Two Brooklyn congregations receive Sacred Sites grants

BAY RIDGE AND EAST NEW YORK — TWO OF BROOKLYN’S HISTORIC HOUSES OF WORSHIP are among the latest cohort of religious properties to receive grants from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Bay Ridge and Ninth Tabernacle Beth El in East New York are among 15 historic properties receiving a total of $244,500 to maintain and preserve their buildings.

St. Patrick’s Church is receiving $15,000 to help fund door restoration. Established in the mid 19th century to serve the Irish immigrant population, the parish dedicated its original building in 1852. In 1925, it constructed its current building on the same site. The parish has Art Deco and Renaissance Revival style school buildings. It runs outreach ministries, scouting and arts programs, and it serves the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton military community.

Brooklyn architect William Winters designed the building that’s now home to Ninth Tabernacle Beth El, a Black Hebrew Congregation, part of the Church of God and Saints of Christ. Built in 1923 for an Eastern and Central European Orthodox Jewish congregation, the synagogue was originally named Talmud Torah Atereth Israel. The congregation will receive $20,000 to repair three pairs of entrance doors.

The nonprofit New York Landmarks Conservancy has preserved and protected New York City’s architectural legacy for more than 50 years, lending and granting more than $62 million.

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