St. Helena’s Church
The Church of St. Helena is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of New York. Its parish church is located at the intersection of Olmstead Avenue and Benedict Avenue, Bronx, New York City, in the Unionport neighborhood.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Church of Saint Helena” and “Saint Helena Catholic Church”
- Address: 1315 Olmstead Avenue, 10462
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parkchester Library and Castle Hill Avenue station.
Parkchester Library
Library
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Parkchester Library is situated 940 feet west of St. Helena’s Church.
Castle Hill Avenue station
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The Castle Hill Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Castle Hill and Westchester Avenues in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> train takes over. Castle Hill Avenue station is situated 920 feet east of St. Helena’s Church.
Parkchester station
Metro station
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Not to be confused with Parkchester/Van Nest station, a nearby, proposed Metro-North Railroad station as part of Penn Station Access The Parkchester station is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Parkchester station is situated 1,700 feet west of St. Helena’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkchester and Westchester Square.
Parkchester
Neighborhood
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Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the east Bronx, New York City.
Westchester Square
Neighborhood
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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.
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.
St. Helena’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.83424° or 40° 50′ 3″ northLongitude
-73.85499° or 73° 51′ 18″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Height
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87G8R4MW+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 281847119OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q7588307
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In Other Languages
“St. Helena’s Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه هيلانه”
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