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Harlem's Endangered Ethiopian Church Hangs On, For Now - Harlem, NY - Facing eviction from the city, Harlem's last Ethiopian Orthodox church is still clinging to its home but displacement still looms.
April 20th, 2021 in Podcast. Closed
Board members Atsede Elegba (left) and Almaz Kebede outside the Beaata Le Mariam Ethiopian Orthodox Church on March 28, 2021. The church is set to be evicted from its home on Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. due to a city deal with a local nonprofit. (Photo: Patch)
A celebrated deal to create permanently affordable housing in Harlem will leave the neighborhood’s last Ethiopian Orthodox church homeless.
HARLEM, NY When leaders of the Beaata Le Mariam Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church received an eviction notice in 2019, displacing them from their longtime home, they assumed their landlord had reached a deal with some private developer to construct a new set of condominiums or a luxury tower.