Church of the Visitation
Church of the Visitation is a Roman Catholic church at 160 Van Cortlandt Park South in New York, NY 10463. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 88 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
160 Van Cortlandt Park South, New York, NY, 10463Church of the Visitation is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,375 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New York — 19,012 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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The community around Church of the Visitation
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,600 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 30.8% (17.9–43.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 30.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.7%
- Unemployment: 16.6% (5.2–27.9%)
- Social Isolation: 37.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
- Diabetes: 14.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
Churches near Church of the Visitation
- Words of Life Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
- Bethel Global Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Bethel United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Methodist Church Home for the Aged — 0.4 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Saint Peter the Apostle Greek Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Riverdale Community Church — 0.5 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Iglesia De Dios — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Patrick's Convent — 0.5 mi away
- Spanish SDA Bailey — 0.5 mi away
- Kingsbridge Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Roman Catholic Church of Saint John — 0.7 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Saint Gabriel Church — 0.7 mi away
- St. Joseph Cursillo Center — 0.7 mi away
- Our Lady of Angels Church — 0.8 mi away
- Our Lady of Angels Rectory — 0.8 mi away