More than two years after the JMM Charitable Foundation bought the former St Benedict the Moor Church from the Archdiocese of New York for $16 million, the first visible change to the property has arrived — and it’s not the restoration of the church itself.
St Benedict the Moor church at 342 W53rd Street, with the demolished rectory to the left. Photo: Catie Savage
Earlier this winter, the three-story rectory next door to the church at 342 W53rd Street was demolished.
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