A historic Black church won’t be leaving Dixwell Avenue after all — now that congregants have voted against moving forward with a plan to sell the building and relocate. Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion ...

Address and neighborhood: 806 Quincy St., Bedford-Stuyvesant. Religious affiliation: The New York Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Zion Church. The denomination was founded in the City of New York in ...

NEW HAVEN >> The Rev. Eldren Morrison, one of the city’s most influential pastors and community leaders, received a celebrity send-off Sunday from parishioners at Varick Memorial AME Zion Church, and ...

A historic Black church that has spent the past century-plus in the heart of Dixwell is considering relocating — amid a broader building up of the neighborhood’s commercial corridor. That church is ...

After some discussion about moving, Varick Memorial AME Zion Church is staying at its historic Dixwell Avenue location in New Haven. Families have gathered there for nearly 115 years, but the story of ...

NEW HAVEN >> Wexler Grant School Park brimmed with people Sunday afternoon, as hundreds attended Varick Family Reunion Day for food, activities and live entertainment — and for the backpacks. Lots and ...

Two historic Black churches in New York City are about to receive national preservation grants. The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced this week that Mother AME Zion Church in Harlem ...