Saint Lukes Roman Catholic Church
Saint Lukes Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 623 East 138th Street in New York, NY 10454. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 222 Catholic congregations in the city.
623 East 138th Street, New York, NY, 10454Shares a ministry location with St Luke Church.
Saint Lukes Roman Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,368 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New York — 18,927 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 Saint Lukes Roman Catholic Church
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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 6,800 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.
- Child Poverty: 65.3% (48.2–82.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 60.6%
- Poverty Rate: 51.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 47.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.8%
- Social Isolation: 44.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 28.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.3%
- Diabetes: 20.3%
- Unemployment: 17.2% (8.0–26.5%)
- Obesity: 40.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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 Saint Lukes Roman Catholic Church
- St Luke Church — 0 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Church of God — 0.1 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Iglesia Evangelica Metodista — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Espiritu De Hermandad Bx — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Ann's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gospel Mission Ministries — 0.2 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Winners Chapel — 0.2 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Thessalonica Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Universal — 0.3 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Evangelical Garifuna Church — 0.3 mi away in Bronx, NY
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