The Church was remodeled in 1977 to suit the changed liturgical norms. Practically all the villagers then had relatives (brothers, sisters, in-laws) either at Kalliana (now Kalina) or at Vile Parle. John Rodrigues popularly known as Jamboo donated the land, and the Chapel was finally completed and dedicated to St. Abreo at Kalina Church, that a chapel was contemplated to be built at Vankola. It was in 1914 that through the initiative of Fr. Formerly known as Vankola for three centuries, the village formed part of the Kalina Parish which was founded in 1606. Vakola village is home to one of the indigenous communities of Mumbai, the East Indians. These communities, though tending to cluster together, live in relative harmony with each other, however, the area of Vakola was among the worst affected during the Bombay Riots of 1993. Yashwant nagar, Dawri Nagar, Nagdevi Nagar, Vakola Bridge, Shivaji Nagar, Vakola Pipeline, Vakola Village and Vakola Masjid areas form most of Vakola, densely populated by Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Catholics and Jains. Vakola stretches from the Western Express Highway in the west to the Kalina Military Camp in the east. The PIN codes of this area are 400055, 400029. The main roads passing through Santa Cruz(E) are the Western Express Highway, Nehru Road and the Kalina-Kurla Link Road. It also consists of land belonging Airport Authority of India, which consists of the Mumbai Airport and Air India Colony (which comes in Kalina). Santa Cruz(East) consists of Prabhat Colony, Kalina and Vakola. MMRDA has built a Skywalk for pedestrians stretching from Podar School Complex (West Santa Cruz) to Western Express Highway (East Santa Cruz). The Milan subway and Khar subway connect the two areas, passing under the rail line. It is broadly divided in two areas: Santa Cruz (East) and Santa Cruz (West) by the Mumbai Suburban Railway line.
Santa Cruz is bordered by Vile Parle in north, Khar in south, Juhu in west and Kurla in east.
According to lore, during the Portuguese reign a wooden cross in front of the church blossomed to give leaves and was thus called the "Holy-Cross" or the "Santa-Cruz". This former parish church gave its name to the locality. The name was that given to a church that existed on a site on the western side of the railway station, at the site presently occupied by the Sacred Heart Boys High School / Sacred Heart Church on Swami Vivekanand Road, and which had been devastated by the Marathas during their conquest of the region from Portugal. The term Santa Cruz comes from the Portuguese words meaning " Holy Cross".
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