The address of St. Brendan's parish 1525 East 12th Street, Brooklyn NY 11230, telephone 718-339-2828. The parish website is linked HERE. There is a Saturday evening Mass and two on Sunday. Each photo may be enlarged by clicking on it.
It appears that the religious education department shares the former St. Brendan's diocesan high school with one or other entities., one of them called New York League Early Learning - William O'Connor Midwood. The school extends south on East 13th Street, has a 1912 cornerstone, and apparently received a fourth-story addition at some time.
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Many thanks to MaryAnne for this clarification which led me to edit the above paragraph:
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Many thanks to MaryAnne for this clarification which led me to edit the above paragraph:
"As an alumna, I wanted to point out that the building in the pic of the former St. Brendan's Elementary School was originally St. Brendan's Diocesan High School from 1922 to 1977.
I think the original convent (Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood) and the original elementary school (across Ave O) were torn down and turned into Senior Citizen housing when the High School closed. But my memory may not be totally accurate on those buildings." Your memory has been confirmed by another former parishioner. The senior housing is where the elementary school was.
The above view looks north on East 13th Street towards Avenue O, where one may glimpse a small part of the Senior Citizen housing across the avenue.
I attended St Brendan's as Penelope McGee from 1964-1968. Looking at your pictures brought back so many great memories. Is the building still standing? Thank you for your tremendous efforts in preserving one of my childhood memories. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I can be reached at penny.devincenzo@yahoo.com. Again, thanks for the memories, Joe!!!
ReplyDeletePenny DeVincenzo
Hi Penny...I believe we were in school together JoAnn Mannara at the time now JoAnn Murphy If you agree let me know :-)
ReplyDeleteAttended St. B Elementary School from 1953-62. Received First Communion in May 1956. Nice memories.
ReplyDeleteI was in the same grade and some classes with you Dennis Tierney. I even got married in the church in 1971. Have you heard from any others in our grade? I was Linda Sampognaro
DeleteAttended both the elementary and the High School...1960 to 1968 wow...Long STrange trip
ReplyDeleteTino collura attended St.Brendan elementary 1956 to 1963
ReplyDeleteI also attended during those years and I remember being in your class.
DeleteI attended St. Brendan's H.S. from 1957 to 1961.Great education and our Josephite nuns were the best. So grateful to God for my Catholic School education.
ReplyDeleteI attended K4 in 1957 with Ms. Vaughn. I -returned to first grade in 1959 and stayed until December 1962. Some of my classmates were Maureen Mallon, Elizabeth Brickfield, Patrick Kane and Theodore Vesbusie. My favorite teacher was in the second grade. Oh yes, second was fun. I remember the mimeograph machine was upstairs in the balcony and teachers and administrative staff would come into our classroom to make copies all during class. The smell was memorable. My family moved to New Jersey while in was in the third grade. We lived at 1393 E 17th Street not far from the subway station. I would go down at the end of the day and wait for my Dad to come home from Manhattan. Dad was a member of the Knights of Columbus, and I sold tickets for a 1959 Station Wagon for $1 by the train station until Dad came home from work. Our church had an annual Bazaar to raise funds to keep the school open.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad ran the church bulletin for 25 years. Dad met Patsy, the church janitor, while selling printing ink. He assembled and learned how to run an offset machine that the church had in the basement. Since he did not like sales, he eventually got a job running the church's offset machine. He was beholden to St. Brendan's and stayed with the task even after we moved to New Jersey in 1962. Time frame 1952-1977.
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