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Photograph of South Bushwick Reformed Church
Photograph by Jim.henderson, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex

Built in 1852 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

“South Bushwick Reformed Church, also known as the "White Church", was a historic Dutch Reformed church in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as the South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex, the complex consists of the church and attached Sunday School building.”

Wikipedia article South Bushwick Reformed Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 207 National Register listings published here for Kings County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1852, 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. 855-857 Bushwick Ave., New York, 11221
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Brooklyn
  • When was it built? 1852
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture, Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82001182 - 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 South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

2,578 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,578 fires within 5 miles of South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex between 1995 and 2020, burning about 968 acres in total. 155 started naturally. 181 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/undetermined1815
Arson/incendiarism181
Natural155
Smoking132
Debris and open burning87
Equipment and vehicle use81
Misuse of fire by a minor80
Fireworks19
Recreation and ceremony17
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Kings County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex: 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y.LeadUnknown
Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y.LeadUnknown
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence
D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y.IronUnknown

Every working recorded in Kings 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Christ Evangelical English Lutheran Church0.2 miles2007
Shaari Zedek Synagogue0.5 miles2009
Stuyvesant Gardens I0.5 miles2025
83rd Precinct Police Station and Stable0.5 miles1982
Stuyvesant Gardens I0.6 miles2025
William Ulmer Brewery Complex0.7 miles2024

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001182 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kings CountyAll 207 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.