Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
“Matthias Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens County, New York, in the Diocese of Brooklyn.”
Wikipedia article St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 108 National Register listings published here for Queens County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,866 fires within 5 miles of St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Complex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,321 acres in total. 175 started naturally. 180 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2053 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 180 |
| Natural | 175 |
| Smoking | 150 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 97 |
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Complex: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Molybdenum, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49th St & 1st Ave Beryl Deposit | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Manhattan Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y. | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Lead | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Queens, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queens | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2022 | |
 | Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Central Ridgewood Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Seneca Avenue East Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000599 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Queens County | All 108 listed properties in this county. |
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