The Church of St. Andrew is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City , as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. There are 480 parishes...

, located at 20 Cardinal Hayes Place, Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

, New York City

New York City

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. It was established in 1842 and has been staffed by the Blessed Sacrament Fathers ever since.

In 1892, the address listed was on Duane Street, and the corner of City Hall Place.

The present building was erected in 1939 through a joint effort involving the famous Boston firm Maginnis & Walsh

Maginnis & Walsh

Maginnis & Walsh was an architecture firm started by Charles Donagh Maginnis and Timothy Walsh in 1905. It was known for its innovative design of churches in Boston in the first half of the twentieth century....

 and Robert J. Reiley

Robert J. Reiley

Robert J. Reiley, AIA, was an American architect practicing in New York City in the early and mid twentieth century. He was particularly known as a designer of Roman Catholic churches, schools, and hospitals in the Northeast USA....

 of New York. It is one of the best examples of the Georgian Revival architectural style in New York. St. Andrew is the only New York City church to be designed by Maginnis & Walsh.

The church was erected near the site of the infamous Five Points

Five Points, Manhattan

Five Points was a neighborhood in central lower Manhattan in New York City. The neighborhood was generally defined as being bound by Centre Street in the west, The Bowery in the east, Canal Street in the north and Park Row in the south...

 slum. The selection of the site for the church was near where Cardinal Hayes

Cardinal Hayes

Cardinal Hayes may refer to:*Patrick Joseph Hayes, of New York City*Cardinal Hayes High School, in New York City, named after Patrick Cardinal Hayes...

 was born.

Clergy

• Rev. William S. Creedan was transferred here (presumably as assistant) from to St. Monica Church (Manhattan) in 1904.