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Church of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer

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Metro Baptist Church
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The Church of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer was a parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York which was located in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1909, the parish was closed in the late 1960s. Since 1984, the church building has been occupied by Metro Baptist Church.

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Church of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer
West 40th Street, New York Manhattan

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West 40th Street 406
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