Parkchester Baptist Church
Parkchester Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2021 Benedict Avenue in New York, NY 10462. It is one of 2,692 churches in New York, and one of 270 Baptist congregations in the city.
Services in American Sign Language
2021 Benedict Avenue, New York, NY, 10462Phone: (718) 823-8124 · Website: http://parkchesterbaptistchurch.org/
Parkchester Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,462 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 71,352 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
Ministries at Parkchester Baptist Church
- Men's Ministry
- Trustee Ministry
- Mission Ministry
- Angels of Praise (Liturgical Dance Ministry)
- BYF (Baptist Youth Fellowship)
- Christian Education
- Crochet and Knitting Ministry
- Hands of Praise (Sign Language Ministry)
- Technology Ministry
- S.W.A.G.G. - HIV/AIDS Ministry
- Sunday School
- Deacon's Ministry
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The community around Parkchester Baptist Church
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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is 5,300 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: 40.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.2%
- Food Insecurity: 32.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.7%
- Poverty Rate: 22.2% (13.0–31.4%)
- Diabetes: 15.1%
- Child Poverty: 26.5% (12.6–40.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%
- Unemployment: 6.9% (3.0–10.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
Churches near Parkchester Baptist Church
- Church of Saint Helena — 0.1 mi away
- Fourth Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul's Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Glory of Christ Church / Iglesia La Gloria de Cristo — 0.3 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Crossroads Tabernacle Inc — 0.3 mi away in Bronx, NY
- The Life Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Revelation — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Cristiana — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Commonwealth Community Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Green Pasture Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- New Tabernacle Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Morris Park Bible Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away in Bronx, NY