1911-11-12 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2007-10-22 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager
2010-11-29 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2020-11-27 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The Ocean Parkway Methodist Episcopal Church was originally known as Ridley Memorial M.E. Church, located on Lawrence Avenue near Ocean Parkway in Parkville. Electricity was introduced to the church in 1896, with twenty-two lights in the church and eleven in the lecture room. In 1902, the Epworth League of Ridley Memorial celebrated its tenth anniversary, so the church dates back to at least that time. In 1911, a new church was built at Ocean Parkway and Foster Avenue, two blocks north of the earlier location, and the church was known as Ocean Parkway Methodist Episcopal Church. This church no longer exists. The Estey Organ Shop Order for their Op. 2536 shows that Estey provided a two-manual luminous-roller type console, and a case measuring 16 feet wide by 17 feet high in the center. The organ was voiced on 5" wind pressure. Notes indicate that the church seated 500. -Jeff Scofield
Source: John Carnahan via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project
Brooklyn, New York
Ocean Parkway Methodist Church
Estey Op. 2536 1926 2/11
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GREAT SWELL PEDAL
8' Open Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 61 16' Bourdon 32
8' Melodia 73 8' Gedeckt 12 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Open Diapason 73 8' Bass Flute 12
8' Dulciana 73 8' Salicional 73 8' Flauto Dolce SW
4' Flute Harmonic 73 8' Voix Celeste 61
Sub 8' Aeoline 73
Unison Off 4' Flauto d'Amour 12
Super 2' Piccolo 12
8' Oboe 73
Tremulant
Sub
Unison Off
Super
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