1616 Richmond Avenue

Bulls Head | built 1965

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1956
Our Lady of Pity parish buys land at 1616 Richmond Avenue ahead of the expressway
Our Lady of Pity began on Christmas 1913 as a mission serving Italian Catholics and had a church at 1382 Richmond Avenue from 1924. Expecting the Staten Island Expressway to be built, Msgr. Ricotti bought land at 1616 Richmond Avenue in 1956 and put up a parish hall and rectory there. The hall served as the place of worship until 1988, when Cardinal John O'Connor dedicated the present church.
“In 1956, in anticipation of the construction of the Staten Island Expressway, Msgr. Ricotti purchased land at 1616 Richmond Avenue, where a parish hall and rectory were constructed.”
Source: Wikipedia

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