St. Adalbert Roman Catholic Church

52-29 83rd Street | also 52-48 84th Street, 52-17 83rd Street | Elmhurst | built 1951

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

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1892
November
Polish immigrants found the parish of St. Adalbert in Elmhurst
St. Adalbert was established in November 1892 mainly for Polish immigrants who had settled in Elmhurst, Maspeth and nearby villages. Its first priest was Father Joseph Fyda, followed by Monsignor Boleslaus Puchalski. A parish school opened the same year; it later passed to the Diocese of Brooklyn as St. Adalbert Catholic Academy.
“It was founded in November 1892 primarily to serve immigrants from Poland who settled in the areas of Elmhurst, Maspeth…”
Source: Wikipedia
1906
Franciscan friars take charge of the Polish parish
In 1906 the parish was handed to the Franciscan Friars Minor Conventual. Its priests over the years included Reverend Doctor Adalbert Nawrocki and Monsignor Wladyslaw Manka, and though its congregation has grown diverse, the church still has Polish-speaking staff and in 2026 offered three Polish masses, one of them on Sunday.
“The parish was transferred to the management of Franciscan Friars Minor Conventual in 1906.”
Source: Wikipedia
1947
The parish builds its present church on 83rd Street
The church that St. Adalbert's congregation uses today at 52-29 83rd Street in Elmhurst went up in 1947. By then the parish, founded in 1892 for Polish immigrants, had been run by Franciscan friars for four decades.
“The church's current structure was built in 1947.”
Source: Wikipedia

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