A quarter-mile north of the wharves of Sheepshead Bay, on Ocean Avenue from Jerome Avenue to Avenue Z, is the church of St. Mark, with a campanile benefiting its name. The parish address is 2609 East 19th Street, Brooklyn NY 11235, telephone 718-891-3100, website linked here.
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A better photo is on Flickr, linked here.
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A better photo is on Flickr, linked here.
Any photo may be enlarged by clicking on it. St. Mark Catholic Academy is located at 2602 East 19th Street, Brooklyn NY 11235, telephone 1-718-332-9304.
Rarely do Brooklyn parishes take up a full square block, but St. Mark's parish fills another block west with school, auditorium, and parking. This view looks west on Avenue Z towards the Sheepshead Bay subway station, and, further west, to the site of the parish's first two churches, each wooden and each unfortunately destroyed by fire (1891, 1929).
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Brian Merlis, who has written numerous interesting books on Brooklyn history, treats of St. Mark's parish in his volume titled "Brooklyn's Gold Coast: The Sheepshead Bay Communities."
Hi Joe! I can't believe it but you have taken me further back into my childhood than my days at St. Brendan's (1964-1968). St Mark's (Sheepshead Bay) is, in fact, the very church in which I was baptized way back in 1950!! Boy am I showing my age! LOL Again thank you for all your hard work in maintaining this site!!! Keep up the great work!!!
ReplyDeletePenny McGee DeVincenzo
The amount of disregard this church shows for their neighbors, is absolutely disgusting. The constant noise coming from the bells and the incredibly loud music, nonstop, at all hours of the day, beginning at 8 am and ending at 10pm, even on weekends, is repulsive. Shame on them.
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