Showing posts with label zip10463-Kingsbridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zip10463-Kingsbridge. Show all posts
Thursday, December 10, 2015
St. John - Visitation
On August 1, 2015, the Archbishop of New York merged two Kingsbridge parishes, St. John and Visitation. The church of St. John and its school remain open. However, Visitation church, that is, the newer one, no longer has religious services and will probably be sold. The bulletin pictured below is available at the parish website, linked HERE.
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The mailing address remains 3021 Kingsbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463, telephone 718-548-1221. The parish pastoral center is around the corner at 275 West 230th Street, and its seven-day office hours are listed on the website and in the parish bulletin. I presume that the above phone number reaches both the priests' rectory and the office, depending on hours. The office used to be in the rectory. Some parish events are held in the Godwin Terrace School, while St. John's School is at 3143 Kingbridge Avenue, a newer building.
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See pages 268 and 298 of the Bicentennial History for the creation of St. John parish on Kingsbridge Avenue, north of West 230 Street, in 1886. Previously, it had been a mission of St. Mary's, Yonkers, and after 1869 a mission of St. Elizabeth parish, Washington Heights, whose pastor, Father Henry Brann, built a chapel in Kingsbridge. This church's patron is John the Apostle and Evangelist. The parish is often called St. John's, Kingsbridge, to distinguish it from other parishes named St John. The present church dates from 1910, but was rededicated in 1966. For more than a century, the Religious of Jesus and Mary have staffed the school. For about twenty years (1950-1970?) the De La Salle Christian Brothers staffed the boys' department.
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The rectory address is 3021 Kingsbridge Ave., Bronx NY 10463, telephone 718-548-1221. In the above photo, the rectory is at the left, the church is at the right. Ordained Augustinian Recollects staffed the parish for perhaps twenty years. The pastor of the combined parish (St. John - Visitation) in 2015 is Father Michael Kerrigan, an archdiocesan priest.
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The New York Times of March 15, 1966, ran an article under the headline, "Bronx Church is Crowned with a Spire in 3 Hours," narrating how the spire arrived from Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, by truck, in several pieces. It was assembled on the rectory lawn. Hoisting it into place took less than from noon until 3 p.m. on March 14. It is made of steel and aluminum with baked enamel finish. The height of the spire is 52 feet.
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Over many decades, the lower church has seen much use. In the 1940's, pews ran all the way to the back. Because of shortage of classroom space before the Godwin Terrace building was expanded, a 7th grade class was held in the rear. In March, 2014, when these two photos were taken, parishioners were gathering for the 12:15 daily Mass. Maybe the upper church is used on Sundays; the bulletin does not explain.
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The following helpful site gives some history: link here.
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The school is located two blocks north of the church, at 3143 Kingsbridge Avenue. It appears to have about 230 students, with one section per grade.
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The original convent of the Religious of Jesus and Mary stands on Godwin Terrace. The building above on West 230th Street was built for the Sisters in 1950, but the parish reclaimed it about fifty years later, moving the Sisters to the Godwin Terrace convent. In 2015, the above building includes the parish pastoral center.
Above is a banner over the church's main door in April, 2011.
Any photo may be enlarged by clicking on it.
The 2015 Official Catholic Directory gives the enrollment at St. John's School as 224, Visitation 216.---
The mailing address remains 3021 Kingsbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463, telephone 718-548-1221. The parish pastoral center is around the corner at 275 West 230th Street, and its seven-day office hours are listed on the website and in the parish bulletin. I presume that the above phone number reaches both the priests' rectory and the office, depending on hours. The office used to be in the rectory. Some parish events are held in the Godwin Terrace School, while St. John's School is at 3143 Kingbridge Avenue, a newer building.
