Category: Colonial Era

The New Utrecht Reformed Church

The New Utrecht Reformed Church was first suggested by Dutch settlers in 1677. Before that, settlers from New Utrecht would travel to the parishes in Flatbush, Flatlands and…

Dutch Colonization

New Utrecht describes current day Bensonhurst; Eighty-fourth Street between Sixteenth and Eighteenth Avenues. Bensonhurst was founded by Anthony Janszoon van Salee. He obtained the right to 200 acres…

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