770 Eastern Parkway
770 Eastern Parkway (Yiddish: 770 איסטערן פארקוויי), also known as "770" ("Seven Seventy"), is the street address of the World Headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, located on Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The building is the center of the Chabad-Lubavitch world movement and considered by many to be an iconic site in Judaism.
| 770 Eastern Parkway Agudas Chasidei Chabad | |
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Yiddish: 770 איסטערן פארקוויי | |
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| Affiliation | Hasidic Judaism |
| Rite | Nusach Ari |
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| Year consecrated | 1940 (5700) |
| Status | Active |
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| Location | 770 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York |
| Country | United States |
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| Geographic coordinates | 40°40′08″N 73°56′34″W |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Edwin Kline |
| Type | Residence and synagogue |
| Style | Collegiate Gothic Revival |
| Founder | The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe - Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn |
| Completed | 1920 |
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