Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church

25-02 80th Street | also 79-14 25th Avenue | Jackson Heights | built 1964

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

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1952
Rev. Maurice Lenihan founds Our Lady of Fatima parish, which first worships in a car showroom
A congregation had gathered since 1948, and Rev. Maurice Lenihan formally founded the parish in 1952. Before it had a church, Mass was said in an automobile showroom and then in other places, among them a tent and a Quonset hut. Under Lenihan the parish went on to build its church, school, convent and rectory.
Source: Wikipedia
1961
Our Lady of Fatima completes the church that still stands, two years after work began
Work on the church began in 1959 and finished in 1961; the parish marked the building's 50th anniversary in 2011. Inside, a mosaic of the Fatima apparition with the three children Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco forms the backdrop of the altar, and statues of the apparition stand outside the side entrance. The main entrance faces 80th Street.
Source: Wikipedia
2013
September 21
The corner of 80th Street and 25th Avenue is co-named for Father Eugene F. Donnelly
Father Eugene F. Donnelly served the Our Lady of Fatima parish in East Elmhurst as a priest for 42 years. On September 21, 2013, the corner of 80th Street and 25th Avenue beside the church was co-named Father Eugene F. Donnelly Corner in his honor.
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