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Captured Moment: Dr. Schmierer’s Home and Office

Mar 24, 2026·1 min read
Captured Moment: Dr. Schmierer’s Home and Office

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Boro Park residents of yore will recall Dr. Schmierer who had his office in his home in the center of Boro Park. 

This old photograph is of the home as it stood in days gone by.

Can any of our readers pinpoint the location? 

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Answer to last week’s captured moment

Congregation Zemach Zedek of Boro Park was actually founded by Rav Eliyahu Yachil Simpson on 14th Avenue and 45th Street, and in 1929, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch visited the shul. But later, it was burned down in a fire, and the shul was moved to 46th Street, where it served as the home of Beis Rivka school. After many years under the leadership of Rabbi Rosenfeld, the Shul was turned into a branch of Heichal Menachem, and underwent a major renovation.