Corpus Christi Monastery
Corpus Christi Monastery, founded in 1891, is the oldest monastery in the United States of nuns of the Dominican Order. It is an offshoot of Notre-Dame-de-Prouille Monastery, the first monastery of nuns founded by Dominic de Guzman, founder and namesake of the Order, in France in 1206.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hunts Point Library and American Bank Note Company Printing Plant.
Hunts Point Library
Library
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Hunts Point Library is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Corpus Christi Monastery.
American Bank Note Company Printing Plant
Industrial building
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The American Bank Note Company Printing Plant is a repurposed printing plant in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City, United States. American Bank Note Company Printing Plant is situated 530 feet north of Corpus Christi Monastery.
Longwood Avenue station
Metro station
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The Longwood Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Longwood Avenue and Southern Boulevard in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times. Longwood Avenue station is situated 1,600 feet west of Corpus Christi Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hunts Point and Melrose.
Hunts Point
Neighborhood
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Hunts Point is a neighborhood located on a peninsula in the South Bronx of New York City. It is the location of one of the largest food distribution facilities in the world, the Hunts Point Cooperative Market.
Melrose
Neighborhood
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Melrose is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It adjoins the business and onetime theater area known as The Hub.
Morrisania
Neighborhood
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Morrisania is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern Bronx, New York City, New York. Its boundaries are the Cross Bronx Expressway to the north, Crotona-Prospect Avenue to the east, East 163rd Street to the south, and Webster Avenue to the west.
Corpus Christi Monastery
- Type: Church
- Description: place of worship in Hunts Point, Bronx County, New York
- Categories: monastery and religion
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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