The Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, better known as Bed-Stuy, has a long and rich history. Many historic buildings occupy the neighborhood, reminding residents and visitors of a not-so-distant past. Take a walk back through time and explore some of the historic buildings and sites in Bed-Stuy.

992 Greene Avenue, 1941. The photographers notes on this photo say that it is "showing one of the few remaining old homes in this neighborhood." Despite the 70 years that have passed, this home still remains today and is in seemly terrific shape.

The Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church began as part of the open-air congregation organized by Thomas Webb in 1766. The original congregation was a mixed group of both Black and White methodists who called their church the Sand Street Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church, named for both the street where the church was located and Joshua Sands, the man whom they purchased the land from. Over time, racial tension grew between African American and white members of the congregation, as church leaders began charging black members a fee to worship at the church. In response, a group of Black clergymen started to preach from their homes and in other locations. The former members of the Sands Street WME sought advice from the Philadelphia-based African Methodist Episcopal Church and shortly after formed the Bridge Street African Methodist Episcopal Church (AWME), located at 309 Bridge Street, in 1854. The church also formed an educational program that opened a school for African American Children called the African Free School. At this location, the church was a stop on the underground railroad. In 1938, the assembly moved to 277 Stuyvesant Street, in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, where it remains. It is the oldest continually-open black congregation in all of Brooklyn.

"Public School No. 129, this being the Gates Avenue side of the building, 1931." Opened in 1902, and likely designed by C.B.J Snyder, P.S. 129 originally had seats for 1600 students. The school remained open until the 1970s and has been replaced with another school building of a considerably more modern style now numbered P.S. 308.

Patchen Avenue, at the southeast corner of Greene Avenue, showing a synagogue, 1941. This building, noted as a synagogue in the photographer's notes, remains standing today but is no longer in use due to a fire that broke out in 2016. The Rabbi, Baruch Yehudah, hopes to rebuild the house of worship, which he says has been on this corner since the 1700s and a synagogue since the 1860s. The original synagogue was named B’nai Jacob Joseph and housed an Ashkenazi orthodox community. Up until 2016 (and since 1967) the building housed B’nai Adath Kol Beth Yisrael, an Israelite community of African-American Jews.