Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
627 East 187th Street | Belmont | built 1931
Open on the map4 entries
The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1907
Archbishop Farley lays the cornerstone of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for Belmont's Italians
The parish began in 1906 as a mission for Italians near 183rd Street, meeting in a remodeled store. By the end of that year Father Daniel Burke had bought seven lots at 187th Street and Belmont Avenue for $21,000. Archbishop Farley, later a cardinal, laid the church's cornerstone on June 29, 1907.
“Father Burke bought seven lots costing $21,000 at 187th Street and Belmont Avenue, and on June 29, 1907, Archbishop (later Cardinal) Farley laid the cornerstone…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1907
The church's basement opens for worship on Christmas Day
The lower church, with 750 seats, opened on December 25, 1907. The congregation was growing fast: about 150 people had attended the mission in 1906, and by the end of 1907 the parish counted 1,134 adults and 150 children, under its first pastor, Joseph Caffuzzi.
“The 750-seat basement was opened December 25, 1907…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1912
Our Lady of Mount Carmel opens its upper church
Five years after the basement, the 500-seat upper church opened on December 8, 1912, built at a cost of $12,000. It was formally dedicated in 1917. By 1914 the parish had about 2,500 adult members and 800 children in its Sunday school.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1954
Pastor Joseph Maria Pernicone is named an auxiliary bishop of New York
Joseph Maria Pernicone led Our Lady of Mount Carmel from 1944 to 1966. In 1954, while still serving as its pastor, he was made an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York. He was the parish's third pastor, after Joseph Caffuzzi and Severino Focacci.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
Nearby
- Teitel Brothers601 East 186th Street | 2 entries
- Arthur Avenue Retail Market2344 Arthur Avenue | 1 entry
- Mario's2342 Arthur Avenue | 3 entries
- Engine 88 / Ladder 38 Firehouse2225 Belmont Avenue | 6 entries
- Aquinas High School2210 Belmont Avenue | 4 entries
- Tierney Hall665 East Fordham Road | 1 entry