The familiar red-brick church, at the intersection of Willoughby Avenue and Kent Street, has had three name changes in its nearly 180-year history. In 1974, it received its last: St. Lucy-St. Patrick.
St. Lucy-St. Patrick – Fort Greene Brooklyn
First Black Priest Ordained For the Diocese Dies at 95
Msgr. William J. Rodgers, the first black man ordained for and in the Diocese of Brooklyn, died Jan. 21 at Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, where he had been living and serving as chaplain. He was 95.
Father Smith’s Priesthood Was a Gift to the Church
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father William A. Smith, a retired priest of the diocese, was celebrated Jan. 8 at Corpus Christi Church, Woodside. He died Jan. 5 at Long Island Jewish Hospital.
Sights and Scents of B’klyn Neighborhood in the Fall
Bustling was the word with which you could characterize Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, during the 1950s and ’60s.
