St. Barnabas Episcopal Church - Brooklyn, N.Y.
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

725 Belmont Avenue at Elton Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11208
http://www.saintbarnabasepiscopalny.org



St. Barnabas Episcopal Church began as Calvary Methodist Chapel. On Sunday evening, July 7, 1907, the Episcopal form of service from the Book of Common Prayer was read for the first time in their place of worship in a store on Pitkin Avenue in the East New York section of Brooklyn. This was the beginning of the Protestant Episcopal Mission, then called Calvary Chapel of St. Augustine’s Parish, later renamed St. Barnabas.

St. Barnabas was supervised by St. Augustine’s Parish from July 1, 1908. The following year, St. Augustine’s Parish relinquished supervision over the Mission, and Calvary Chapel of St. Augustine’s Parish became St. Barnabas Mission of the Archdeaconry of Brooklyn. The new mission purchased two lots 50 x 100 sq. feet on Belmont Avenue, between Linwood and Elton Streets, whereon it erected a crypt, the promise of greater things to come and the foundation of the present beautiful edifice. In 1919, the congregation purchased the house next to the church and remodeled it as a rectory.

The present church building was dedicated on Palm Sunday, March 20, 1932.

In November 1988, the mission became a parish and was received into the Diocese of Long Island. The Rev. Ephraim B. Goorahoo, who had been Vicar since 1973, became the church's first Rector.
           
M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 6721 (1938)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 22 stops, 4 ranks


In 1938, the church contracted with M.P. Möller of Hagerstown, Md., to build a two-manual organ having 22 stops and four unified ranks of pipes. All of the pipes were enclosed in one expression chamber, and the wind pressure throughout was 6". Möller provided a detached stop-key console of quartered oak and gilded front pipes. The Factory Specification (Nov. 22, 1938) shows that the organ was to be completed by Dec. 25, 1938.
               
Great Organ – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Open Diapason  
4
   Flute  
8
   Lieblich Gedeckt  
4
   Fugara  
8
   Viole Dolce  
2 2/3
  Twelfth  
4
   Octave  
2
   Flautina  
 
      
 
      
Swell Organ – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon [TC]  
4
   Flute  
8
   Diapason  
4
   Fugara  
8
   Lieblich Gedeckt  
2 2/3
   Nazard  
8
   Viole Dolce  
2
   Piccolo  
4
   Octave  
8
   Oboe  
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon  
8
   Flute  
8
   Open Diapason  
8
   Viola  
               
Couplers
    Swell to Pedal       Swell to Great  
    Great to Pedal          
               
Mechanicals
    Tremolo       Crescendo Indicator  
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 Affecting Full Organ
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Expression Pedal      
    Balanced Grand Crescendo Pedal      
               
Stop Analysis
     
Pipes
16
   Bourdon/Flute
97
8
  Open Diapason
73
8
  Viole Dolce
73
8
  Oboe
    61
   
Total
304
           
Sources:
     St. Barnabas Church web site: http://www.saintbarnabasepiscopalny.org
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification (Nov. 22, 1938) of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 6721 (1938).

Illustration:
     St. Barnabas Church web site. Exterior.