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St. Michael's Catholic Church
The Church of St. Michael
St Michael's Church, 2015
40°39′05″N 74°00′32″W / 40.65132°N 74.00890°W / 40.65132; -74.00890
Address	352 42nd Street at Fourth Avenue, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	stmichaelssunsetpark.com
History
Status	Church
Founded	1870
Dedication	Saint Michael
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Raymond F. Almirall
Architectural type	Church
Style	Romanesque Revival Byzantine Revival
Completed	1905
Administration
Diocese	Brooklyn

St Michael's Catholic Church, officially the Church of St. Michael, is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Diocese of Brooklyn, located at 352 42nd Street at Fourth Avenue in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

Before the founding of St. Michael's parish in 1870, Catholics in the area had to travel to mass at either St. John the Evangelist at 21st St. or St. Patrick's in Fort Hamilton. The first pastor was Rev. Michael J. Hickey.

The current church was built 1905, and was designed by noted church architect Raymond F. Almirall. The exterior is in early Romanesque. Often referred to as Brooklyn's own "Sacré-Cœur", the domed tower once was the second tallest building in Brooklyn after the Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower, until a late 2000s high rise development claimed that title.

St. Michael's parochial school opened in 1886; it closed in 2005.

In popular culture

The comedy film Heaven Help Us (1985) was filmed in the neighborhood, using external and internal shots of the church and the now closed St. Michael's Parish School as the fictional St. Basil's Church and St. Basil's School, run by the factual Order of St. Basil.

References

1. ^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot (1978). AIA Guide to New York City (Revised ed.). New York: Collier Books. p. 424.
2. Lafort, Remigius. "St. Micahel's, Brookly, N.Y.", The Catholic Church in the United States, New York. The Catholic Editing Company, 1914, p. 571 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Media related to St. Michael's Church (Brooklyn, New York) at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

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