Parkchester
Parkchester is a neighborhood in Bronx, New York. Parkchester is situated nearby to the neighborhood Van Nest, as well as near Westchester Square.Places of Interest
Highlights include Metropolitan Oval and Parkchester Library.
Metropolitan Oval
Park
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The Metropolitan Oval, also known as Met Oval, is a soccer complex located in Maspeth, Queens in New York City. Village Voice named the complex, which takes up 4.2 acres, the "Best full soccer field in the middle of a residential neighborhood" in 2004, for its "pristine" playing surface and the view of the Manhattan skyline.
St. Raymond’s Church
Church
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St. Raymond's Church is a parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Castle Hill Avenue at Tremont Avenue in Parkchester, Bronx, New York City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Van Nest and Westchester Square.
Van Nest
Neighborhood
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Van Nest is a working-class neighborhood geographically located in the East Bronx section of the Bronx, New York City. Going clockwise, its boundaries are Bronxdale Avenue to the northeast, the Amtrak tracks to the southeast, and Bronx Park to the west.
Westchester Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Westchester Square is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the eastern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: East Tremont Avenue and Silver Street, Blondell Avenue and Westchester Creek to the east, Waterbury Avenue to the south and Castle Hill Avenue to the west.
West Farms
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
West Farms is a residential neighborhood in The Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries are Bronx Park to the north, the Bronx River to the east, the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the west.
Parkchester
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.83899° or 40° 50′ 20″ northLongitude
-73.86041° or 73° 51′ 38″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
87G8R4QQ+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 158807229OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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