St. Gregory the Great Church
St. Gregory the Great Church
144 West 90th StreetNew York, NY 10024
212 724 9766
stgregorymanhattan.com
Established: 1907
In the early twentieth century, the Upper West Side was home to a rapidly expanding Catholic population, thanks to the new IRT subway. The Archbishop of New York at the time, John Cardinal Farley, established St. Gregory the Great in 1906 in order to provide for the growing Catholic community. Curiously, the building in which the congregation currently resides was meant to be a temporary church until a new one could be erected. The construction never happened, and St. Gregory the Great Church has resided in the same space now for over one hundred years.