Our Lady of Good Counsel Church (Manhattan)

Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
Photographed in 2010; Looking south at Our Lady of Good Counsel RC Church on a sunny day.
General information
Town or city	New York, New York
Country	United States of America
Completed	1892[1]
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Thomas H. Poole[1]
Website
Our Lady of Good Counsel, New York

The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel is a parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 230 East 90th Street, Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1886.^[2] The church was completed in 1892 to the designs by Thomas H. Poole.^[1] The address listed in 1892 was 236 East 90th Street.^[3]

Harry Connick Jr. was the church pianist, as a little-known teen in 1985–1987.^[4]

References

1. David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p. 164.
2. Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p. 355.
3. The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts. (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p. 390.
4. Randall, Judy L. "When Harry met Staten Island's Father Richard", Staten Island Advance, April 21, 2008.

40°46′50.29″N 73°57′3.37″W

External links

• Our Lady of Good Counsel and St. Thomas More Official Site