This was in the Huntington Historical Society
Newsletter, Vol.22, No.2,
February 1999.

US CATHOLIC
"Information on 203 Catholic archives dioceses and archdioceses,
religious institutes, and colleges and universities.
Includes address, phone numbers, email, Web sites, and when available, 
the type of repository, archivist's name, hours of operation,
program description, records availability and collection descriptions.
Eventually, scanned documents and photos will be added."


This might be of some help first:
 History of the first Catholic Churchs in Brooklyn 

CHURCH	ADDRESS	ESTABLISHED
All Saints	115 Throop Ave, Brooklyn NY 11206	1866
Annunciation	259 N Fifth St, Brooklyn NY 11211	1863
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary	64 Middagh St, Brooklyn NY 11201	1842
Blessed Sacrament	198 Euclid Ave, Brooklyn NY 11208	1891
Epiphany	96 S Ninth St, Brooklyn NY 11211	1905
Epiphany and St. Simon	2910 Avenue M, Brooklyn NY
Fourteen Holy Martyrs	Closed 1976; now St Martin of Tours/Fourteen Holy Martyrs, 1288 Hancock St, Brooklyn NY 11221	1887
Good Shepherd	1950 Batchelder St, Brooklyn NY 11229	1927
Guardian Angel	2978 Ocean Pkwy, Brooklyn NY 11235	1885
Holy Apostles	622 Greenwood Ave, Brooklyn NY
Holy Cross	2530 Church Ave, Brooklyn NY 11226	1845
Holy Family	205 14th St, Brooklyn NY 11215	1876
Holy Family	9719 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn NY 11236	1880
Holy Family	21 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn NY 11222	1905
Holy Ghost	Now Holy Spirit, 1712 45th St, Brooklyn NY 11204	1919
Holy Innocents	279 E 17th St, Brooklyn NY 11226	1909
Holy Name	245 Prospect Park W, Brooklyn NY 11215-5807	1878
Holy Rosary	141 Chauncey St, Brooklyn NY 11233	1889
Immaculate Conception	72 Maujer St, Brooklyn NY 11206	1847 Note: (22 Aug 2004) Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin is usually called "St. Mary's. This church was established in 1853 and is still there at 72 Maujer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (718) 384-0765
Immaculate Heart of Mary	2805 Ft Hamilton Pkwy, Brooklyn NY 11218	1893
Luke and Matthew	520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn NY
Mary Queen of Heaven	1395 E 56th St, Brooklyn NY 11234	1927
Most Holy Trinity	138 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn NY 11206	1841
Nativity	Closed; now St Peter Claver, 29 Claver Pl, Brooklyn NY 11238	1871
Our Lady Help of Christians	1315 E 28th St, Brooklyn NY 11210	1927
Our Lady of Angels	7320 Fourth Ave, Brooklyn NY 11209	1891
Our Lady of Charity	1669 Dean St, Brooklyn NY 11213	1903
Our Lady of Consolation	184 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn NY 11211	1909
Our Lady of Czenstochowa	Now Our Lady of Czenstochawa/St Casimir, 183 25th St, Brooklyn NY 11232	1896
Our Lady of Good Counsel	915 Putnam Ave, Brooklyn NY 11221	1886
Our Lady of Grace	430 Avenue W, Brooklyn NY 11235	1935
Our Lady of Guadalupe	7201 15th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11228	1906
Our Lady of Lebanon	113 Remsen St, Brooklyn NY 11201	1906
Our Lady of Loreeto	124 Sackman St, Brooklyn NY 11233	1894
Our Lady of Lourdes	11 de Sales Pl, Brooklyn NY 11207	1872
Our Lady of Mercy	680 Stone Ave, Brooklyn NY 11212	1961
Our Lady of Mercy	Closed 1930; contact The Chancery, 75 Greene Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238	1857
Our Lady of Miracles	757 E 86th St, Brooklyn NY 11236	1934
Our Lady of Mount Carmel	275 N Eighth St, Brooklyn NY 11211	1887
Our Lady of Peace	522 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY 11215	1899
Our Lady of Perpetual Help	526 59th St, Brooklyn NY 11220	1893 History and lovely photos: http://praiseofglory.com/renovationolph.htm
Our Lady of Pilar	Now Ss Peter & Paul/Our Lady of Pilar, 234 Congress St, Brooklyn NY 11201	1916
Our Lady of Refuge	2020 Foster Ave, Brooklyn NY 11210	1911
Our Lady of Solace	2866 W 17th St, Brooklyn NY 11224	1900
Our Lady of Sorrows	Closed 1942; contact St Joseph Patron, 185 Suydam St, Brooklyn NY 11221	1889
Our Lady of the Presentations	1661 St Marks Ave, Brooklyn NY 11233	1887
Our Lady of the Rosary Pompei	225 Siegel St, Brooklyn NY 11206	1900
