Sotomayor Houses

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.

Type: Residential area
Description: public housing development in the Bronx, New York
Also known as: “Justice Sonia Sotomayor Houses and Community Center”
Address: Bronx, NY 10472

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blessed Sacrament Church and St. Lawrence Avenue station.

Blessed Sacrament Church

Church

Photo: Masalai, Public domain.

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Beach Avenue and Gleason Avenue, Soundview, the Bronx, New York City. Blessed Sacrament Church is situated 1,300 feet north of Sotomayor Houses.

St. Lawrence Avenue station

Metro station

Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The St. Lawrence Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of St. Lawrence Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times. St. Lawrence Avenue station is situated 1,900 feet north of Sotomayor Houses.

Morrison Avenue–Soundview station

Metro station

Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Morrison Avenue–Soundview station is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Morrison Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times. Morrison Avenue–Soundview station is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Sotomayor Houses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clason Point and Parkchester.

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.

Parkchester

Neighborhood

Photo: formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the east Bronx, New York City.

Castle Hill

Neighborhood

Photo: TheBronxNYC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Sotomayor Houses

Category: human settlement
Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.82648° or 40° 49′ 35″ north

Longitude

-73.86739° or 73° 52′ 3″ west

Operator

New York City Housing Authority

Named after

Sonia Sotomayor

Open location code

87G8R4GM+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 222386663

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

Wikidata ID

Q28229245

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In Other Languages

From Igbo to Spanish—“Sotomayor Houses” goes by many names.

Igbo: “Ụlọ Sotomayor”
South Azerbaijani: “سوتومایور هاوسس”
Spanish: “Sotomayor Houses”

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Highlights include Watson Gleason Playground and FDNY Engine 96/Ladder 54/Foam 96.

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