MS 167 - Wagner Middle School

Read more about Jean Baptiste High School, an integral part of its namesake church on East 76th Street.
In 1832, the Reverend Dr. McVickar found a large group of “destitute” boys playing on Stanton Street. He asked them why they were not at church, and they replied that there was no church. He immediately started raising money to start one. He managed to find a place to worship in a tiny room over an engine … read more