Church of the Holy Innocents, Brooklyn
historic place
The Church of the Holy Innocents is a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The Roman Catholic Parish of the Holy Innocents was established in 1909 to serve the Flatbush area. Initially, a temporary wooden chapel was erected on East 17th Street. In 1922, plans were approved for a much larger church and rectory on the same site. The main church building, designed in the Late Gothic Revival style by architects Helme & Corbett, was completed in 1923. It features granite construction with limestone trim and includes a tall, clerestoried nave, side aisles, transepts, a chancel, and a bell tower. An E.M. Skinner organ was installed in 1922. A school was also built on the site in 1914. The Church of the Holy Innocents was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.