St. Helena's Church

2050 Benedict Avenue | also 1315 Benedict Avenue | Parkchester | built 1941

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1940

    The new parish of St. Helena gets a church designed by Eggers & Higgins

    The parish of St. Helena, part of the Archdiocese of New York, was established in 1940, and its church at Olmstead and Benedict Avenues went up the same year. The building was designed by the architecture firm Eggers & Higgins.

    “It was established in 1940, and the church building was built in the same year and was designed by the prominent architectural firm of Eggers & Higgins.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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