The Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York located at 207 West 96th Street at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

[3] A wood-frame church was erected on the northwest corner of Bloomingdale Road (now called Broadway) and 97th Street.

In 1997, the church suffered damage when the air compressor in the organ caught fire during a noon mass.

[citation needed] Thomas Henry Poole designed the present Gothic Revival church, which was built in stages from 1891 to 1900.

[5] The basement was finished in early 1892, and the new church was blessed and dedicated by Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan on March 20 of that year.

[5] The church's large interior is noted for its hammer-and-beam ceiling, stained glass windows, terrazzo floor, and marble altars.

[2] On the north and south sides of the church, the windows describe events in the life of Jesus Christ.

Located on the southwest corner of Amsterdam Avenue and 97th Street, it was blessed and dedicated on September 10, 1905, by Archbishop John Murphy Farley.

[2] Holy Name has taken a leading role in addressing social justice issues on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

[citation needed] The church sponsored numerous petitions and took a leading role in closing a zoning loophole that a land developer had exploited in order to build two large condominium towers.