Parkchester Library

Parkchester Library is a library in , which is located on Westchester Avenue. Parkchester Library is situated nearby to the synagogue , as well as near .
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: public library in the Bronx, New York, USA
  • Also known as: “NYPL Parkchester Library”, “Parkchester Branch”, and “Parkchester Library, New York Public Library”
  • Address: 1985 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parkchester station and St. Helena’s Church.

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 is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. is situated 750 feet west of Parkchester Library.

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, , in the neighborhood. is situated 940 feet east of Parkchester Library.

Park
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The , also known as Met Oval, is a soccer complex located in Maspeth, in . 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 skyline.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westchester Square and Van Nest.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the eastern section of the borough of . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: East Tremont Avenue and Silver Street, Blondell Avenue and to the east, Waterbury Avenue to the south and Castle Hill Avenue to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a working-class neighborhood geographically located in the East Bronx section of , . Going clockwise, its boundaries are Bronxdale Avenue to the northeast, the Amtrak tracks to the southeast, and to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in , . Its boundaries are to the north, the to the east, the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the west.

Parkchester Library

Latitude
40.83376° or 40° 50′ 2″ north
Longitude
-73.85835° or 73° 51′ 30″ west
Height
31 feet (9.3 metres)
Operator
New York Public Library
Open location code
87G8R4MR+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 281848632
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q69968662
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Satellite Map

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Highlights include Temple Emanuel and Parkchester Baptist Church.

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