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.
Holy Cross Church
Church
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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.
Sotomayor Houses
Residential area
The Justice Sonia Sotomayor Houses and Community Center is a housing project in Soundview, The Bronx, New York City. Formerly known as the Bronxdale Houses, the project was renamed in honor of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who had spent part of her childhood in the development, in June 2010. Sotomayor Houses is situated 1,500 feet northwest 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″ northLongitude
-73.86514° or 73° 51′ 55″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87G8R4FM+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 222386664OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
“James Monroe Houses” goes by many names.
- Igbo: “Ụlọ James Monroe”
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