Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels (New York City)

At the time the parish was founded in 1886, East Harlem was still a relatively rural area. Archbishop Michael Corrigan asked the Capuchin friar Bonaventure Frey to establish a national parish for German Catholics Catholics who had moved north from Yorkville.^[2]

The Neo-Romanesque church was built and staffed by the Capuchin Friars. It was the third Capuchin parish in the city.^[3]

The church is located on the end of a cul-de-sac and is surrounded by the Jefferson Houses, a public housing project that was completed in 1959.^[4]

Although the church closed in 2007,^[5] the parish school remains open. Our Lady Queen of Angels School is a member of Partnership Schools, a network of nine Catholic PreK-8 schools serving Cleveland and New York.^[6]

Our Lady Queen of Angels convent is occupied by the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, who operate the "Fr. Solanus Soup Kitchen".^[7]

40°47′43″N 73°56′26″W / 40.795335°N 73.940428°W / 40.795335; -73.940428