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Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish
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| Location: | 94-40 118th St., Richmond Hill, New York |
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| Area: | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built: | 1916 |
| Architect: | Thomas Henry Poole et.al. |
| Architectural style: | Romanesque, Classical Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 06001297[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 25, 2007 |
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish is a historic Roman Catholic parish church complex at 94-40 118th Street in Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens, New York. The complex consists of the church, rectory / parsonage, school, and cloister. The church was designed in 1916 by noted architect Thomas Henry Poole (1860–1919) and completed in 1919. It is a large brick Romanesque-style building in the basilican plan. It features a standing seam copper-roofed dome and a bell tower. The rectory is a 2 1⁄2-story brick building built in 1939. The cloister also dates to 1939 and connects the rectory to the sanctuary. It features a 1938 statue of the patron Saint Benedict Joseph Labre. The brick school building was built in 1912 and substantially enlarged in 1938–1939.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
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