Flatbush African Burial Ground Photos, (Present-day Flatbush street grid overlay denoted in red) Image courtesy of The New School graduate students Maude LaVante, Benjamin Rybisky, and Chase Louden. Detail from an 1855 map showing the Flatbush African Burial Ground, at what is now the junction of Bedford and Church avenues in Flatbush. Learn more about the historic connections between the burial ground and the Flatbush community at the Coalition’s upcoming Community Day of Action and Remembrance on Saturday, February 25. Throughout 2021, the Flatbush African Burial Ground Remembrance and Redevelopment Task Force held 7 meetings to guide the development of recommendations with the larger public on critical aspects of the project, including the respectful treatment of human remains, if discovered in the future; on and/or off-site memorialization; a future housing Detail from an 1855 map showing the Flatbush African Burial Ground, at what is now the junction of Bedford and Church avenues in Flatbush. , a site where bones of enslaved Africans have been repeatedly found. Map of part of the town of Flatbush from July 1855, which shows the African burial ground. (@fabgcoalition) on Instagram: "We are a Black-led, coalition working together to protect the Flatbush African Burial Ground from further desecration on Bedford & Church in NYC. This area at the intersection of Bedford and Church Avenues is the location of a historical burial ground used by Flatbush’s African American community, including enslaved people, from the 17 th to 19 th century. But it’s far from the only site of this complex past. Producer Leina Gabra takes us to Flatbush Throughout 2021, the Flatbush African Burial Ground Remembrance and Redevelopment Task Force held 7 meetings to guide the development of recommendations with the larger public on critical aspects of the project, including the respectful treatment of human remains, if discovered in the future; on and/or off-site memorialization; a future housing Feb 8, 2023 · The Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition’s walking tours delve further into Isaac’s story and its profound significance. The coalition told Caribbean Life that the celebration was designed “to bring Flatbush’s Jan 26, 2026 · Summary The Flatbush African Burial Ground is an archaeologically sensitive site, home to a burial ground for free and enslaved people of African descent (17th-19th centuries) and multiple historic schools. The Flatbush African Burial Ground or FABG is the site of a historic African-American cemetery dating to the 17th century at Church and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, on land formerly owned by the adjacent Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church. 1,201 Followers, 171 Following, 140 Posts - Flatbush African Burial Ground Inc. First found on a map dating to What remains of the “Negro Burying Ground” in Flatbush is located at 2286 Church Avenue in the heart of Flatbush Brooklyn. gzoir, e10, aqjs, h75p54, eqw8, tb, atxyg, xwlvzs, tlkd, hfkyev,