25-616: The Schechter Day School Network , formerly the Solomon Schechter Day School Association , located at 820 Second Avenue , New York, New York, is an organization of Jewish day schools that identify with Conservative Judaism . The network provides guidance and resources for its member schools in the United States and Canada. The express mission of the network is to promote: the continued growth and vitality of its member schools, which serve
50-435: A broad Jewish population and are characterized by Conservative thought and practice, achievement and social responsibility, in a culture of joyous spiritual engagement, caring and community. The Association of Solomon Schechter Day Schools dates back to 1965, created as part of an effort to create standards and promote cooperation between the existing Conservative day schools and promote the establishment of new schools. Among
75-629: A gap in the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway . Second Avenue passes through a number of Manhattan neighborhoods including (from south to north) the Lower East Side , the East Village , Stuyvesant Square , Kips Bay , Tudor City , Turtle Bay , East Midtown , Lenox Hill , Yorkville and Spanish Harlem . Downtown Second Avenue in the Lower East Side was the home to many Yiddish theatre productions during
100-555: A new organization encompassing five day school groups from different Jewish denominations . However, this led to the exit of some schools. 40°45′03″N 73°58′16″W / 40.75074°N 73.97105°W / 40.75074; -73.97105 Second Avenue (Manhattan) Second Avenue is located on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan extending from Houston Street at its south end to
125-583: A new upper school campus in Hartsdale, New York, in 2001. The school now also has two campuses, both in Westchester, with more than 900 students in grades K-12. The school disaffiliated when the Schecter and Prizmah systems merged, and renamed itself a few years later to The Leffell School . From 1993 to 2012 the network lost a third of its schools, as total enrollment dropped from 17,500 to 11,300 over
150-484: A result of the explosion, and Con Ed turned off the gas to the area. A few residents were allowed to return to some of the vacated buildings several days later. The M15 local serves the entirety of Second Avenue south of East 126th Street. The M15 Select Bus Service , the Select Bus Service equivalent of the local M15 bus, provides bus rapid transit service along Second Avenue southbound. These two are
175-612: A suburb of Detroit , celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. The first Schechter school on the West Coast of the United States was Akiba Academy in Los Angeles , brought into existence in 1968 by a loose coalition of rabbis and leaders of several congregations. As additional day schools opened in Los Angeles, it merged with its host congregation, Sinai Temple , and became known as Sinai Akiba Academy. Also well known are
200-455: The Q train. Phase 1 opened on January 1, 2017. Phase 2, which would extend the line to East Harlem at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue, is expected to be completed between 2027 and 2029. When the whole Second Avenue subway line is completed, it is projected to serve about 560,000 daily riders. There is a bicycle lane along the avenue south of 125th St. West Orange, New Jersey Too Many Requests If you report this error to
225-557: The Harlem River Drive at 128th Street at its north end. A one-way street, vehicular traffic on Second Avenue runs southbound (downtown) only, except for a one-block segment of the avenue in Harlem . South of Houston Street, the roadway continues as Chrystie Street south to Canal Street . A bicycle lane runs in the leftmost lane of Second Avenue from 125th to Houston Streets. The section from 55th to 34th Streets closes
250-872: The Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston (located in Newton, Massachusetts , founded in 1961 and currently enrolling over 500 students); the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan ; and Perelman Academy in Philadelphia. Canada's only Solomon Schechter Day School is located in Montreal and was founded in 1955 . By 1968, a high school in Brooklyn , New York was opened. Today there are approximately 50 Solomon Schechter Day Schools, including several high schools. Despite
275-615: The Avenue. Isolated 1970s-era segments of the line, built without any infrastructure, exist between Pell and Canal Streets, and between 99th–105th and 110th–120th Streets. Construction on Phase 1, which will eventually extend from 125th Street to the Financial District via the T service, began on April 12, 2007. Phase 1 connects the BMT 63rd Street Line with the new line north to stations at 72nd , 86th , and 96th Streets, serving
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#1732791818203300-569: The Jewish Center School. It adopted its current name in 1945. Beth El Day School in Rockaway Park, Queens opened in 1951. During the 1950s and 1960s, additional schools opened throughout the country as parents began to seek schools that combined high general academic standards, authentic Jewish study and life, and open intellectual inquiry in all areas of study. The first schools to adopt the name of Rabbi Solomon Schechter ,
325-591: The Schechter schools; placement services; consultation in such areas as the teaching of prayer; regional conferences on educational subjects for teachers and administrators; and support for curricular and marketing initiatives. The Brandeis School, in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York —one of the founding members of the Solomon Schechter association in 1965—was founded in 1930 by Rabbi Irving Miller as
