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Ties to the theater Actors were among the social outcasts whom Houghton befriended.

In 1870, William T. Sabine, the rector of the nearby Church of the Atonement, which is no longer extant, refused to conduct funeral services for an actor named George Holland, suggesting, "I believe there is a little church around the corner where they do that sort of thing."

Joseph Jefferson, a fellow actor who was trying to arrange Holland's burial, exclaimed, "If that be so, God bless the little church around the corner!"

and the church began a longstanding association with the theater.

P. G. Wodehouse, when living in Greenwich Village as a young writer of novels and lyrics for musicals, married his wife Ethel at the Little Church in September 1914.

Subsequently, Wodehouse would set most of his fictionalized weddings at the church; and the hit musical Sally that he wrote with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton ended with the company singing, in tribute to the Bohemian congregation: "Dear little, dear little Church 'Round the Corner / Where so many lives have begun, / Where folks without money see nothing that's funny / In two living cheaper than one."

In 1923, the Episcopal Actors' Guild held its first meeting at Transfiguration.

Such theatrical greats as Basil Rathbone, Tallulah Bankhead, Peggy Wood, Joan Fontaine, Rex Harrison, Barnard Hughes, and Charlton Heston have served as officers or council members of the guild.

The Little Church's association with the theatre continued in the 1970s, when it hosted the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company, which gave starts to actors such as Armand Assante, Tom Hulce, and Rhea Perlman.

As well as being a guild officer, Sir Rex Harrison was memorialized at the church upon his death in 1990.

Maggie Smith, Brendan Gill, and Harrison's sons, Carey and Noel, spoke at the service.

Recent history The Little Church Around the Corner is known for the long service of its rectors: in the 150 years from its founding to 1998, there were only five.

The Reverend Jackson Harvelle Randolph Ray (June 11, 1886 – June 1963), for instance, was rector from 1923 to 1963.

The parish is currently under the rectorate of Father John David van Dooren, who was called as rector in 2017.

In 2021, the church reported 193 members, average attendance of 56, and $231,772 in plate and pledge income.

Music program The church has long been associated with a program of free music performances.

The Anglican tradition of a men's and boys' choir has been maintained with special music for concerts and summer services provided by a choir of mixed voices.

In 1988, the Arnold Schwartz Memorial organ, a new tracker pipe organ, was built and installed at the church by C. B. Fisk, Inc. In popular culture A key scene—a wedding between characters played by Neil Hamilton and Mary Brian—in the 1925 Herbert Brenon–directed silent film The Street of Forgotten Men was shot at the church.

The church is alluded to at least twice in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, as "tin choorch round the coroner" (67.13) and "ye litel church rond ye corner" (533.23–4).

In 1986, the church was featured in an episode of The Equalizer titled "Shades of Darkness".

In Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters, Allen attends a concert in the main sanctuary while attempting to convert to Catholicism.

Gallery References External links 1848 establishments in New York (state) 19th-century Episcopal church buildings Anglo-Catholic church buildings in the United States Churches completed in 1849 Churches in Manhattan Episcopal church buildings in New York City Gothic Revival church buildings in New York City Murray Hill, Manhattan New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Church of the Transfiguration Religious organizations established in 1848

The following is a list of the highest-income urban areas in the United States.

The U.S. Census Bureau defines two types of urban areas.

They are listed below, along with their Census definitions.

Urbanized Area (UA), an area consisting of a central place(s) and adjacent territory with a general population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile of land area that together have a minimum residential population of at least 50,000 people.

The Census Bureau uses published criteria to determine the qualification and boundaries of UAs.

Urban Cluster (UC), a densely settled territory that has at least 2,500 people but fewer than 50,000.

Urban areas ranked by per capita income Urban areas of any population Urban areas with at least 100,000 inhabitants Sources Statistics derived from U.S. Census Bureau data; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business; and DataQuick Information Systems, a public records database company located in La Jolla, San Diego, CA.

References United States demography-related lists Income in the United States