Country United States Architect Raymond F. Almirall | Completed 1905 | |
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Town or city Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City Client Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Architectural styles Byzantine Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture Similar Church of the Sacred Hearts of, Church of St Francis of Assisi, Church of the Holy Innocents, Our Lady of Victory Church, Transfiguration Roman Catholic | ||
The Church of St. Michael is a Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, located at 4200 4th Avenue at the corner of 42nd Street in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
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Map of St. Michael's Church, Brooklyn, NY 11232, USA
The first pastor was named in 1870. The current church was built 1905, and was designed by noted church architect Raymond F. Almirall. Often referred to as Brooklyn's own "Sacré-Cœur", the domed tower once was the second tallest building in Brooklyn after the Williamsburg Savings Bank, until a late 2000s high rise development claimed that title.
In popular culture
The comedy film Heaven Help Us (1985) was filmed in the neighborhood, using external and internal shots of the church and the now closed St. Michael's Parish School as the fictional St. Basil's Church and St. Basil's School, run by the factual Order of St. Basil.