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See pages 268 and 298 of the Bicentennial History for the creation of St. John parish on Kingsbridge Avenue, north of West 230 Street, in 1886. Previously, it had been a mission of St. Mary's, Yonkers, and after 1869 a mission of St. Elizabeth parish, Washington Heights, whose pastor, Father Henry Brann, built a chapel in Kingsbridge. This church's patron is John the Apostle and Evangelist. The parish is often called St. John's, Kingsbridge, to distinguish it from other parishes named St John. The present church dates from 1910, but was rededicated in 1966. For more than a century, the Religious of Jesus and Mary have staffed the school. For about twenty years (1950-1970?) the De La Salle Christian Brothers staffed the boys' department.
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The New York Times of March 15, 1966, ran an article under the headline, "Bronx Church is Crowned with a Spire in 3 Hours," narrating how the spire arrived from Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, by truck, in several pieces. It was assembled on the rectory lawn. Hoisting it into place took less than from noon until 3 p.m. on March 14. It is made of steel and aluminum with baked enamel finish. The height of the spire is 52 feet.
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Over many decades, the lower church has seen much use. In the 1940's, pews ran all the way to the back. Because of shortage of classroom space before the Godwin Terrace building was expanded, a 7th grade class was held in the rear. In March, 2014, when these two photos were taken, parishioners were gathering for the 12:15 daily Mass. Maybe the upper church is used on Sundays; the bulletin does not explain.
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The following helpful site gives some history: link here.
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The school is located two blocks north of the church, at 3143 Kingsbridge Avenue. It appears to have about 230 students, with one section per grade.
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The original convent of the Religious of Jesus and Mary stands on Godwin Terrace. The building above on West 230th Street was built for the Sisters in 1950, but the parish reclaimed it about fifty years later, moving the Sisters to the Godwin Terrace convent. In 2015, the above building includes the parish pastoral center.
Above is a banner over the church's main door in April, 2011.
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A Facebook page has this photo of Kingsbridge Avenue, dated 1916. Looking north, it clearly shows St. John's Church, without the steeple. The cross-street in the foreground is West 230th Street.
A Facebook page has this photo of Kingsbridge Avenue, dated 1916. Looking north, it clearly shows St. John's Church, without the steeple. The cross-street in the foreground is West 230th Street.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Visitation, Van Cortlandt Park South
Sometime in 2023, Visitation Church was sold and leveled. Please see https://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/van-cortlandt-church-property-fetches-29-million,80028
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As of August 1, 2015, Visitation church was closed for regular worship. The merged parish of St. John - Visitation worships at St. John church, Kingsbridge Avenue near West 230th Street. Visitation School closed in June, 2017. At the same time, the archbishop decreed that Visitation church, pictured below, has been canonically relegated to profane, not sordid, use. The decree may still be available HERE on the archdiocesan website.
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The photos below are from 2010. This was demolished in 2023.
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The photos below are from 2010. This was demolished in 2023.
See pages 478 and 480 for Visitation parish, Kingsbridge, founded in 1928. The second church dated from 1953, because the previous church and school (a combined building, if memory is correct) was destroyed to construct Major Deegan Expressway. The rectory address was 160 Van Cortlandt Park South, Bronx NY 10463.
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The parish school, now closed, is at 171 West 239th Street, Bronx NY 10463. The school had one section per grade. Lay teachers, Sisters of Charity, and Dominican Sisters staffed the school. In the 1940's, Mom occasionally subbed here. She learned that the principal required the students to walk on the gold or bronze line that separated the slabs of terrazzo in the halls.
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This note is from a viewer:
Just some more info on the Visitation Parrish
My family the
Greco/Caputo's moved to 238th St. around 1935 from St Nicholas Ave.
I know that my Uncles owned the stores along Bailey Ave.
I think cousins still may own them
and each of the Uncles had a business - the others were rented.
One of the 10 or so stores was given to Father Stafford?? the founder of Visitation by my uncles to use for Mass.
until the first church was built on 238th st. next to 135 west 238 st.
my older cousins who are now in their 80's went to Visitation and graduated from the old school.
