Yeshiva Kesser Torah Rabbinical College of Queens Hebrew: ישיבה כתר תורה | |
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United States | |
Coordinates | 40°43′35″N 73°49′15″W / 40.72639°N 73.82083°W |
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Type | Yeshiva |
Religious affiliation(s) | Orthodox Judaism |
Established | 1965[1][self-published source?] |
Founder | Rabbi Elyakim Rosenblatt |
Website | yeshivakessertorah |
Yeshiva Kesser Torah Rabbinical College of Queens (abbreviated as YKT; Hebrew: ישיבה כתר תורה) is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva located at 72-11 Vleigh Place, in the Kew Gardens Hills section of Queens, in New York City, New York, in the United States.
Founded in 1965[1][self-published source?] by Rabbi Elyakim Rosenblatt in the Briarwood section as a kiruv (Jewish outreach) yeshiva. In 1994, it relocated to Kew Gardens Hills. It is known throughout the Queens Jewish community as a "minyan factory", a place where one can find a mincha minyan throughout the afternoon or maariv minyan until late into the night.