Grace Episcopal Church of City Island in Bronx, New York

Many New Yorkers will be familiar with Manhattan’s Grace Church, a French Gothic masterpiece built in 1846–1847 on Broadway. Or, if they’re from Brooklyn, perhaps they’re more acquainted with the Grace Church on Hicks Street, which was built in 1847 when the other Grace Church’s then-new location proved too far a trip for some faithful. However, for parishioners in the Bronx, specifically in the small seafaring community of City Point, Grace Episcopal Church on City Island Avenue is the one true bearer of the popular name – and this National Historic Place just so happens to have been built...