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First Baptist Church in the City of New York

The First Baptist Church in the City of New York is a Baptist church on the of , . Its current structure was built in 1890–93 at the intersection of Broadway and West 79th Street.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Baptist
  • Description: church building in Manhattan, United States of America
  • Also known as: “First Baptist Church”
  • Address: 265 West 79th Street, New York, NY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. is situated 2,000 feet southeast of First Baptist Church in the City of New York.

Metro station
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The station is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of and Broadway on the Upper West Side of , it is served by the 1 train at all times and the 2 train during late nights.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Lincoln Square.

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The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

Neighborhood
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is the name of both a and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the northern part of the of in . 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.

First Baptist Church in the City of New York

Latitude
40.7843° or 40° 47′ 4″ north
Longitude
-73.98024° or 73° 58′ 49″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Inception
1891
Height
74 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q2M9+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 269313805
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­baptist
Geo­Names ID
6338157
Wiki­data ID
Q5452454
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Hebrew—“First Baptist Church in the City of New York” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “纽约市第一浸信会教堂”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה הבפטיסטית הראשונה בעיר ניו יורק”

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