The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located three blocks south of Fordham University at the corner of Belmont Avenue and 627 East 187th Street, Fordham, the Bronx, New York City, New York.

[2][3] Another parish church for Italians existed in 1892, located at 447 E 115th Street, Manhattan.

"In answer to the petition of the Italians living in the neighborhood of 183rd Street and Pelham Avenue, Rev.

[1] The parish was established around June 1906 when a store was remodeled as a chapel, and the Rev.

[1] By "...the end of [1906] Father Burke bought seven lots costing $21,000 at 187th Street and Belmont Avenue, and on June 29, 1907, Archbishop (later Cardinal) Farley laid the cornerstone of the church.