St. Gregory School the Great

One of the Catholic elementary school I attended was St. Gregory's. It was not far from the Children's Museum. St. Gregory is located on 991 St John's Pl, Brooklyn. A lot of saints in Brooklyn. The school is in Crown Heights, between New York and Brooklyn Avenues. In 1907, the Sisters of Mercy were invited. The first school was opened in two houses at 995 and 997 Saint Johns Place in September 1912. It was staffed by four Sisters of Mercy who came daily from their convent, located at 273 Willoughby Avenue. The present permanent school at 991 St. Johns Place was opened in February 1922. It is a three-storey building consisting of 16 classrooms and an assembly hall.

Three factors caused a financial drain and extensive diocesan subsidies in Saint Gregory’s School and the other parish schools of St. Matthews, St. Joseph, and St. Teresa. In June 1974 the parishes of Crown Heights working together as a cluster, decided to close the four schools and consolidate their resources to open two schools. Thus, Saint Gregory reopened in September 1974 as Unity Catholic School and St. Teresa, as Holy Spirit School.