Vacancy and Deterioration
The main brick building was vacated in the mid-1980s due to seismic retrofit requirements. Services were moved to the original wooden structure at the rear of the lot for several years, by 1996 services ceased at Breed Street Shul, and the buildings have been vacant since that time. Boyle Heights in recent years has been a predominantly Hispanic community. The shul became extremely ramshackle after its vacancy as local youths and gang members graffitied over the walls and destroyed the pews and internal woodwork.
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