St. Mary's Church

1107 Bay Street | Rosebank | built 1931

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1857
Father John Lewis's young parish builds St. Mary's Church in red brick
Founded in 1852 by the French-born Father John Lewis, St. Mary's first held Mass in a private house until land was donated. The church went up in 1857 in red brick in a North Italian Romanesque style with a central tower, and a brick rectory followed. It was the second-oldest Catholic parish on Staten Island, after St. Peter's.
“St. Mary's Church and rectory were constructed in 1857. Both were built of red brick, the church in North Italian Romanesque style with a central tower.”
Source: Wikipedia
2015
St. Mary's closes as three Staten Island parishes merge into one
In 2015 St. Mary's was merged with St. Joseph in Rosebank and Immaculate Conception in Stapleton into the Parish of St. Joseph and St. Mary Immaculate. Masses continued at the other two churches, and St. Mary's has stayed shut since. Its parish school had already closed in 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
2025
October
The deconsecrated church is sold to Lera Holdings for more than $2.8 million
Five years after it was de-sanctified in 2020, the former St. Mary's Church was sold in October 2025 to Lera Holdings, LLC, a private company planning redevelopment. Richmond County Clerk records put the price at more than $2.8 million.
“In October 2025, the building was sold to Lera Holdings, LLC for more than $2.8 million…”
Source: Wikipedia

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