Our Lady of Victory	583 Throop Ave, Brooklyn NY 11216	1868
Polish Nat'l Church of Ressurection	137 Meserol Avenue, Brooklyn NY
Precious Blood	70 Bay 47th St, Brooklyn NY 11214	1927
Queen of All Saints	300 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn NY 11205	1879
Resurrection	2325 Gerritsen Ave, Brooklyn NY 11229	1924
Sacred Heart (Barren Island)	Closed 1942; contact The Chancery, 75 Greene Ave, Brooklyn 11238	1900
Sacred Heart	41 Adelphi St, Brooklyn NY 11205	1871
Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary	Now Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary & St Stephen, 108 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY 11231	1882
Ss Cyril & Methodius	119 Eagle St, Brooklyn NY 11222	1917
Ss Peter & Paul	71 S Third St, Brooklyn NY 11211	1844
Ss Simon & Jude	185 Van Sicklen St, Brooklyn NY 11223	1897
St Agatha	702 48th St, Brooklyn NY 11220	1912
St Agnes	417 Sackett St, Brooklyn NY 11231	1878
St Ambrose	Closed 1978; now Our Lady of Montserrate/St Ambrose, 134 Vernon Ave, Brooklyn NY 11206	1883
St Andrew	340 Euclid Avenue, Brooklyn NY
St Andrew the Apostle	6713 Ridge Blvd. Brooklyn NY 11220
St Ann	251 Front St, Brooklyn NY 11201	1860
St Anselm	356 82nd St, Brooklyn NY 11209	1922
St Anthony of Padua	862 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn NY 11222	1856
St Athanasius	2154 61st St, Brooklyn NY 11204	1913
St Augustine	116 Sixth Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217	1870
St Barbara	138 Bleecker St, Brooklyn NY 11221	1893
St Benedict	Closed 1973; contact The Chancery, 75 Greene Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238	1853
St Bernadette	8201 13th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11228	1935
St Bernard	2017 E 68th St, Brooklyn NY 11234	1961
St Bernard	Closed 1941; contact The Chancery, 75 Greene Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238	1871
St Blaise	Now St Francis of Assisi/St Blaise, 319 Maple St, Brooklyn NY 11225	1905
St Boniface	109 Willoughby St,Brooklyn NY 11201	1854
St Brendan	1525 E 12th St, Brooklyn NY 11230	1907
St Brigid	409 Linden St, Brooklyn NY 11227	1882
St Casimir	Closed 1980; now, Our Lady of Czenstochowa/St Casimir, 184 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn NY 11211	1875
St Catherine of Alexandria	1119 41st St, Brooklyn NY 11218	1902
St Catherine of Genoa	520 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn NY 11203	1911
St Cecilia	84 Herbert St, Brooklyn NY 11222	1872
St Charles Borremeo	21 Sidney Pl, Brooklyn NY 11201	1849
St Columba	2163 Kimball St, Brooklyn NY 11234	1967
St Columbkille	Contact Ss Cyril & Methodius, 119 Eagle St, Brooklyn NY 11222	1908
St Edmund	2460 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn NY 11229	1922
St Edward	Now St Michael/St Edward, 108 St Edward St, Brooklyn NY 11205	1891
St Ephrem	929 75th St, Brooklyn NY 11228	1921
St Finbar	138 Bay 20th St, Brooklyn NY 11214	1880
St Fortunata	2609 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn NY 11208	1934
St Frances Cabrini	35 Bay 11th St, Brooklyn NY 11228	1963
St Francis de Chantal	1273 58th St, Brooklyn NY 11219	1891
St Francis in the Fields	Closed 1888; contact The Chancery, 75 Greene Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238	1850
St Francis of Assisi	Now St Francis of Assisi/St Blaise, 319 Maple St, Brooklyn NY 11225	1898
St Francis of Paola	219 Conselyea St, Brooklyn NY 11211	1918
St Francis Xavier	225 Sixth Ave, Brooklyn NY 11215	1886
St Gabriel	749 Linwood St, Brooklyn NY 11208	1901
St George	207 York St, Brooklyn NY 11201	1909
St Gregory	224 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn NY 11213	1905
St Ignatius	1150 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY 11225	1908
St James	250 Cathedral Pl, Brooklyn NY 11201	1822
St Jerome	2900 Newkirk Ave, Brooklyn NY 11226	1901
St John Baptist	790 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn NY 11206	1868
St John Cantius	479 New Jersey Ave, Brooklyn NY 11207	1902 NOTE: See 1910 St. John Cantius ARTICLE about Beginnings
St John Evangelist	250 21st St, Brooklyn NY 11215	1849
