Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus Roman Catholic Church
Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 2855 Saint Theresa Avenue in New York, NY 10461. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 186 Catholic congregations in the city.
2855 Saint Theresa Avenue, New York, NY, 10461Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus Roman Catholic Church 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 Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus Roman Catholic 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 about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is 3,000 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: 37.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
- Food Insecurity: 24.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
- Unemployment: 10.9% (3.4–18.4%)
- Child Poverty: 22.8% (3.7–41.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.4%
- Poverty Rate: 19.0% (10.6–27.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 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 Theresa of the Infant Jesus Roman Catholic Church
- Saint Theresa Convent — 0 mi away
- International Gospel Church — 0.2 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Zoodohos Peghe Greek Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- Living Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Tremont Terrace Moravian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Our Lady of the Assumption — 0.4 mi away
- Seventh Day Adventist Church Reform Movement IMS — 0.5 mi away
- Family Of Christ Kingdom Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Acclivity Church — 0.6 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Highpoint Bible Church NYC — 0.7 mi away in Bronx, NY
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