Church of the Ascension
The Church of the Ascension is a Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of New York, located at 221 West 107th Street in the Manhattan Valley section of the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1895.Photo: Josephbrophy, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Manhattan, United States of America
- Also known as: “Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nicholas Roerich Museum and Straus Park.
Nicholas Roerich Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nicholas Roerich Museum is a museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, dedicated to the works of Nicholas Roerich, a Russian-born cosmopolitan artist. Nicholas Roerich Museum is situated 830 feet northwest of Church of the Ascension.
Straus Park
Park
Photo: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0.
Straus Park is a small landscaped park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, at the intersection of Broadway, West End Avenue, and 106th Street. The most notable feature is a bronze 1913 statue by American artist Augustus Lukeman of a nymph gazing over a calm…
Riverside Park
Park
Photo: Momos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverside Park is a scenic waterfront public park along the Hudson River on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The park measures 4 miles long and 100 to 500 feet wide, running between the Hudson River and Henry Hudson Parkway to the west and the serpentine Riverside Drive to the east, from 72nd to 158th Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manhattan Valley and Morningside Heights.
Manhattan Valley
Neighborhood
Manhattan Valley is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.
Morningside Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Petri Krohn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west.
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.
Church of the Ascension
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.80187° or 40° 48′ 7″ northLongitude
-73.96633° or 73° 57′ 59″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
87G8R22M+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 954178927OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
6337270Wikidata ID
Q5117795
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Egyptian Arabic—“Church of the Ascension” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Church of the Ascension na Manhatanu”
- Czech: “Kostel Nanebevstoupení Páně na Manhatanu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه الصعود للروم الكاثوليك”
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