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St. Virgilius R. C. Church and School

St. Virgilius parish was founded in 1922. Now merged with St. Camilius parish in Rockaway.801

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Public School No. 43

Constructed as P.S. 43; later renamed P.S. 59 (Horace Greeley School). Designed by S. B. Leonard1 "School number forty-three has been built for primary purposes on Leonard street near Nassau avenue in Greenpoint.

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Samuel B. Leonard

Samuel B. Leonard served as the Superintendent of Buildings and Repairs for the Board of Education from 1859 to 18791. (Coincidentally, a Samuel B.

226 North 5th Street (1875)
Public School No. 43 (1878)

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70 Grand Street

Top floor removed ca. 1960. Source: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide, v. 21, no. 532 (May 25, 1878), 467.

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52 Washington Avenue

Constructed as one of two buildings with 50 Washington Avenue. 1

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50 Washington Avenue

Constructed as one of two buildings with 52 Washington Avenue. 1

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Bedford Heights Baptist Chapel

Architect is listed as J. R. Thomas in Real Estate Record listing 1 and as J. N.

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John Rochester Thomas

John Rochester Thomas (1848-1901, is credited (or co-credited) with the New York City Hall of Records (now Surrogate's Court) on Centre Street; the New York Presbyterian Church (West 128th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.); Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem (West 123rd Street and Lenox Avenue); St. John's Episcopal Church (St. John's Place); Squadron A Armory (Park Avenue and East 95th Street). He designed more than 150 churches over the course of his career.

Bedford Heights Baptist Chapel (1888)

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Former Bishop's Residence (367 Clermont Avenue)

Constructed as the episcopal residence for the Bishop of the Brooklyn Diocese.1 Now LaSalle Hall, a residence hall for students (at Bishop Loughlin HS?).