St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church was constructed by master mason Anders Peterson under the direction of Reverend Anthony Farley.

[3] This also made it one of the earliest surviving examples of Early Romanesque Revival architecture in New York, and one of the only Roman Catholic Churches in the city executed in this style.

[3] St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church was designed as a red brick Romanesque Revival style building with a tall central campanile and an Italian flavor.

[6] The church's leaded-glass windows were broken, the copper gutters were ripped off the roof, holes were chopped into the sides of the building, and all the inside pews were carried away.

[7] Henry Ludder Jr., head of a committee within the Friends of Jamaica History, stated that St. Monica's Church was a historic site that "not only could be preserved – it could become an important community resource.

[8] However, the demolition order was "placed on hold" pending efforts by the Friends of Jamaica History and the Queens Borough President's Office to preserve the building as a historic site.

[1] St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church, after years of neglect and partial collapse, has been re-purposed as a child's day care center.

"[9] In December 2003, ground was broken and acquired for the York College Child Care Center, cost a state-funded $4.7 million; this project's architecture represented "a fashion of something old and something new".