Notre Dame, New Hyde Park

In northern New Hyde Park, a block north of the busy intersection of New Hyde Park Road and Hillside Avenue (NY 25B) are the church, school, and other buildings of Notre Dame parish.  The top photograph looks south on New Hyde Park Road.

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The rectory and school are on the east side of the property, residential and quiet Mayfair Road.  The parish office is at 45 Mayfair Road, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, telephone 516-352-7203.  The parish website is linked here.

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Any photo may be enlarged by clicking on it.  Notre Dame School is at 25 Mayfair Road, telephone 516-354-5618.  The school's website is linked here. 

The school's website gives the N-8 enrollment as 388 in January, 2012, but does not distinguish between the early childhood programs and the K-8 enrollment.

St. Peter of Alcantara, Port Washington

The church of St. Peter of Alcantara is located at 1327 Port Washington Boulevard, Port Washington, NY 11050, telephone 516-883-6675.  An unofficial website describing the parish is linked here.

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The school, church, rectory and other buildings are located on the east side of Port Washington Blvd. (NY highway 101) about 0.4 mile north of Main Street.

The railroad reached Port Washington in 1898.  The parish was established in 1901 and the church dedicated in 1903.

The parish grounds include six or seven buildings.  Above is a new school building, and below is an older one.  

The school's helpful and informative website is linked here.  The address is 1321 Port Washington Boulevard, Port Washington NY 11050, telephone 516-944-3772.
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The statue honors the Franciscan saint, Peter of Alcantara, 1499-1562.

Corpus Christi, Mineola

Above is the entrance to Corpus Christi church on Garfield Avenue, Mineola.

Corpus Christi parish stands on the southwest corner of Willis and Garfield Avenues in Mineola.  The altar is at this Willis Avenue end of the church, and the door shown in the above photo is not an entrance.  Please enter from Garfield Avenue.  The mailing address is 155 Garfield Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501, telephone 516-746-1223.  The parish website is linked here.

The above two photos were taken on May 13, 2012, as people assembled for the 8:30 a.m. Mass in Portuguese.  It is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.  Any photo may be enlarged by clicking on it.

On Searing Avenue are two buildings that once formed the parish elementary school.  They are joined by a bridge at the second floor.  Religious education and a youth center use these buildings now.  This view looks west towards Willis Avenue and the church.

St. Aidan, Williston Park

The church of St. Aidan and its buildings line both sides of Willis Avenue in Williston Park.  Though each building carries a separate number (helpful to emergency services), the parish mailing address is 505 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, New York 11596.  The phone number is 516-746-6585, with various extensions for the offices, among them: Rectory ext. 9101, west school ext. 9202, east school ext. 9302.  The parish website is linked here.

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Above, the first photo shows the church on the west side of Willis Avenue, one block north of Hillside Avenue (NY 25B).
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On the east side of Willis Avenue is this school at 510 Willis Avenue.  The school's website is linked here.

On the west side of Willis Avenue is this school.

St. Aloysius, Great Neck

The patron state of this parish is St. Aloysius Gonzaga, who lived from 1588 to 1591, joining the Society of Jesus at age 17. At age 23, he died in Rome while caring for victims of a plague. A short biography is linked here.

St. Aloysius parish is located at 592 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck NY 11023, telephone 516-482-2770. The parish website is linked here. Note on the website that Mass is offered in Korean, Spanish, and English. Attendance on the recent Sexagesima Sunday was 777.

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According to the website, the present church was designed by Gustave Steinback and dedicated in 1915. Twenty years later, Mr. Steinback designed St. Agnes church, Rockville Centre.

A side altar honors St. Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, 1935-1914.  Many thanks to a parishioner who identified the saint for me.  He added, "Msgr. Reel used to mention him at First Communions because he was the Pope who moved the age lower to receive First Communion."  

Above, the view east on Breuer Avenue towards Middle Neck Road.

Above is the former elementary school, Clicking on any photo will enlarge it. There are other parish buildings not shown in my photos, due to the angle of the afternoon sun.
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The parish was established in 1876. It is situated about a mile north of the Great Neck LIRR station, which opened in 1866. The parish is also about three miles north of the Long Island Expressway at Lakeville Road, Lake Success.

North Hempstead deanery

The Diocese of Rockville Centre has seven deaneries in Nassau County.  The North Hempstead Deanery includes the following parishes, in order of foundation:
1863 -- St. Mary, Manhassset
1876 -- St. Aloysius, Great Neck.
1893 -- Holy Spirit, New Hyde Park.
1901 -- St. Peter of Alcantara, Port Washington
1901 -- Corpus Christi, Mineola.
1925 -- St. Aidan, Williston Park
1941 -- Notre Dame, New Hyde Park.
1948 -- Our Lady of Fatima, Manorhaven.
The North Hempstead deanery is not coterminous with the Town of North Hempstead.
Four of the eight parishes support a parish elementary school: St. Aidan (at about 600 students, maybe the sixth largest in the diocese), St. Mary, St. Peter of Alcantara, and Notre Dame.  St. Mary's parish, Manhasset, hosts a parish high school.