Church

The First Methodist Church of Williamsburgh was organized in 1806, making it the oldest ecclesiastical organization in the village of Williamsburgh, and the second oldest church in the Town of Bushwick

Church was dedicated by Bishop Molloy on July 4, 1932. Church was a mission of Sacred Heart parish, Cutchogue.

Designed by Gustave Steinbeck and completed in 1935.

Constructed in 1848 for the First Universalist Society of Williamsburgh. The First Universalist Society of Williamsburgh (later All Souls Universalist Church) was founded in 1845 and occupied this site from 1848 until about 1873, when All Souls relocated to South 10th Street. The Fourth Avenue (Bedford Avenue) Methodist Protestant Church acquired the building circa 1873.

The Methodist Protestant congregation was founded in 1832, was a secessionist congregation of the Williamsburgh Methodist Protestant church.

J.J. White, pastor in 1892.

The congregation was organized in 1887 as a mission station by Rev. J.P. Beyer. In 1897, the congregation dedicated a new structure on Knickerbocker Avenue."Services of Dedication: New Synagogue and New Church Opened to Worshipers". Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 20, 1897, 7.