue is finally ready to open its doors this weekend, making it the first new synagogue built in Manhattan in five decades.
The new building, at 180 Amsterdam Ave. and West 68th Street, is just two doors away from Lincoln Square Synagogue’s old facility, which served several hundred families.
But the old synagogue, built in 1971 at 200 Amsterdam Ave., “didn’t age well” and “was cramped and constrained,” said Senior Rabbi Shaul Robinson, who has been with the modern Orthodox congregation for seven years.
A deal gave them $20 million to put toward constructing the new synagogue at 180 Amsterdam Ave. and left the land at 200 Amsterdam Ave. for ACP. A 50- or 60-story building is planned at the synagogue’s former location, Robinson said.
The remaining $30 million in building and construction costs came from the congregation, including a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor. “Hundreds of of people contributed in getting the building built,” Robinson said.
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