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St. Michael's Church, Sunset Park

Brooklyn's own Sacré-Cœur, with a beehive dome

St. Michael's Church, Sunset Park

Raymond F. Almirall, a Beaux-Arts-trained architect, finished this brick church in 1905 and capped its tower with a tall dome that Brownstoner calls a beehive, seemingly unique among Brooklyn’s houses of worship. It is often called Brooklyn’s own Sacré-Cœur. It was the borough’s second-tallest building, after the Williamsburg Savings Bank tower, until a late-2000s high-rise passed it. An old photo shows four smaller domes that no longer stand.

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