Church of the Blessed Sacrament (Manhattan)

{{Short description|Roman Catholic church in New York City}}

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|caption=Front portal, 2008

|name=The Church of the Blessed Sacrament

|address=152 West 71st Street

|location_town=New York City

|location_country=United States of America

|website=[http://www.blessedsacramentnyc.org/ Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Manhattan]

|architect=Gustave E. Steinback

|client=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

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|construction_start_date=1917

|completion_date= 1920

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The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at 152 West 71st Street, just east of Broadway. The parish was established in 1887.Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KL4YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA318 The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.]. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p. 318.

The present church was started in 1914 to designs by Gustave E. Steinback and the first mass was held on Christmas 1920.[http://www.blessedsacramentnyc.com/parish-history A Brief History of The Church of the Blessed Sacrament]

A performing arts venue, The ArcLight Theatre, was located on the lower level.{{cite news |last1=Jaworowski |first1=Ken |title=A Forbidden Attraction Is Just the Beginning |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/theater/reviews/the-runner-stumbles-at-the-arclight-theater.html |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=6 May 2012}}