James Monroe Houses

The James Monroe Houses or Monroe Houses are a housing project in Soundview, Bronx, New York City. The project consists of twelve buildings, 8, 14, and 15-stories tall with 1,102 apartment units.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Soundview Library and Holy Cross Church.

Soundview Library

Library

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Soundview Library is situated 1,600 feet southeast of James Monroe Houses.

The Church of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 600 Soundview Avenue, Bronx, New York City, New York 10473. The rectory address is the same. Holy Cross Church is situated 2,100 feet southeast of James Monroe Houses.

Blessed Sacrament Church

Church

Photo: Masalai, Public domain.

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Beach Avenue and Gleason Avenue, Soundview, the Bronx, New York City. Blessed Sacrament Church is situated 2,500 feet north of James Monroe Houses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clason Point and Castle Hill.

Clason Point

Neighborhood

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Clason Point is a peninsula and a neighborhood in the East Bronx, New York City. The area includes a collection of neighborhoods including Harding Park, and Soundview.

Castle Hill

Neighborhood

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Castle Hill is a neighborhood located in the southeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Its boundaries are Waterbury Avenue and Westchester Avenue to the north, Westchester Creek to the east, the East River to the south, and White Plains Road to the west.

Parkchester

Neighborhood

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Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the east Bronx, New York City.

James Monroe Houses

Type: Residential area
Description: public housing development in the Bronx, New York
Category: human settlement
Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.82277° or 40° 49′ 22″ north

Longitude

-73.86514° or 73° 51′ 55″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87G8R4FM+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 222386664

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

GeoNames ID

6332662

Wikidata ID

Q28186684

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Igbo: “Ụlọ James Monroe”

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