Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church at 927 Park Avenue in Syracuse, NY 13204. It is one of 206 churches in Syracuse, and one of 5 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
927 Park Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13204Website: https://sacredheartbasilicasyr.org/
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 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 Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 52.6% (36.7–68.5%)
- Obesity: 41.9%
- Social Isolation: 36.4%
- Poverty Rate: 29.9% (20.1–39.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 23.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
- Depression: 25.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
- Unemployment: 7.8% (3.0–12.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Syracuse city is served by 63 churches — about one congregation for every 2,319 residents.
Churches near Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Shield of Faith Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- St. Patrick's Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
- Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Mark the Evangelist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Great Grace Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Paul's Armenian Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God — 0.5 mi away
- Bethlehem Revival Temple — 0.6 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- St. Patrick's Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Lucy's — 1 mi away
- The Franciscan Place — 1.3 mi away
- Assumption Church — 1.5 mi away
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception — 1.5 mi away