Bernard L. Shapiro (d. 2009) was a community leader and attorney who gave much of his time to the Garden Jewish Center of Flushing. Born in Ellenville, N.Y., he moved to Flushing in 1960, and for over 30 years, he gave legal advice to the Center’s board of directors and clergy on a pro bono basis and helped to obtain additional funding for the temple. He also established a community youth program at the Center, which named its sanctuary after Shapiro six months after his death. Shapiro offered the synagogue’s space to members of a Korean church after their place of worship was destroyed in a fire. As an attorney, he represented 213 co-ops throughout the city.