The parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel is located at 915 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11221, telephone 718-455-6864 The bishop has merged this parish with that of St. John the Baptist, a mile away on Lewis Avenue, and one pastor serves both churches.
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The website of the combined parishes is linked here. St. John the Baptist's phone number is 718-455-6864.
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Along the north side of Putnam Avenue is the church, a garden (with a statue of Mary and an Ankh) and the parish office. Behind the garden can be seen a parish building that faces Madison Street.
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The above photos show the north side of Putnam Avenue.
The photos below show the south side of Madison Street, that is, behind the church.
At 800 Madison Street, a new corridor connects what appears to be two former elementary schools of the parish. The building to the left (east) shows the date 1893. I could not find a construction date on the building to the right. Presumably a convent was someplace here. Present use of the building is for some 70 apartments of "single room occupancy" with permanent tenants, possibly under the management of a division of Catholic Charities.
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The property of this parish lies mid-block between Ralph Avenue and Patchen Avenue, named after Ralph Patchen, a farmer who owned 150 acres closer to the waterfront in the early 1800's.
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