Old Reformed Dutch Church on Fulton Street, Brooklyn

The Old Reformed Dutch Church in 1776. Second temple formerly standing in Fulton Street, near Smith Street, in Brooklyn. Drawn by Elizabeth Sleight in 1808 and copied from the original drawing by George Hayward for the H. McCloskey's Manual of the City of Brooklyn 1864. Source: Print Collection New York Public Library. Continue below...

The Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam (now New York) was established in 1628, during the Dutch rule. In 1654, Governor Pieter Stuyvesant established three Dutch Reformed churches in the towns of Breukelen (illustration above), Flatbush and Flatlands, now in Brooklyn.

On September 7, 1660, Domini Henricus Selyns was installed as pastor in Breuckelen. The first worship services were conducted in a barn, under a tree.

The first temple in Breukelen was erected by 1666 on a highway, now known as Fulton Street. The third temple begin to be constructed in 1807 on Joralemon Street. In 1833 the consistory decided to erect a new building in Greek revival style completed in 1835 and located behind its predecessor, facing Livingston Street. A new temple was completed in 1886 located at Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street.