page_title: St. Monica's Church (Queens)
section_title: Usage as day care center
hierarchical_section_title: St. Monica's Church (Queens) / Usage as day care center
caption_attribution_description: English: St Monica's Roman Catholic Church's central campanile is reminiscent of Romanesque architecture is one of the earliest surviving examples of 18th century early Romanesque revival architecture in N.Y. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 80002752
context_page_description: St. Monica's Church is a historic former Roman Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Brooklyn, located in Jamaica, Queens, New York. It was built in 1856 and is a brick basilica-type building in the Romanesque style. It features a four-story entrance tower in the center of its three-bay-wide front facade. Saint Monica's Church has been refurbished on the Campus of York College as a child care center.
context_section_description: St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church, after years of neglect and partial collapse, has been re-purposed as a child's day care center. According to Robert Hampton, president of York College which is part of the City University System, St. Monica "symbolizes in many respects what York College symbolizes to its community. A place for people to transform their lives as St. Monica had to transform her life. It's important to have a sense of history." In December, 2003, ground was broken and acquired for the York College Child Care Center, cost a state-funded $4.7 million; this project's architecture represented "a fashion of something old and something new." This two-story, 10,000-square-foot steel and glass day care center incorporated the two-story brick facade and bell tower, which were all that remained of the 1856 Roman Catholic Church. The Church's walls and roof collapsed in 1999 following 12 days of torrential rain fall . However, the relic was saved on the recommendation of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
  This 10,000-square-foot red brick, steel and glass building was made to accommodate up to 100 kids; the ages of the children ranged from infants under six months of age to pre-schoolers. The facility included learning spaces and eight playrooms; its hours of service then were from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for both day and night students. According to York student and psychology major, Rita Kalu, "It will be really nice, and help the students stay in school and finish in four years' time."
caption: St.Monica's Church
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