Abyssinian Baptist Church
The Abyssinian Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch located at 132 West 138th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Lenox Avenue in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Baptist
- Description: church located in Harlem, New York, New York, United States
- Address: 132 Odell M Clarke Place, 10030
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abyssinian Tot Lot and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Abyssinian Tot Lot
Playground
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Abyssinian Tot Lot is a playground.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Library
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The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research library of the New York Public Library and an archive repository for information on people of African descent worldwide. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is situated 750 feet south of Abyssinian Baptist Church.
Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Church
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The Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, also known as "Mother Zion", located at 140–148 West 137th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Lenox Avenue in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is the oldest African-American church in New York City, and the "mother church" of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion conference.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manhattanville and Harlem and Upper Manhattan.
Manhattanville
Neighborhood
Photo: Paul Lowry, CC BY 2.0.
Manhattanville is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by Hudson River; and on the east by Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Harlem and Upper Manhattan
Upper Manhattan is a large, relatively under-visited area that ranges from 125th Street to Inwood Hill Park on the west and from 96th Street northward on the east.
Harlem
Quarter
Photo: Momos, Public domain.
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street on the south.
Abyssinian Baptist Church
- Categories: Protestant church building, congregation, building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.81664° or 40° 48′ 60″ northLongitude
-73.94148° or 73° 56′ 29″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Height
65 feet (20 metres)Open location code
87G8R385+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 271827575OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=baptist
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Abyssinian Baptist Church” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Abisiniar eliza baptista”
- Catalan: “Abyssinian Baptist Church”
- French: “église baptiste abyssinienne”
- French: “Église baptiste abyssinienne”
- Spanish: “Iglesia Bautista Abisinia”
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