St. James Church
St. James Church is a Roman Catholic church at 32 James Street in New York, NY 10038. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 88 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
to faithfully fulfill its mission of sharing the love of Jesus Christ with each other, our city, and the world.
St. James’ Church is a community that actively shares the love of Jesus Christ with each other, our city, and the world.
Serving since 1884 · Services in Spanish and Portuguese
32 James Street, New York, NY, 10038Service times
- Sunday 8am
- Wednesday 12pm
Website: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Santiago_(Nueva_York)
St. James 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 — 18,926 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.
Ministries at St. James Church
- Feed the Hungry
- Samaritan’s Closet
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Latest from St James' Church's YouTube channel: St. James’ Church NYC | 6:00 p.m. — Homecoming Sunday — September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around St. James Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 4,400 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: 43.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.0%
- Food Insecurity: 31.9%
- Child Poverty: 39.9% (26.7–54.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 28.5% (19.0–38.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.2%
- Diabetes: 17.8%
- Unemployment: 8.9% (3.2–14.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
Churches near St. James Church
- Mariners Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Fama Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Chinese United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St Josephs Church — 0.1 mi away
- True Light Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Chinese Evangel Mission Church — 0.2 mi away
- Episcopal Church of Our Savior — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Transfiguration — 0.2 mi away
- Chinese Conservative Baptist Church 中華純正浸信會 — 0.2 mi away
- The First Chinese Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
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- Most Precious Blood Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Teresa's Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Peter's Church — 0.6 mi away