A historic church has been destroyed in Queens. The New York Post reports:

The blaze started at [an unoccupied rectory] attached to the First Reformed Church of Astoria on 12th Street, between 27th Avenue and Main Avenue, around 6:45 p.m. [yesterday evening], according to the FDNY.

Roughly 270 firefighters and EMS workers responded to the scene as the flames spread to the church and grew into a 5-alarm fire, fire officials added.

Whether this was arson has not been confirmed. Yet it already seems symbolic, considering that the burning of historic churches has been a prominent feature of the Islamization of Europe, and that the former home of the World Trade Center now has an aggressively Muslim mayor.

NOW: One of the OLDEST churches in New York City is currently up in flames

First Reformed Church of Astoria was established in 1839.

Really hate the see this.

Praying FDNY can save this church pic.twitter.com/6wysGzsFmb

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 24, 2026

It takes centuries to build a culture. But it doesn’t take long to destroy one.

On a tip from Wiggins.

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