Bennett Park (New York City) Bennett Park (New York City) Bennett Park, also known as James Gordon Bennett Park, is a public park in New York City, named for James Gordon Bennett, Sr., the newspaper publisher who launched the "New York Herald" in 1835. It is located between Pinehurst and Fort Washington Avenues and West 183rd and 185th Streets in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington Heights in northern Manhattan, on land purchased by Bennett in 1871, the year before his death. It sits opposite the northern Fort Washington Avenue entrance to the 181st Street subway station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, serviced by
Temple Beth El of Borough Park War II. One of its early rabbis was Rabbi Samuel Mirsky. In the 1980s it merged with Congregation Beth El of Borough Park, which was founded in August, 1902. Beth-El was and still is known for its famous cantors. Young Israel's present rabbi previously served as youth leader; the Boro Park branch was known early on for its youth group. Temple Beth El of Borough Park Temple Beth El of Borough Park, now known as Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park, is a historic synagogue at 4802 15th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York. Founded as "Congregation Beth