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Alfonso R. Bernard Sr. (born August 10, 1953) is the founder, CEO and pastor of the Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn, New York. In the 2020s, the CCC is a 37,000+ member church that sits on an 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 -acre campus in Brooklyn, New York.
St. Ann's Warehouse is a performing arts institution in Brooklyn, New York City. It began when the St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church on Montague Street was converted into a venue for classical music in 1980. [1] Initially known as Arts at St. Ann's, proceeds from the stage's performances were used to aid in renovating the building. [2]
It was founded as Trinity Chapel as a mission of Trinity Church in Hewlett, New York. Its name was changed to St. John's of Far Rockaway in 1881 when it became an independent parish. St. John's merged with Trinity Church in 1974 and the building was sold the following year to Beth-El Temple Church of God in Christ. [2]
The windows of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church were created by William Jay Bolton with the assistance of his brother, John Bolton, between 1845 and 1848. Though preceded by a figural window Bolton made for Christ Church Priory in Pelham, NY, these windows are the first complete canon, or set, of figural stained glass windows made in North ...
The church established a choir from very early on; in 1865, they were operating under organist and choirmaster H. Hamilton. [44] In November 1865, women of the church organized a fair to raise funds for the organ. [45] By January 1866, a new organ had been installed and a concert was held with the choir of Trinity Church, New York, to dedicate it.
Trinity continued to be the tallest in New York City, with its 281-foot (86 m) spire and cross, until it was surpassed in 1890 by the New York World Building. [ 18 ] In 1876–1877, a reredos and altar were erected in memory of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. , to the designs of architect Frederick Clarke Withers .
The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, located at 856 Pacific Street between Vanderbilt and Underhill Avenues in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, was built in 1912 in the Spanish Colonial style, replacing a previous church built in 1861. [1]
The complex consists of the church, rectory / parsonage, school, and cloister. The church was designed in 1916 by architect Thomas Henry Poole (1860–1919) and completed in 1919. It is a large brick Romanesque-style building in the basilican plan. It features a standing seam copper-roofed dome and a bell tower.