After almost a year of drum beating and battle cries, the fate of the Bay Ridge United Methodist ‘Green’ Church appears imminent.
A foreboding skull and bones sign now dons the church’s once vibrant stained glass windows, warning curiosity seekers and the like to simply keep out – fitting last words coming from the dying 109 yr old structure, which has been at the center of one of the most contentious battles over neighborhood preservation in recent memory.

In the end, the church’s fate would not be decided, as preservationists maintained, by how much money it would take to rehabilitate the structure. But by the absence of the very support historic activists claimed existed all along in support of saving the ailing church.

Preservationists could manage only 16 signatures on a petition in principal support of saving the Green Church – which was then offered to State Senator Marty Golden’s office.

According to this week’s Brooklyn Eagle, Assemblywoman Janel Hyer Spencer is considering filing an injunction to stop the demolition – while the congregation has publicly announced their plans to proceed with their contract.

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