333 Madison Street
Lower East Side | built 1920
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1965
A two-story classroom annex is built behind St. Augustine's, facing Madison Street
In 1965 a two-story classroom annex was built at the rear of St. Augustine's Chapel, on the Madison Street side. The Manhattan borough president's 2026 report notes that the landmark designation the following year did not include the annex.
Source: manhattanbp.nyc.gov
- 1966
Landmarks Commission designates St. Augustine's Chapel and its whole lot
On August 16, 1966, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated St. Augustine's Chapel at 290 Henry Street as a landmark, along with Block 267, Lot 19, as its landmark site. The report observed that Trinity Parish used the property entirely for religious and related charitable purposes. It added that those needs might change, and that the designation was not meant to freeze the site or block later appropriate buildings or alterations.
- 2025
Landmarks Commission approves plans to demolish the annex and restore the church
On September 24, 2025, the Landmarks Preservation Commission issued a favorable report on a Certificate of Appropriateness for St. Augustine's Preservation and Redevelopment. The approved plan calls for demolishing the 1965 annex, building a new structure on its site and restoring the church. According to the borough president, the 1966 designation report had already acknowledged that the annex might someday be altered or replaced.
Source: manhattanbp.nyc.gov
- 2026
Community Board 3 votes 31-0 for a 21-story affordable tower on the annex site
Manhattan Community Board 3 voted 31-0 on April 28, 2026, to recommend approval, with conditions, of a plan to replace the annex with a 21-story building about 230 feet tall. It would hold 130 income-restricted apartments, 3,600 square feet of ground-floor retail and 2,300 square feet of community space for the church. Fifteen percent of the apartments would be reserved for formerly homeless people, with Henry Street Settlement providing services. Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal recommended approval on May 29.
Source: manhattanbp.nyc.gov
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