May 27, 2026
In April, the Sacred Sites Committee voted to pledge 21 grants to 18 historic houses of worship totaling $287,500. These grants were awarded in 13 counties, from Suffolk County on Long Island to Niagara County in western New York to St. Lawrence County in northern New York. Additionally, staff pledged another $82,000 in consulting grants to fund architectural and project management work at seven New York City congregations.
Manhattan
Church of the Village, Greenwich Village
$15,000 — Architectural Services for North Wall Repairs
German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Paul, Chelsea
$15,000 — Architectural Services for Tower Restoration
Church of the Transfiguration, Midtown
$30,000 — Restoration of the Saint Joseph of Arimathea Chapel
Congregation Ezrath Israel (Actors’ Temple), Times Square
$5,000 — Schematic Design for Rear Wall Repairs
New York Society for Ethical Culture, Upper West Side
$15,000 — Structural Assessment of Areaway Walls
First Baptist Church in the City of New York, Upper West Side
$35,000 — Roof Repair
House of the Redeemer, Upper East Side
$12,000 — Phase 2 Window Restoration
Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church, Washington Heights
$12,000 — Steel Window Restoration
Brooklyn
Historic First Church of God in Christ, Crown Heights
$15,000 — Existing Conditions Report
Queens
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine Church, Auburndale
$2,000 — Roof Consulting Services
The Bronx
Tremont Baptist Church, Morris Heights
$15,000 — Design Services for Partial Restoration of a Monumental Stained-Glass Window
Long Island (supported with funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation)
Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville
$3,000 — Consulting Services for Stained-Glass Restoration
Hudson Valley, Capital Area, and Northern New York
Mamaroneck United Methodist Church
$12,000 — Siding Replacement
Kinderhook Reformed Church
$16,000 — Masonry Repointing
New Baltimore Reformed Church
$15,000 — Steeple Restoration
$2,000 – Project Management for Steeple Restoration
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Troy
$15,000 — Conditions Survey
Bottskill Baptist Church, Greenwich
$12,000 — Stained-Glass Repair at the Rose Window
First Presbyterian Church of Gouverneur
$13,500 — Stained-Glass Restoration
Central and Western New York
St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, Ithaca
$16,000 — Rear Siding and Roof Replacement
Waging War Ministries, Rochester
$11,000 — Shingle Roof Replacement and Gutter Repair
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Olean
$12,000 — Architectural Work for Tower Stabilization
Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Buffalo
$10,000 — Architectural Work for Roof and Window Repair
Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo
$10,000 — Stained-Glass Restoration
Faith Missionary Baptist Church, Buffalo
$16,000 — Roof and Gutter Replacement
$5,000 – Preservation Consulting for Roof and Gutter Replacement
Center for Jewish Life, Niagara Falls
$20,000 — Roof Replacement
$10,000 – Architectural Work for Roof, Masonry, and Window Repair
