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Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church ยท 161 Eagle Street
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church
[R.C. church on Eagle Street.]
R.C. church on Eagle Street - north side of street between Oakland Street and Manhattan Avenue Greenpoint.
IMAGE DATE1958
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Center for Brooklyn History
Center for Brooklyn HistoryThe Roman Catholic Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, October 19, 1958.
This Roman Catholic parish was founded by members of Greenpoint's Polish Community in 1916, with the church itself completed the following year. In the 1958 photo, black bunting appears over the entrance, commemorating the mourning of Pope Pius XII, who had died 10 days earlier.
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Urban Archive
Urban Archive