Photograph of Reformed Church of Newtown — Photograph by Jim.henderson, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Reformed Church of Newtown Complex

Built in 1832 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

“The Reformed Church of Newtown is a historic Reformed church in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The church was first established by Dutch immigrants in 1731.”
Wikipedia article Reformed Church of Newtown, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 108 National Register listings published here for Queens County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1832, Greek Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 8515 Broadway, New York, 11373
When was it listed? April 1980
Category. building
Borough. Queens
When was it built? 1832
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 80002751 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1889 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Reformed Church of Newtown Complex, surveyed 1995

Topographic sheet covering Reformed Church of Newtown Complex, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

2,343 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,343 fires within 5 miles of Reformed Church of Newtown Complex between 2002 and 2020, burning about 538 acres in total. 143 started naturally. 119 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1649
Smoking	151
Natural	143
Arson/incendiarism	119
Misuse of fire by a minor	94
Equipment and vehicle use	79
Debris and open burning	65
Recreation and ceremony	29
Power generation/transmission/distribution	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
9 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
9 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 September 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Queens County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Reformed Church of Newtown Complex: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Molybdenum, Beryllium, Garnet, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl Deposit	Beryllium	Occurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave Deposit	Iron, Garnet, Titanium	Occurrence
Manhattan Island Occurrence	Molybdenum	Occurrence
National Gypsum/ Bronx Mill	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave Deposit	Iron	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Queens County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1889 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
1891 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
1897 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1898 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
1900 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
1947 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1956 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1995 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
St. James Church	under 500 feet	1999
First Presbyterian Church of Newtown	0.2 miles	2013
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878	0.3 miles	2014
Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND)	0.3 miles	2005
US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station	0.8 miles	1988
Jackson Heights Historic District	1.0 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80002751 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Queens County	All 108 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.