In the shadow of the fight to save the storied Angel Guardian Home lurks the slated demolition of a nearby church with similar, century-old roots. According to a February church bulletin distributed to parishioners, St. Rosalia Church, 6301 14th Avenue, is in the process of being sold by the Brooklyn Diocese and the site, which has housed the historic church, founded in 1902 as an Italian national parish, will be offered up as an empty lot. The impending sale was first announced last spring via a decree from the Diocese.

Now, “The Diocese has hired a broker to receive offers to buy the property,” wrote Monsignor Ronald Marino in the bulletin. “It will be sold without the church building on it.” The Diocese, he said, “is handling the sale of the property and the knockdown of the church building.”