Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-30
GREATER NEW YORK CHURCHES
A Total of 1.115 P1uces NJ wo
Win Seating Canacifx NJ 20 oon

A Total of Lib Places Of wo-sh
WIN Seating Capacity of 75O.OOO.
From the >c;'cc:-s York Sum-
On and after January I, 1897. Rrook,yn
will cease to hold unchallenged its title
OF the City of Churches" and the
Greater New York will succeed to it's
supremacy in that respect There are
oo9 churches in New York city, 40 in
Brooklyn. 81 on Staten Island, and "A in
the part of Queens county to be annexed
to the Greater New York after January
Long Island City included, making a total
of Lis places of worship in the Greater
New York.
Ihere are eighty-nine Catholic churches
IN New York city, IS in Brooklyn, 7 on
Staten Island and II in Queens county
towns. There are 81 Episcopal churches
IN Ia, New York; "a in Brooklyn. II OH Staten
least. in that portion Of Queens county
included In the Greater New York. There
are 69 Methodist churches in New York
70 IN Brooklyn, on Staten Island and
IN the Queens county towns. There are
81 Presbyterian churches IN New York
81 in Brooklyn. on Staten Island and 4
In the Queens county towns. There are
o. Baptist churches in New York, A in
Queens county towns. There are 81 LuIh-
eran churches in New York, SO in Brook
Ign. on Staten Island and in the
Queens county towns. There are II Con-
Brooklyn and 1 in Queens county.
1t will be observed that the Methodists
the Lutherans and the Congregationalists
the last decidedly so) have more church
of New York. Relatively there are fewer
Catholics and Epjscopalians in BROOKLYN
than there are in New York city. There
are "a Jewish synagogues in New York,
total Of II in the Greater New York
There are four Moravian churches on
Staten Island and 3 Reformed Dutch
churches. The number of Reformed Dutch
churches In New York is 30. and in Brook
Ign 70, bringing up the total in the new
city to e.. There are Quaker meeting
houses in New York, 2 in Brooklyn and
in Flushing. There are Unitarian
churches in New York, in BROOKLYN and
on Staten Island There are Universal
list churches in New York and in Brook
lyn.
The minor religious divisions are much
more generally represented in the latter
than in the former city. There are meet
Ing places In Brooklyn of Latter Day
Saints, of the Second Adventists, of the
Seventh Day ZAdventists, of the Christian
Scientists; ofsdhe shousehold Of Faith and
of the Christian fEvangelists. There are
three SWedephorgiap churches in the city
of Brooklyn and one Swedenborgian church
In New York; There are, besides, one Rus
slan-Greek churcu IN New York and q
number of missiopn ehapels which are diff
cult to place among the church congrega-
ton of New York with accuracy There
are, besides, minor congregations, the Ma
ronite Catholic church in New York and
another congregation, the status of which
has given risesin the past to controversy
1.-The Hebrew Christian church," A total
of LIS places ofiworship in one city is
certainly remarkable when 1t is taken into
consideration1that the total population Of
the new city:ds $780,, 600 or at the rate of
one church to every 1900 inhabitants, a
very large proportion in a city. The seat
ing eapacitWs Of the Greater New York
churches is iA excGss Of 10000.