Highlights of the structure include a memorial carillon which chimes the quarter hour, and two large stained-glass windows – one dating from the original construction, depicting the Nativity, the other installed in the 1980s, depicting the (contemporary) Good Shepherd.
Good Shepherd is very proud of its pipe organ, an instrument built in 1894 by George Jardine & Son, the well-known Manhattan builder whose instruments graced many of the city’s most prominent churches in the 19th century. The 23-rank instrument, which the parish adopted in 1984 as part of its celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Diocese of New York, was rescued from the abandoned St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Hoboken by a crew of Good Shepherd volunteers which included the rector, the organist and members of the choir.
The two-manual and pedal organ was refurbished in the Brooklyn shop of Mann & Trupiano, organ builders. Largely through the efforts of a few volunteer parishioners, working with a master organ builder, very substantial additions were made to this instrument, which was dedicated in 1992.
A new set of handbells was donated in the Spring of 2000, a gift from Hugh Trumbell Adams. They were blessed by Bishop Taylor during the St. Tikhon celebration on April 6, 2000.
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