The Church of St. Barbara is a

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under the authority of the

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, located in northern

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, in the Bushwick- Ridgewood neighborhood. The parish was established as a

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to serve the

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Catholic community, which later became

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and then

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by the 1960s.

Description

The church was built 1910 to the designs of the architectural firm of Helmle and Huberty. The '' AIA Guide to New York City'' wrote that the parish was "named not only for the saint but for the brewer Leonard Eppig's little daughter Barbara — Eppig contributed to the parish. Nearby St. Leonard's had a similar history of naming."

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130218043234/http://bushwickbk.com/2011/04/19/bushwick-baroque-inside-st-barbaras/ Roman Catholic churches completed in 1910 Baroque Revival architecture in New York City Spanish Baroque architecture Roman Catholic churches in Brooklyn National parishes 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Brooklyn-church-stub