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St. Malachy's St. Malachy's closed its doors in 2009 and merged with St. Michael's. St. Malachy's has a wonderful website
for alumnae including a history and an excellent message board full of stories of the old neighborhood. It can be found here. |
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St. Malachys Church, East New York Dated:Circa 1900 Maker:Wm. Fick Status: Own (BG) . Neil Sullivan provided the 2006 shot. According to the Brooklyn Eagle, there were no homes between the Howard House and the church at this point. In 1862 most of this land was occupied by tents housing Union soldiers for the Civil War. |
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St. Malachys R.C. Church, East New York Dated:Unk Maker:Unk Status: Need This postcard view circa 1910 gives a longer view of the block. On the right, a view of the church in 1936. |
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St. Malachy's Wedding and Baptism From my cousin's family album. My aunt's wedding at St. Malachy's, November 6, 1954. On the right - the baptism, August 7th, 1955. |
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| St. Malachys Weddings Elise Feiner sent over this 1963 shot outside the church after a wedding; that's her mother (my brother's first grade teacher!) near the bottom of the photo. Wedding at St. Malachy's, 1957 Elsie Anzalone sends over a wedding picture from 1957! |
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| St. Malachys R.C. School, Atlantic Ave. and Hendrix Street Dated:1910 Maker:Wm. Fick Status: Own (BG) Father Creighton founds the Young Mens Education Society in 1868, and the Sisters of St. Joseph join in 1871. The brick building in the background of the postcard I believe was built in 1875 and housed the home, with the school occupying a one story extension. The wood building in the postcard was constructed by the Young Men's Catholic Lyceum Society in 1884, with the school occupying the first floor. This building was gutted by fire on January 8, 1929. Neil Sullivan sent the picture of the new school which was opened in 1958. The school merged with St. Michaels in 1979 and uses the old St. Michael's High School for Girls facility. |
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St. Malachy's Report Card- 1944, 1949 I found this on Ebay. All you parochial school veterans will appreciate the tracking of masses attended and communions received. |
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School groundbreaking parade, 1958 Mario Zambrano supplied these shots taken on Hendrix Street in 1958. There are more shots from the parade on the . |
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John Clemente II attended Kindergarten in the old building, then 1st grade (Sister Thomas Virginia) and second grade (Sister Ann Pius) pictured here. Father Dohini was pastor. Then he died & was succeeded by Father Kleinklaus. I asked John if he remembered the old building and moving to the new one: "Sure ! My classroom was in the basement. I remember that there were narrow windows close to the ceiling. There must have been close to a hundred kids in the class, too ! At least it seemed that way. . . At least 70. I hated the atmosphere. When it was raining it was dark, damp, & cold. When it was nice out, you felt like you were trapped in a bloody dungeon ! LOL. When school was over & they let us out, all the parents would wait for us outside in that little school yard to walk us home, a big crowd of them... I attended during the transition & remember waiting & keeping tabs on the progress of the construction of the new building, which had a fallout shelter. We had regular "duck & cover" fire drills. Also, I went to my first wake, for a teacher who died, a Mrs. O'Brien. Had nightmares for months afterwards. We had regular coupon drives to raise money for the new building, after we were already in it. We sold Junket Renet Custard, & turn these coupons in to the nuns. " | |
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St. Malachy's 7th grade 1968, 1969 We haven't had much luck with class pictures from St. Malachy's, but Joann Montgomery broke the streak with shots from her cousins 7th grade classes in 1968 and 1969. |
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| St. Malachys Home, 1911 and 1913 These shots are not in East New York. St. Malachy's founded a home for orphaned children in 1873, which was moved out to Rockaway Park in 1895. They occupied this building in 1898. . |