Demolition of historic Brooklyn church advances: Man charged but not convicted of arson
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 7, 2026 Demolition of the 170-year-old South Bushwick Reformed Church at 855 Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn was carried out by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Department of Buildings despite preservation efforts by church leaders. A three-alarm fire on June 19, which authorities determined was arson, gutted the historic 1850s landmark which was listed […]