St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hempstead

On Westminister Road, West Hempstead, just north of Hempstead Turnpike are the buildings of the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle: a large school, an auditorium, the rectory, and a church built in 1963. The parish address is 24 Westminster Road, West Hempstead, NY 11552, telephone 516-489-8585.  The parish website is linked here.   The parish was founded in 1931 and is currently (2011) in the Rockville Centre deanery. 
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The 2.9.2011 edition of The Long Island Catholic includes a well-written and informative article about the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hempstead.  The article is linked here.  I have no idea how long TLIC maintains articles in available web archives, so please read it now. The article says that the parish has 2,900 registered families.
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I wonder which building is depicted in the scene behind St. Therese.  It does not resemble the basilica at Lisieux.

The parish school is at 12 Westminster Road, telephone 516-481-9310, website here. 

The sign advertises the pre-school program.

An auditorium is to the left (north) of the school.

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A second church, known as the parish chapel, is located about two miles south, at 875 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, at the intersection of Hempstead Avenue and Nassau Boulevard.  This is three blocks north of Exit 17 of the Southern State Parkway.
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St. Thomas Chapel has weekday Mass Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 a.m.  Please see the parish websitefor more schedules.  The St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago, which has 29 parishes in the United States, lists this chapel as a place of worship.  Generally, Syro-Malabar Catholics are from India.