This first church led to the formation of additional storefront churches.
"Two were stolen from storefront churches in Brooklyn and the third was a broken player piano found on the street somewhere."
Just up the hill, he noticed an abandoned storefront church on Hamilton Place.
On Sunday, in front of a storefront church near the exchange, a toddler played inches from a syringe.
And the neighborhood is a haven for the faithful, with a lively collection of small storefront churches.
The temptation to keep a tight rein on the young is strong in storefront churches.
The storefront church also served as a hub for many poor African Americans to see leadership in an all black arena.
There was another problem with the storefront church.
He died in front of a storefront church on Rogers Avenue, a busy commercial strip.
That building housed a storefront church shared by two other congregations.