St Joseph Patron	185 Suydam St, Brooklyn NY 11221	1921
St Joseph	856 Pacific St, Brooklyn NY 11238	1850
St Jude	9401 Seaview Ave, Brooklyn NY 11236	1961
St Laurence	990 Van Siclen Ave, Brooklyn NY 11207	1964
St Leonard	Closed 1978; contact St Joseph Patron Universal Church, 185 Suydam St, Bushwick, Brooklyn NY 11221	1872 St. Leonard, only a few blocks away, stands as a ghost with grafitti and busted out windows.An interesting story. When St. Leonards was a German parish a few blocks away an Italian (Sicilian really) neighborhood was beginning to bloom. More and more Sicilians came to St. Leonards to pray. However the Germans disliked this. Finally one day, I believe on a Sunday, all of the Germans linked arms and would not let the Italians into the church for worship! Faced with the dilemma of not having a church to go to and this being a very large problem for Italans, the women took off their gold bracelets, earings, etc... which were commonly seen on impoverished Italian immigrants because they were passed down for hundreds of years, and the gold was melted. With the money raised from this they built the church of St. Joseph on Suydam St. Today St. Leonards is closed since the 1970s whereas St. Joseph is still somewhat Sicilian, run by ITalian Scalabrini fathers, and has a huge Spanish congregation.
St Louis	Closed 1939; contact St Lucy/St Patrick, 285 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn NY 11206	1869
St Lucy	Closed 1974; contact St Lucy/St Patrick, 285 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn NY 11205	1904
St Malachy	129 Van Siclen Ave, Brooklyn NY 11207	1854
St Margaret Mary	215 Exeter St, Brooklyn NY 11235	1920
St Mark	2609 E 19th St, Brooklyn NY 11235	1861
St Martin of Tours	Now St Martin of Tours / Fourteen Holy Martyrs, 1288 Hancock St, Brooklyn NY 11221	1906
St Mary Mother of Jesus	2326 84th St, Brooklyn NY 11214	1889
St Mary of the Angels	Closed 1981; contact Annunciation, 259 N Fifth St, Brooklyn NY 11211	1888
St Mary Star of the Sea	467 Court St, Brooklyn NY 11231	1855
St Matthew	1123 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn NY 11112	1886
St Michael Archangel	Now St Michael/St Edward, 108 St Edward St, Brooklyn NY 11205	1891
St Michael	225 Jerome St, Brooklyn NY 11207	1860
St Michael	352 42nd St, Brooklyn NY 11232	1870
St Nicholas	26 Olive St, Brooklyn NY 11211	1865 It's in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and is a 'daughter' church of Most Holy Trinity, RC on Montrose & Graham.
St Patrick	9511 Fourth Ave, Brooklyn NY 11209	1849
St Patrick	St Lucy/St Patrick, 285 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn NY 11205	1843 NOTE: See St. Patrick's Beginnings
St Paul	Ss Peter & Paul/Our Lady of Pilar, 234 Congress St, Brooklyn NY 11201	1836 NOTE: See St. Paul's Beginnings
St Peter Claver	29 Claver Pl, Brooklyn NY 11238	1920
St Peter	Merged with St Paul; contact Ss Peter & Paul/Our Lady of Pilar, 234 Congress St, Brooklyn NY 11201	1859
St Rita	275 Shepherd Ave, Brooklyn NY 11208	1913
St Rocco	216 27th St, Brooklyn NY 11232	1902
St Rosalia	1230 65th St, Brooklyn NY 11219	1902
St Rose of Lima	269 Parkville Ave, Brooklyn NY 11230	1870
St Saviour	611 Eighth Ave, Brooklyn NY 11215	1905
St Stanislaus Kostka	607 Humboldt St, Brooklyn NY 11222	1896
St Stanislaus Martyr	Closed 1979; contact Holy Family, 205 14th St, Brooklyn NY 11215	1890
St Stephen	Now Sacred Heart/St Stephen, 108 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY 11231	1866
St Sylvester	416 Grant Ave, Brooklyn NY 11208	1923
St Teresa	563 Sterling Pl, Brooklyn NY 11238	1874
St Therese of Lisieux	1281 Troy Ave, Brooklyn NY 11203	1926
St Thomas Aquinas	1550 Hendrickson St, Brooklyn NY 11234	1885
St Thomas Aquinas	249 Ninth St, Brooklyn NY 11215	1884
St Vincent de Paul	167 N Sixth St, Brooklyn NY 11211	1860
St Vincent Ferrer	1603 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn NY 11219	1923
The Virgin Mary	216 Eighth Ave, Brooklyn NY 11215	1910
Transfiguration	263 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn NY 11211	1874
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	98 Richard St, Brooklyn NY 11231	1854

