St. Clare's Church (Staten Island, New York) shapes earned an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects and received national attention. Other active churches in New York City dedicated to the same saint are St. Clare of Assisi's Church (Bronx) and St. Clare's Church (Rosedale, Queens). The early 1900s also included St. Clare Church (Manhattan), until it was razed for the Lincoln Tunnel. All three of these churches established Catholic parochial schools. In addition, Saint Clare's Hospital (Manhattan) was founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany and provided service from 1934 to 2007. St. Clare's Church (Staten Island, New York) Church of Saint Clare, located in
St. Adalbert's Church (Staten Island, New York) St. Adalbert's Church (Staten Island, New York) The Church St. Adalbert is a parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Staten Island, New York City. The parish was established in 1901. Prior to the founding of a national parish on Staten Island, most members of the Polish Catholic community continued to attend the Church of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church (New York City) in the East Village, Manhattan in Manhattan. Efforts to organize for the purpose of establishing a Polish parish on Staten Island were initially hampered by a failure to