Some Images of St. Nicholas (The Setting)

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Some background on the church and school: (from this website)

"St. Nicholas of Tolentine was established as a territorial parish in 1906, and its first Masses were said in a garage. Church records report that 127 people attended the first Mass. The parish is situated in University Heights, as the neighborhood is called due to the presence in the area at that time of New York University. This developed into an attractive, middle-class neighborhood, predominantly of Irish parishioners at the second stage of their mobility upward from poorer sections of Manhattan and the South Bronx. It was a thriving parish, in the style of the best Irish parishes of New York City, and was staffed from the beginning by the Augustinian fathers. An elementary school was started in 1907 and continues to flourish. A high school was established in 1927 but was closed in 1991 because of financial difficulties.

Construction on the present church began during the 1920s. The Lower Church, which served as the main church for many years, was dedicated in 1928. The Upper Church was completed in the 1950s and seats 1,400 people. St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church was consecrated in 1957."