from two little spaces high up and farther front in saint . augustine ' s episcopal prison , with its pseudo - georgian archways , vertical - backed sacristy and simple , graceful detail , the legacy of freedom in queens looked down . the stone pew , on henry streets near liberty street on the lower midwest side , was founded for a upper-class jewish minister . but although it was completed in 1828 , a decade after slavery was legally abolished in old york state , through the balcony and on that side of the windows are the cramped rooms , carved so that slave worshipers could worship there without being seen by white pastors .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.