Grace Church (New York City, New York)

 Episcopal Church, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Neo-Gothic (architecture), 1840s construction, movie / film / TV location, U.S. National Historic Landmark

Grace Church is a historic full-service parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Grace Church is located on Broadway near 10th Street as the avenue bends into the heart of New York University and the East Village. The cornerstone for the new Gothic church was laid in 1843 and the church was consecrated in 1846. Grace Church was designed in the French Gothic Revival style by James Renwick, Jr., and is clad in white Sing Sing marble. A marble steeple replaced the original wooden one in 1883, and had its lean fixed in 2003. The east window over the high altar was created by the English stained glass manufacturer Clayton & Bell in 1878, dominating the chancel, and the whole church. Other stained glass windows in the church are by Henry Holiday.

Grace Church offers a full schedule of prayer and Eucharist services throughout the week and is also available for special occasions such as weddings and baptisms. The church has a history of providing social services to its congregants and the surrounding neighborhood. A shelter for homeless men is located in one of the church's Fourth Avenue buildings. The church is known for its Choir of Men and Boys, which was established in 1894.

The church sits on a broad lawn behind a black cast-iron fence. The adjoining chantry was completed in 1879, designed by Edward T. Potter, with Grace House completed two years later (also designed by Renwick), connecting to the rectory on the north side, which dated from 1847.

The main entrance door on Broadway, located at the base of the tower, is surmounted by an attractive gable above which is the very handsome rose-window. Rising above the roof level are the high, traceried openings of the belfry, while above these the tower makes an ingenious transition from square to octagon, embellished by pinnacles at the corners to ease the transition. The walls of the nave consist of fine, pointed arch windows, interspersed by buttresses which in turn are surmounted by pinnacles. A parapet forms the top of the walls
behind the tower and is crenellated.

The interior was used as a filming location for S5E11 of the NBC series "Blindspot" as Jane Doe intercepts a getaway.