I was in the first first grade class at the new school and graduated in 1961.
in those days our first grade class had 58 students. Sister Dorothy was our teacher.
FYI
Rosemary Dilgard
Saturday, August 15, 2009
St. Gabriel, Arlington Ave. and West 235 St., Riverdale
Above is the view from Arlington Avenue. The church entrance is seen ahead. Access to this door is from three directions: a short driveway from West 235 Street, a often-closed gate on Netherland Avenue, and the stairway from Arlington Avenue. The stairway is to the right of the photographer's position.
Until the school was closed, this sign was at the southwest corner of Netherland Avenue and West 235th Street. For an article in America magazine in September, 2023, please see this link.
The above view looks north. Inside this center door is a foyer, a few steps down, and then the east-west main section of the church. The altar is in the corner where the two wings meet. It appears that folding doors allow an expansion of church seating in the north-south wing (at the right side of this photo). The school is located upstairs.
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See pages 487 and 513 for St. Gabriel parish at Arlington Avenue and West 235 Street, Riverdale. The parish was created in 1939, and the combined church and school were completed in 1941. The address is 3250 Arlington Ave., Bronx NY 10463, telephone 718-548-4470. The parish website here includes both church and school.
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An excellent bird's-eye view of the school appears on Flickr here.
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Until the school was closed, this sign was at the southwest corner of Netherland Avenue and West 235th Street. For an article in America magazine in September, 2023, please see this link.
The above view looks north. Inside this center door is a foyer, a few steps down, and then the east-west main section of the church. The altar is in the corner where the two wings meet. It appears that folding doors allow an expansion of church seating in the north-south wing (at the right side of this photo). The school is located upstairs.
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See pages 487 and 513 for St. Gabriel parish at Arlington Avenue and West 235 Street, Riverdale. The parish was created in 1939, and the combined church and school were completed in 1941. The address is 3250 Arlington Ave., Bronx NY 10463, telephone 718-548-4470. The parish website here includes both church and school.
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An excellent bird's-eye view of the school appears on Flickr here.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
St. John the Evangelist, Kingsbridge
As of August 1, 2015, Visitation parish was merged St. John's, both churches being in Kingsbridge, The Bronx. Masses, other worship, and sacraments will be celebrated at St. John's, not at Visitation. The 2015 Official Catholic Directory gave the enrollment at St. John's School as 224, Visitation 216, but Visitation School closed in 2017. St. John's School is also closed.
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The church of St. John-Visitation presents a new website, linked HERE, which has the Mass schedule. The mailing address remains 3021 Kingsbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463, telephone 718-548-1221. The parish pastoral center is around the corner at 275 West 230th Street, and its seven-day office hours are listed on the website and in the parish bulletin. I presume that the above phone number reaches both the priests' rectory and the office, depending on hours. The office used to be in the rectory. Some parish events are held in the Godwin Terrace School, while St. John's School is at 3143 Kingbridge Avenue, a newer building.
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See pages 268 and 298 of the Bicentennial History for the creation of St. John parish on Kingsbridge Avenue, north of West 230 Street, in 1886. Previously, it had been a mission of St. Mary's, Yonkers, and after 1869 a mission of St. Elizabeth parish, Washington Heights, whose pastor, Father Henry Brann, built a chapel in Kingsbridge. This church's patron is John the Apostle and Evangelist. The parish is often called St. John's, Kingsbridge, to distinguish it from other parishes named St John. The present church dates from 1910, but was rededicated in 1966. For more than a century, the Religious of Jesus and Mary have staffed the school. For about twenty years (1950-1970?) the De La Salle Christian Brothers staffed the boys' department.
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The rectory address is 3021 Kingsbridge Ave., Bronx NY 10463, telephone 718-548-1221. In the above photo, the rectory is at the left, the church is at the right. The pastor of the combined parish (St. John - Visitation) in 2023 is Father Michael Kerrigan, an archdiocesan priest.
