click on image to enlarge Ocean Parkway Methodist Church Ocean Parkway at Foster Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230 Organ Specifications: Ocean Parkway and Foster Avenue (1911-?) ► II/11 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2536 (1926) Lawrence Avenue near Ocean Parkway (c.1892-1911) • unknown 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.             Estey Organ Company Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 2536 (1926) Electro-pneumatic action 2 manuals, 18 stops, 11 ranks 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 seats 500.                 Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 8   Open Diapason 73 8   Gemshorn 73 8   Dulciana 73 4   Flute Harmonic 73 8   Melodia 73                     Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon [unit] 97 8   Gedeckt — 8   Open Diapason 73 4   Flauto d'Amour — 8   Salicional 73 2   Piccolo — 8   Voix Celeste [TC] 61 8   Oboe 73 8   Aeoline 73   Tremulant                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Bourdon 44 8   Bass Flute [Bourdon] — 16   Lieblich Gedeckt SW 8   Flauto Dolce SW                 Couplers     Great to Pedal 8'   Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'     Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Great to Great 4', Unison     Pedal to Pedal 4'   Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison                 Combination Pistons     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9     Universals affecting all stops and couplers                 Pedal Movements     Balanced Swell Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible     Balanced Crescendo Pedal   Sforzando Reversible             Sources:      Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order for Estey Organ, Op. 2536 (1926).      "Epworth League Celebration," Brooklyn Eagle, June 28, 1902.      The Estey Pipe Organ website: www.esteyorgan.com      "To Use Electricity," Brooklyn Eagle, December 16, 1896. Photos:      Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: Exterior of new church (Nov. 12, 1911).             | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |