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
New York City Police riot Police District that would fall under the jurisdiction of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the other boroughs of present-day New York City. This new police force was to be controlled by five commissioners appointed by the Governor of New York: Simeon Draper, James Bowen, James W. Nye, Jacob Cholwell and James S.T. Stranahan. The head of the commission was Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, noted reformer and Recorder of New York City during the Astor Place Riots of 1849, who accepted the position of Superintendent of Police after several others had declined. The new commission ordered Mayor Wood to disband the Municipal