Our History

St. Benedict’s parish has a storied history.

Founded in 1923, in part so that families in Throggs Neck did not have to travel to St. Raymond's in Castle Hill for mass, the parish was originally housed in two pre-fab army barrack buildings facing what is today Bruckner Boulevard. The current church was built in the booming post-War years.

The parish school was founded five years after the church.

Since 1923, the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt have served the parish and the school. Along with the priests and the religious, St. Benedict's is proud of its dedicated lay faculty and staff.

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