Thursday, October 6, 2011

All Hallows High School



At the north end of Joyce Kilmer Park, on the west side of the Grand Concourse, is All Hallows High School.  For full information about the school, please visit the underlined link.  


The address of All Hallows High School is 111 East 164th Street, Bronx NY 10452, telephone 718-293-4545.  The above view shows the intersection of Walton Avenue and 164th Street.  The Grand Concourse and buses Bx1 and Bx2 are one short block to the right.
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The name All Hallows is a synonym for All Saints, the name of the school prior to 1930.
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Please note that this school is a private Catholic high school, that is, not owned by the Archdiocese of New York.  Throughout its history, the Irish Christian Brothers, now known as the Congregation of Christian Brothers, have sponsored this school, Rice High School, and Iona College, New Rochelle. 
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A different congregation, the De La Salle Christian Brothers, sponsors Manhattan College at West 242nd Street, Bronx.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Joe,

Did you live in the Bronx and attend OLR?

Linda

Unknown said...

Hi Joe,

Did you live in the Bronx and attend OLR?

Linda

Joe said...

I lived on Marble Hill in Manhattan and walked to St. John's School in Kingsbridge.