Historical Marker
Central Synagogue
Historical marker location:
652 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street, on the right when traveling south on Lexington Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1957
Landmarks of New York.
New York State was the site of the deadliest terrorist attack in United States history prior to 9/11. In 1993, a bomb planted in the World Trade Center by Islamic extremists killed six people and injured more than a thousand others.