Demolition of torched, historic Brooklyn church proceeds: Man charged but not convicted of arson
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2026 Non-AI Real World News 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 […]