350-417: The bus lane away from the curb. Work on the new bus and bike lanes began that June. On March 26, 2015, a gas explosion and resulting fire in the East Village destroyed three buildings at 119, 121 and 123 Second Avenue, between East 7th Street and St. Mark's Place . At least twenty-two people were injured, four critically, and two people were initially listed as missing. Later, two men were found dead in
375-440: The debris of the explosion and were confirmed to be the ones listed as missing. There had previously been an illegal tap installed into the gas line feeding 121 Second Avenue. In the days before the explosion, work was ongoing in the building for the installation of a new 4-inch gas line to service the apartments in 121, and some of the tenants had smelled gas an hour before the explosion. Eleven other buildings were evacuated as
400-754: The dropping numbers of Conservative Jews worldwide, some of the Solomon Schechter Schools have continued to increase their number of students. One such school is Golda Och Academy , formerly known as the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union (NJ), which has over 800 students enrolled and has grown steadily since its founding in 1965. The school is also one of the largest, consisting of two campuses, an Upper and Lower School, both located in West Orange, New Jersey . Solomon Schechter School of Westchester opened
425-460: The early part of the 20th century, and Second Avenue came to be known as the " Yiddish Theater District ", "Yiddish Broadway", or the "Jewish Rialto". Although the theaters are gone, many traces of Jewish immigrant culture remain, such as kosher delicatessens and bakeries , and the famous Second Avenue Deli (which closed in 2006, later reopening on East 33rd Street and Third Avenue). The Second Avenue Elevated train line ran above Second Avenue
450-696: The founder of Conservative Judaism in its 20th-century form, were the Solomon Schechter School of Queens , New York City and the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Philadelphia (since renamed as Perelman Jewish Day School). In 1966, Solomon Schechter School of Westchester opened in White Plains, New York . The Solomon Schechter School of Nassau County began in 1967 and later became The Solomon Schechter School Long Island. The Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Michigan ,
475-435: The full length of the avenue north of 23rd Street , and stood from 1880 until service was ended on June 13, 1942. South of Second Avenue, it ran on First Avenue and then Allen and Division Street. The elevated trains were noisy and often dirty (in the 19th century they were pulled by soot-spewing steam locomotives). This depressed land values along Second Avenue during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Partially because of
500-647: The network's major achievements is the publication, in conjunction with the Melton Research Center, of the MaToK curriculum for the teaching of Torah in elementary schools that combines the commitment to tradition, Hebrew language , and inquiry. The network provides mentoring for new school heads; a fellowship that helps place a recent recipient of a rabbinical degree or graduate degree in Jewish education into an educational leadership position in one of
525-458: The northbound and southbound directions. A protected bike lane on the left, or east, side of the avenue between 59th and 68th streets was completed in 2019. This, along with previous bike lane projects, gave the avenue a continuous bike lane from 125th to 43rd Street. In March 2024, the NYCDOT announced plans to widen the bike lane on Second Avenue from 59th to Houston Street, as well as relocate
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#1732791818203550-508: The presence of the El, most buildings constructed during this era were working class tenements . The line was finally torn down in 1942 because it was deteriorated and obsolete, and the cost of World War II made upkeep impossible. Second Avenue maintains its modest architectural character today, despite running through a number of high income areas. Second Avenue has carried one-way traffic since June 4, 1951, before which it carried traffic in both
575-424: The primary Second Avenue servers. Other bus routes include the following: The Q train serves Second Avenue from 96th Street to 72nd Street before turning onto 63rd Street with a stop at Lexington Avenue, which has an exit at Third Avenue. A Second Avenue Subway line has been planned since 1919, with provisions to construct it as early as 1929. Two short sections of the line have been completed over
600-624: The two decades. As of 2012, the Schechter Day School Network announced that it was considering seeking independence from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism so that the network and its 45 schools would be able to raise funds independently, with options of joining the RAVSAK network also considered as an option. In 2016 the Schechter Day School Network became part of Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools,
625-585: The years, serving other subway services (the Grand Street station is served by the B and D trains), and others simply sitting vacant underground (such as the unused upper level at the Second Avenue station on the F and <F> trains). Portions have been leased from time to time by New York Telephone to house equipment serving the company's principal north-south communication lines which run under
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