1356 Nostrand Ave 
1988

The Lenox Road Baptist Church was formally organized in 1872, when they purchased this lot at Nostrand Avenue and built a frame structure that same year. In the 1960s, the arrival of African Americans and Caribbean people of color to the neighborhood began to transform the originally all-white congregation. The church's direction and focus also shifted towards a more socially-oriented ministry, consolidating it as a beacon in the community during the 1960s and early 1970s.
In December of 1975, a fire destroyed the church building, and soon after their pastor was reassigned, leaving the church in a crisis. Services, however, were soon reestablished at the Grand Theatre, and a new minister was hired within a year. It would take 13 years for a new building to be completed, but the church remained as one of Brooklyn's most significant African American parishes.