Guardian Angel, Brighton Beach

Guardian Angel church, dedicated in 1905, stands on the west side of Ocean Parkway at Oceanview Avenue.  It seems that the building behind the church, now used as a parish hall, was the 1880 church.

This view looks west across Ocean Parkway.  The rectory, to the left of the church, is at 2978 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11235.  The telephone number is 718-266-1561.  The updated parish website, linked here, includes the Mass schedule and an interesting history of the parish. 
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The parishioners include faithful of many languages.  Sunday Mass is celebrated in English, Spanish, and Polish, with monthly celebrations in Filipino and thrice-monthly in Malayalam (from Kerala).
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One long block south (to the left in the photo) is the Ocean Parkway station of the Q train from Broadway, Manhattan.  Another long block south is the beach and the Atlantic Ocean.  The B1 crosstown bus from Bay Ridge to Manhattan Beach stops in front of the church.


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St. Margaret Mary, Manhattan Beach

Facing Manhattan Beach Park on Ocean Avenue is the church of St. Margaret Mary.  The parish, established in 1920, seems to own the short block along the south side of Oriental Boulevard from Exeter Street to Ocean Avenue. The rectory address is 215 Exeter Street, Brooklyn NY 11235, telephone 718-743-1824.
Note that two Masses are offered each week.

On Oriental Boulevard at Ocean Avenue, this sign faces the bus stop.  Bus routes B1 (from Bay Ridge and the Brighton Beach subway station) and B46 (from the full north-south Ocean Avenue and the Shepshead Bay subway station) travel along Oriental Boulevard towards Kingsborough Community College. Although this is a residential neighborhood, street parking is severely restricted.
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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) of Burgundy, France, became a Visitation nun.  Because of her visions, she encouraged a devotion to Jesus and His Sacred Heart.
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In the 2013 Official Catholic Directory for the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, there is a listing for a mission, named in honor of Blessed Nicholas Chernetsky, in Manhattan Beach. A description from 2005 is linked here. In 1956, I first attended a Ukrainian Liturgy in Troy and was awed by the strong participation of the faithful in singing the Byzantine hymns.

St. Mark, Sheepshead Bay

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.

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."