Lower East Side’s historic Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue destroyed by fire

May 16, 2017 |

The landmarked building, unoccupied for a decade, is in ruins after a three-alarm fire Update, 5/16/17: Per DNAInfo, Sunday’s fire that destroyed Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue on Norfolk Street is now a suspected arson. According to the NYPD’s chief of detectives, Robert Boyce, it’s now being treated as a “purposeful fire.” Three teenagers were seen […more]

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