The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel is a parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 230 East 90th Street, Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1886.[1] The church was completed in 1892 to the designs by Thomas H. Poole.[2] The address listed in 1892 was 236 East 90th Street.[3]
Harry Connick Jr. was the church pianist, as a little-known teen in 1985–1987.[4]
References
- 1.Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p. 355.
- 2.David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p. 164.
- 3.The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts. (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p. 390.
- 4.Randall, Judy L. "When Harry met Staten Island's Father Richard", Staten Island Advance, April 21, 2008.