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In 2009, New York City renamed the academy's former location on Grymes Hill as "Augustinian Academy Way". In 2012, Good Counsel Church dedicated its Augustinian Academy Historical Monument, including the bell from the school's demolished tower.
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neighborhood in 1926, but finally closed in 1969. The Tompkinsville property became a parochial school. The Grymes Hill property was used as a retreat house until 1983, acquired by
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on September 10, 1899, and officially opened on September 13 as "The Catholic High School of Richmond Borough". This was the first Catholic settlement in
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The original program of study comprised classical, commercial and grammar courses, and was soon accredited by the
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The academy began educating boys for the priesthood in 1921. It expanded to a 16-acre site in the
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presented the academy with a handsome 100-foot flagpole and a large American flag.
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from the Class of 1953, who went on to become the longest-serving president of
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Among the properties that the academy owned, and founded, was a site in
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in 1993, then heavily damaged by fires, and ultimately razed in 2006.
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The academy's original buildings were first erected for the
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Defunct Catholic secondary schools in New York City
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Index

Augustinian Academy

Staten Island
New York City
United States
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

Staten Island, New York
Roman Catholic
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Augustinian Friars
Visitation Sisters
Sebastiano Martinelli
Tompkinsville
University of the State of New York
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Morrisania, Bronx
St. Augustine's School
Grymes Hill
Wagner College
Edmund Dobbin
Villanova University


The Catholic Church in the United States of America, Volume 3, Section 1
"In the Real Estate Field. The Building Department: List of Plans Filed for New Structures in Manhattan and Bronx"
The New York Times
"Staten Island Memories: Augustinian Academy"
Staten Island Advance
"Augustinian friars to host a special mass and reunion for Our Lady of Good Counsel families"

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