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The New York Times of March 15, 1966, ran an article under the headline, "Bronx Church is Crowned with a Spire in 3 Hours," narrating how the spire arrived from Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, by truck, in several pieces. It was assembled on the rectory lawn. Hoisting it into place took less than from noon until 3 p.m. on March 14. It is made of steel and aluminum with baked enamel finish. The height of the spire is 52 feet.
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Over many decades, the lower church has seen much use. In the 1940's, pews ran all the way to the back. Because of shortage of classroom space before the Godwin Terrace building was expanded, a 7th grade class was held in the rear. In March, 2014, when these two photos were taken, parishioners were gathering for the 12:15 daily Mass. See the parish bulletin for the location of Masses. Maybe the upper church is used on Sundays.
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The following helpful site gives some history: link here.
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A closed school is located two blocks north of the church, at 3143 Kingsbridge Avenue. The parish's older and larger school building on Godwin Terrace is now leased to the New York City Board of Education. The former convent on Godwin Terrace has been demolished.
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The original convent of the Religious of Jesus and Mary stood on Godwin Terrace. The building above on West 230th Street was built for the Sisters in 1950. The RJM's support a needed mission in poor, suffering Haiti. The USA office is at 821 Varnum Street NE, Washington DC 20017 near Catholic University.
Above is a banner over the church's main door in April, 2011.
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The church of St. John-Visitation presents a new website, linked HERE, which has the Mass schedule. The mailing address remains 3021 Kingsbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463, telephone 718-548-1221. The parish pastoral center is around the corner at 275 West 230th Street, and its seven-day office hours are listed on the website and in the parish bulletin. I presume that the above phone number reaches both the priests' rectory and the office, depending on hours. The office used to be in the rectory. Some parish events are held in the Godwin Terrace School, while St. John's School is at 3143 Kingbridge Avenue, a newer building.
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See pages 268 and 298 of the Bicentennial History for the creation of St. John parish on Kingsbridge Avenue, north of West 230 Street, in 1886. Previously, it had been a mission of St. Mary's, Yonkers, and after 1869 a mission of St. Elizabeth parish, Washington Heights, whose pastor, Father Henry Brann, built a chapel in Kingsbridge. This church's patron is John the Apostle and Evangelist. The parish is often called St. John's, Kingsbridge, to distinguish it from other parishes named St John. The present church dates from 1910, but was rededicated in 1966. For more than a century, the Religious of Jesus and Mary have staffed the school. For about twenty years (1950-1970?) the De La Salle Christian Brothers staffed the boys' department.
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The New York Times of March 15, 1966, ran an article under the headline, "Bronx Church is Crowned with a Spire in 3 Hours," narrating how the spire arrived from Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, by truck, in several pieces. It was assembled on the rectory lawn. Hoisting it into place took less than from noon until 3 p.m. on March 14. It is made of steel and aluminum with baked enamel finish. The height of the spire is 52 feet.
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Over many decades, the lower church has seen much use. In the 1940's, pews ran all the way to the back. Because of shortage of classroom space before the Godwin Terrace building was expanded, a 7th grade class was held in the rear. In March, 2014, when these two photos were taken, parishioners were gathering for the 12:15 daily Mass. See the parish bulletin for the location of Masses. Maybe the upper church is used on Sundays.
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The following helpful site gives some history: link here.
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A closed school is located two blocks north of the church, at 3143 Kingsbridge Avenue. The parish's older and larger school building on Godwin Terrace is now leased to the New York City Board of Education. The former convent on Godwin Terrace has been demolished.
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The original convent of the Religious of Jesus and Mary stood on Godwin Terrace. The building above on West 230th Street was built for the Sisters in 1950. The RJM's support a needed mission in poor, suffering Haiti. The USA office is at 821 Varnum Street NE, Washington DC 20017 near Catholic University.
Above is a banner over the church's main door in April, 2011.
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