Church of the Blessed Sacrament (Manhattan) explained

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Address:	152 West 71st Street
Location Town:	New York City
Location Country:	United States of America
Website:	Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Manhattan
Architect:	Gustave E. Steinback
Client:	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Construction Start Date:	1917
Completion Date:	1920

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan at 152 West 71st Street, just east of Broadway. The parish was established in 1887.^[1]

The present church was started in 1914 to designs by Gustave E. Steinback and the first mass was held on Christmas 1920.^[2]

The Arclight Theatre is located on the lower level.

Notes and 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. 318.
2. http://www.blessedsacramentnyc.com/parish-history A Brief History of The Church of the Blessed Sacrament