Welcome: To the Brooklyn On Line Virtual Tour of the Flatlands Dutch
Reform Church.
The Present Building was built in 1848 and has been designated a New
York Landmark. It
replaced an Octagonal Church in 1794.OK - Now for the Cemetary. Many of the most famous names in Brooklyn lore are represented in this burial ground. One Block South of the Church is a small street called Lott Street. Here is Tombstone of John J Lott who died just as the War of 1812 was coming to a close. This Stone is unusual because it is in English and fairly good shape.
The next stone translates from Dutch to English as:
Here lies berried The Body Of Annie Lucassen, Wife Of William Kouwenhove Born the 25 april 1626, died 5 September 1774 in the .....
It is an old stone from 1774.
