New Utrecht Reformed Church hosts ‘Sacred Sites’ open house
Susan Hanyen was like a proud parent as she welcomed visitors to an open house at the New Utrecht Reformed Church in Bensonhurst on Saturday, May 18.
“We’re so grateful that our beautiful church has reopened and we’re able to be here and talk to good folks who want to come inside and see it,” she told this newspaper.
Hanyen, vice president of the church’s consistory, or governing body, was among the congregation members who hosted a steady stream of visitors to the historic old church, which was constructed in 1828. The Georgian-Gothic church held its first Sunday service in 1829 in what was then the town of New Utrecht. The town was founded by Dutch settlers in 1652.