First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 871 Castleton Avenue in New York, NY 10310. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 6 Christ Scientist congregations in the city.
871 Castleton Avenue, New York, NY, 10310Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
- Sunday 10am–11am · Morning
- Sunday 10:30am–11:30am · School
First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 71 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across New York — 991 across the United States on The Church Map.
Christian Science, Unity, Religious Science, Swedenborgian and Spiritualist congregations use Christian Scripture and Christian language, and read both through convictions about mind, healing, and an indwelling divine that historic Christian teaching does not share. Reference sources genuinely disagree on whether to file them as Christian at all; this map lists them and leaves the question open.
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The community around First Church of Christ Scientist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand 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.
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
- Food Insecurity: 22.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.2%
- Poverty Rate: 19.0% (9.0–29.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
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