The art above is from “Joe Golem,” one of the odder detective stories I’ve read. It takes place in an alternate timeline where a catastrophic seismic event has dropped the elevation of Manhattan so much the the streets are now Venice-like canals.
St. Gerard’s did not begin as a church. Here’s a photo of the Metro Theater at Broadway and 100th Street from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission’s digital archive of designation photos:

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