First Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn)

The First Presbyterian Church, located at 124 Henry Street between Pierrepont and Clark Streets in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City was built in 1846 and was designed by William B. Olmstead in the Gothic Revival style.

[2] Architecturally, the church's dominant feature is its 90-foot (27 m) crenellated tower with pointed arch windows.

[3] The church – which is part of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, created by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on November 23, 1965[4] – has been described as "solid, stolid and dour,"[2] but also as "bold but somewhat naive".

[1] The congregation was founded in 1822, at a time when affluent merchants were beginning to move to the neighborhood from Manhattan.

[3] The congregation began the Heights Fellowship (1949-52) under the leadership of Philip Elliot (1931-1961), to encourage ecumenism, racial harmony and internationalism.