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NOTE:
Re: St. James Cathedral / Leivaux
I received from the diocese, two lists relating to R.C.
churches in Brooklyn. 
On the "parishes by neighborhood" list, there are two churches listed in 
"downtown Brooklyn,"
one of which is St. James Cathedral - Basilica. This church should
be on the alphabetical listing of Brooklyn churches, which supplies the
address and identity of the current records custodian;

however St. James is missing from the other list. 
So, I suggest you contact the other church listed as being in downtown, 
which is 
St. Boniface,
109 Willoughby St., tel. 718-875-2096 
(it was established 1854).


The Best Source on Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre
Information for those searching for information about their ancestors
who may have been:
born in,
baptized in,
in an orphanage run by,
educated in,
married in,
buried within
a facility under the auspices of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre,
would be :

Ms. Jean Wassong
Diocesan Archivist
R.C. DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE
50 North Park Avenue
Rockvile Centre, NY 11570
e-Mail: not yet on line (but will be shortly)
tel: 516/678-5800, X594

fax: 516/764-3316
Ms. Wassong is responsible for records on and after 1957,
when the Diocese of Rockville Centre separated from the
Diocese of Brooklyn. Likewise, the Diocese of Brooklyn is
responsible for records on and after 1853, when the
Diocese of Brooklyn separated from the Diocese of New York.

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