This cemetery was established around 1654 in the old town of New Utrecht. The building in the background, Metropolitan Baptist Church (originally St. John's Reformed German Evangelical Lutheran Church), stands near the site of the first New Utrecht Reformed Church, which was constructed in 1700 using stones originally brought over as ship ballast from Holland. After the church was later dismantled, its stones were reused once again, this time to build the current church of the same name a few blocks away in 1828-1829.
Here's some "evocative poetry" found on a headstone in the cemetery:
Behold and see as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I;
As I am now you soon will be,
Prepare for Death and follow me.
All I know about this seemingly abandoned building, tucked away incongruously in the middle of a row of houses on 16th Avenue, is that free flu shots were given here in 1983 to the elderly and chronically ill.
Russian Orthodox Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, to be precise. Here are some beautiful photos taken inside during a service.
The spiritual blessing con game. This poster (close-up) was on display outside the Asian Senior Day Care center on 18th Avenue.
Yet another memorial by Joe Indart. There's no 9/11 imagery here, but a scroll painted on the far side dedicates the mural to all the victims.
Here's a photo of the church from 1912, the year it was consecrated.