Go to Church This Weekend!
Sacred Sites Open Doors in Statewide Event
More than 140 Congregations Across State Participating
‘Be a tourist in your own town’
Open House Weekend May 21 and 22
Landmark churches and synagogues from the five boroughs are participating in a “Sacred Sites Open House Weekend” May 21 and 22 when they will open their doors to their communities.
The weekend will introduce people to remarkable art and architecture they would not normally visit and allow the congregations to discuss their history, cultural programming and social service programs that benefit the wider community.
“These are some of the most beautiful buildings in our communities. They tell our history, they show developments in art and architecture, and anchor their neighborhoods with cultural and social programs that benefit beyond their congregations. The Open House Weekend is a wonderful opportunity to be a tourist in your own town,” said Peg Breen, president of The New York Landmarks Conservancy.
The weekend is part of a year-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites program. Sacred Sites is the only statewide program in the country offering grants and technical help to landmark religious institutions.
The program has given 1141 grants of more than $7 million to congregations of all denominations. The grants have leveraged total restoration and repair project costs of more than $500 million.
The 25th Anniversary Special Edition of Common Bond, the technical journal of the Sacred Sites Program, is available at the Conservancy’s office for any City congregations participating in the Open House.
For more information or to take part in the Open House Weekend contact Rahna Jalashgar at 212.995.5260 or [email protected]
Click here for a list of statewide participating congregations.
New York City congregations participating to date are ( click here to view the New York City press release, including detailed descriptions on each of the following sites):
Manhattan:
• Brotherhood Synagogue: 28 Gramercy Park South, May 22nd 1pm-4pm
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine: 1047 Amsterdam Avenue 112th Street, May 21st 7am-6pm and May 22nd 7am-6pm with 1pm “Symbolism” Tour and Tom Sheehan Organ recital at 5:15pm
• Christ and St. Stephen’s Church: 122 W. 69th Street, May 21st 12pm-2:30pm and May 22nd 12pm-2pm
• Church of the Ascension: 5th Ave. at 10th Street May 22 1pm-4pm
• Church of the Holy Trinity: 316 E. 88th Street, May 21st 10am-5pm and 5/22 8am-2pm tour at 12:30pm
• Church of the Incarnation: 209 Madison Ave., May 22nd 8am-1pm and 4:30pm-6pm
• Crenshaw Christian Center East: 1 W. 96th Street, May 21 and May 22 1pm-4pm
• Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Church: 225 Malcom X Blvd., May 21st 12pm-2pm
• Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration: 1 E. 29th Street, May 21 10am-4pm and May 22 1pm -3 pm
• Grace Church: 802 Broadway, May 21st 1pm-5pm and May 22nd 1pm-5pm
• Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation: 302 W. 91st Street
• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church: 3 W. 65th Street
• Holyrood Church: 715 W. 179th Street, May 21st 2pm-4pm and May 22nd 1pm-3pm
• Mother Seton Shrine: 7 State Street
• Museum at Eldridge Street: 12 Eldridge Street, May 22 10am-5pm Free reading at 5pm
• Old Broadway Synagogue: 15 Old Broadway, May 22nd 10am-12pm
• Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration: 29 Mott Street, May 21st 2pm-5pm
• Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava: 16 W. 26th Street, May 21st 9am-5pm and May 22nd 12pm-5pm
• St. Bartholomew’s: 325 Park Ave., May 22nd 12pm-2pm
• St. John’s in-the-Village Episcopal Church: 224 Waverly Place, May 21st 12pm-2pm
• St. Michael’s Episcopal Church: 225 W. 99th Street, May 21st 12pm-4pm
• St. Philips: 204 W. 134th Street, May 22nd 1pm Architecture Symposium
• St. Mark’s Church-In-The-Bowery: 131 East 10th Street, May 22nd 1pm-3pm
• Stanton Street Shul: 180 Stanton Street, May 21st 12pm-2pm
• University Parish of St. Joseph’s: 371 6th Ave., May 21st 10am-12pm and May 22nd 1pm-3pm
• Temple Emanu-El: One East 65th Street, May 22 10am -4pm
• Church of the Covenant: 310 East 42nd Street, May 22nd 9:30am-3pm
• Church of the Holy Apostles: 296 9th Avenue, May 22nd 1pm-5pm
• Church of Notre Dame: 405 West 114th Street, May 21st and 22nd 1:15pm-4pm
• St. Ignatius of Antioch: 552 West End Avenue, May 21st 12pm-5pm
• Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew: 263 West 86th Street, May 22nd 1pm-3pm
Brooklyn:
• Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church: 424 E. 19th Street, May 21st 10am-2pm
• Holy House of Prayer for All People: 1768 St. John’s Place, May 21st 11am-2pm
• New Baptist Temple: 360 Schermerhorn, May 21st 9am-11am
• Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral: 113 Remsen Street, May 22nd 12pm-3pm
• Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims: 75 Hicks Street, May 21st 12pm-3pm
• Rugged Cross Baptist Church: 1084 Lafayette Ave., May 21st 10am-1pm and May 22nd 12pm-2pm
• St. Ann and the Holy Trinity: 157 Montague Street, May 21st 1pm-4pm
• St. Charles Borromeo Church: 21 Sidney Place, May 21st and 22nd 12pm-4pm
• St. John’s Lutheran Church: 155 Milton Street, May 21st 2pm-4pm
• St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church: 348 S. 5th Street, May 21st 2pm-4pm
• St. Philips Episcopal Church: 265 Decatur Street
• Kane Street Synagogue: 236 Kane Street, May 22nd 11am-1pm
• First Unitarian Congregational Society: 50 Monroe Place, May 22nd 12pm-3pm
Queens:
• Astoria Center of Israel: 27-35 Cresent Street, May 22nd 3pm-6pm
• Church of the Most Precious Blood: 32-24 36th, May 2, 2pm-4pm
• Flushing Quaker Meeting House: 137-16 Northern Blvd., May 21st 10am-3pm and May 22nd 10am-3pm
• Free Synagogue of Flushing: 41-60 Kissena Blvd., May 21st 12pm-5pm
• Church of the Resurrection: 85-09 118th Street, May 21st 10am-4pm
Bronx:
• Tremont Baptist Church: 324 E. Tremont Ave., May 21st 1pm-3pm
• St. Peter’s Episcopal Church: 2500 Westchester Avenue
• Fordham United Methodist Church: 2543 Marion Avenue
Staten Island:
• Christ Church New Brighton: 76 Franklin Ave.,
• St. Paul’s Memorial Church: 225 St. Paul’s Ave., May 21st 1-4pm and May 22nd 1-4pm
• Temple Emanu-El: 984 Post Ave.,
• Woodrow United Methodist Church: 1075 Woodrow Rd., May 21st 1pm-3pm and May 22nd 1pm-3pm