Religious affiliation(s) Jewish Superintendent Rabbi Goldstein Phone +1 718-474-3064 Teaching staff 15 | Denomination Orthodox Jewish Pupils 120 Pupil 120 | |
School type private Talmudical high school Dean Rabbi Shmuel Zev Dicker Address 505 Beach 129th St, Rockaway Park, NY 11694, USA Similar Yeshiva of Belle Harbor, Stella Maris High School, Frederick Douglas Academy, Wave Publishing Co, Arverne View | ||
Yeshiva Mercaz HaTorah of Belle Harbor is a residential high school and 3 year post high school for men founded in 1985 by Rabbi Chaim Zelikovitz and Rabbi Levi Dicker. It was led by Rabbi Levi Dicker for most of its history, until his passing in 2011. His son, Rabbi Shmuel Zev Dicker, is the current Rosh Yeshiva.
Rabbi Levi Dicker was a talmid of Rabbi Aharon Kotler, founder of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ. As such, the Yeshiva follows a Lakewood style approach to life and learning. The Yeshiva is located at 505 Beach 129th St. in Rockaway Park, Queens NY, on the Rockaway Peninsula. The Yeshiva offers a dual curriculum program for high school students, with a secular program offered in the afternoon, and Torah studies for the remainder of the day. The post high school program is a full-time program in Torah studies.
In Fall 2012, after Hurricane Sandy flooded Belle Harbor and the Yeshiva campus, the Yeshiva temporarily relocated to Staten Island while the school facilities were pumped and repaired.
The Yeshiva is known for its association with the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed on multiple sides of the Yeshiva.