Interesting idea - you could structture an endowment for the church into the condo fees.
I’m from Brooklyn. I know the area. Went to high school down there. It’s a shame. Demographics and rising property values.
I left NY many years ago, but recently went back and toured the city with friends who never have been there.
I had forgotten all the old, wonderful churches that exist there. They are truly a reminder of a time when priorities were different.
In a way, it amazed me that New Yorkers are so ignorant of this country’s history and ideals when they surrounded by all this magnificence.
Heck just cede the church over to the mohammadens. Can’t touch that!
80 years old is an “old Church”?
A thousand years old would be a legitimately old church. A building 80 years old has all the antiquity of a bowling alley.
Steps are a huge problems when you have people in wheelchairs or people who are feeble.
That was one of the reasons we sold our lovely old building and built a new one. Our elders are much more comfortable in the new and as a result they are able to attend every service rather then just when they are feeling at the top of their game.
I do miss our stain glass windows though.
I’m right near the area. Mosques are rising, though not as quickly as the churches are coming down. The old residents are moving out and being replaced by metrosexual professionals from all over. Little Palestine is growing and moving westward from 5th avenue. The constant is change, though I am not sure it’s for the better.
The churches are getting smaller because less Gospel means less people. Even for the Jewish temple, less Torah means fewer members. These mainline churches have been abandoning the Bible for years. And they’re shocked, just shocked that people are leaving.