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Mapping the American Past (MAAP) illustrates places and moments that have shaped the long history of African Americans in New York City.
Bethel AME Church, Amityville
The Bethel AME Church of Amityville was the first black church on Long Island. Daniel Squires and Delaney H. Miller organized the church in 1815, after founding the Sunday school one year earlier.In 1839, Elias and Fanny Hunter offered land on Albany Avenue to the congregation but it would take four more years for the church to call this home.
Mapping the African American Past (MAAP)
Mapping the American Past (MAAP) illustrates places and moments that have shaped the long history of African Americans in New York City.
