On the 19th of August, 1793, the inhabitants of the town of Flatbush, assembled in public meeting at the church, and having again declared their adherence to the doctrines and order of the Dutch Church, as ratified by the National Synod, held at Dordrecht, unanimously resolved to erect a new house for public worship. Certain conditions and stipulations were agree upon, and a building committee, consisting of the Trustee of the church, then five in number, and five Commissioners were appointed to carry their design into execution. The names of these Trustees and Commissioners, were Cornelius Vanderveer, John Bennem, Johannes J. Lott, Peter Stryker, John Vanderveer, John Vanderbilt, Hendrick H. Suydam, Johannes E. Lott, John Williamson and Adrian Martense. This committee immediately proceeded to their work. They engaged Thomas Fardon as the architect and master builder, and Simeon Back, Frederic Cleaveland, Abijah Baldwin, Gideon Seaman, and other carpenters under him. The master mason was John Sanford, who was assisted by his two brothers and others under him. The painting of the church, when completed, was done by Matthew Hall, the father of George Hall, the first Mayor of the city of Brooklyn. This edifice, which is the one now standing, was three years in building. It was commenced in December, 1793, and finished in December, 1796. It is most substantially built—all the stones of the former church being placed in its foundation, which is at least six feet broad. Most of the stones for the walls, were quarried at Hurlgate. They were brought by water to Gowanus and Denton's mill, by Jeremiah Van Dyke, from whence they were carted to Flatbush, by the inhabitants. The brown stone which forms the three upper courses just above the foundation, were broken out of the Brooklyn woods. The brick around the doors and windows, which by the way, is almost the only matter of bad taste about the building, came from Holland, as ballast, in one of the ships belonging to the Honorable John Vanderbilt.

The cost of this edifice was £4873. 7. 7. equal to $12.183, 44. exclusive of the labor and cartage performed by the members of the congregation, which was an item of very considerable amount. On the 6th day of December, 1796, the pews in the church amounted to ninety-seven, exclusive of those reserved for the Elders and Deacons, the Pastor, the Justice of the peace, and a few for strangers, were sold at public auction, for the aggregate sum of £,2013. 7. 9. equal to $5.033, 47. which did not meet the expense of the building by more than $7.000. A suitable register of the pews was then made, and of their respective owners. At the completion of the church, in the year 1796, a fine bell, imported expressly from Holland, was presented for its use, by the Honorable John Vanderbilt, for which a vote of thanks was passed by the Consistory, a copy of which was ordered to be transmitted