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Finding a Church in New York City: 445 Congregations Sorted by Tradition and Neighborhood

15 minute read Churches List editorial desk

A gothic stone church wedged between manhattan cast-iron facades and fire escapes, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.
A gothic stone church wedged between manhattan cast-iron facades and fire escapes, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.

The directory's New York City page lists 445 congregations. What that count covers, which traditions lead it, and how to use it.

445congregations inside New York City
35distinct traditions represented
57listings with a church website

The directory's New York City page lists 445 congregations, and the first thing to understand is what that number covers: listings addressed to "New York City" itself, with the boroughs carried separately — Brooklyn alone lists more Catholic parishes (152) than this page holds in total. Read this guide as the Manhattan-centered core of a metro that spreads across a dozen directory city pages.

Catholic parishes lead the 445 at 104 listings, the only directory big city where Catholic holds first place. Baptist congregations follow at 80 and Non-Denominational churches at 66. Episcopal parishes hold 22, Presbyterian 16, and African Methodist Episcopal 16, the latter including some of the most historically consequential congregations in Black America.

Which traditions have the most churches in New York City?

A Catholic-first profile distinguishes this page from every other city guide in the series; the 104 parishes map the immigrant city, from the Lower East Side to Washington Heights. The Episcopal 22 includes the seat parishes of American Anglicanism's old establishment, and the 35-tradition spread within 445 listings runs from Orthodox cathedrals to Pentecostal storefronts within blocks of each other.

Congregations by tradition, New York City (June 11, 2026)

Catholic104
Baptist Churches80
Non-Denominational70
Episcopal22
African Methodist Episcopal16
Presbyterian16
Christian14
Lutheran14
Pentecostal12
Church of God12
Church of Christ10
Christian Science10

A sortable selection of New York City churches by tradition

The table below holds 60 of New York City's 445 congregations, selected for record completeness: register-listed buildings first, then congregations with verified details and working websites. The New York City city page lists every congregation.

60 selected congregations of 445 listed in New York City
ChurchTraditionStreetZIPRecords
All Angels' ChurchEpiscopal251 West 80Th Street Biway & West End, New York Ny10024website
All Souls Christian ChurchNon-Denominational160 West 78Th Street, @ Ps 87, William T Sherman Elementary School10024website
Armenian Apostolic ChurchApostolic138 East 39Th Street, New York Ny10016website
Armenian Evangelical ChurchEvangelical152 East 34Th Street, New York Ny10016website
Ascension Catholic ChurchCatholic221 West 107Th Street, New York Ny10025website
Atlah World Missionary ChurchNon-Denominational38 West 123Rd Street10027website
Bethel Chinese Assembly of GodAssemblies of God77 Eldridge Street, New York Ny10002website
Central Baptist Church of NyBaptist Churches166 West 92Nd Street, New York Ny10025website
Christian Science ChurchChristian Science223 East 25Th Street, New York Ny10010website
Church of Advent HopeNon-Denominational111 East 87Th Street, New York Ny10128website
Church of Saint AgnesCatholic143 East 43Rd Street, New York Ny10017website
Church of Saint GregoryCatholic144 West 90Th Street, New York Ny10024website
Church of Saint Mary the VirginEpiscopal145 West 46Th Street, New York Ny10036website
Church of Saint MatthewCatholic26 West 84Th Street, New York Ny10024website
Church of the Good ShepherdLutheran236 East 31St Street, New York Ny10016website
Church of the IncarnationCatholic209 Madison Avenue, New York Ny10016website
Church of the IncarnationChristian24 West 84Th Street , New York Ny10024website
City Fellowship ChurchReformed Church in America355 South End Avenue, New York Ny10007website
Community Christian ChurchChristian163 West 97Th Street [P.S. 163], Ny Nywebsite
Community Church of New YorkCommunity40 East 35Th Street, New York Ny10016website
Crossroads Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches104 West 127Th Street, New York Ny10027website
First Chinese Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian61 Henry Street, New York Ny10002website
First Church of Christ UsaChurch of Christ1935 Madison Avenue, New York Ny10035website
Grace & Saint Paul's ChurchNon-Denominational123 West 71St Street, New York Ny10023website
Guardian Angel ChurchCatholic193 10Th Avenue, New York Ny10011website
Holy Family ChurchCatholic315 East 47Th Street, New York Ny10017website
Holy Tabernacle ChurchNon-Denominational407 East 114Th Street, New York Ny10029website
Immaculate Conception ChurchCatholic414 East 14Th Street, New York Ny10009website
Jackson Heights Methodist ChurchMethodist8110 35Th Avenue Jackson Heights11372website
Judson Memorial ChurchBaptist Churches55 Washington Square South, New York Ny10012-1018website
La Hermosa Christian ChurchChristian35 West 110Th Street, New York Ny10026website
Lutheran Church of Our SaviourLutheran178 Bennett Avenue, New York Ny10040website
Madison Avenue Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian921 Madison Avenue @ East 73Rd Street10021website
Manhattan Bible ChurchBible401 West 205Th Street, New York Ny10034website
Mercy & Joy Ministries NycNon-Denominational877Pannellwebsite
Most Holy Redeemer ChurchCatholic173 East 3Rd Street, New York Ny10009website
New York City ChurchChristian300 West 43Rd Street, Suite 508, New York Ny10036website
Our Lady of Vilnius ChurchCatholic570 Broome Street, New York Ny10013website
Park Avenue Methodist ChurchMethodist106 East 86Th Street, New York Ny10028website
Saint Ambrose Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal9 West 130Th Street, New York Ny10037website
Saint Francis De Sales ChurchCatholic135 East 96Th Street, New York Ny10128website
Saint John Nepomucene ChurchCatholic411 East 66Th Street, New York Ny10021website
Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic ChurchCatholic210 West 31St Street, New York Ny10001website
Saint Luke Ame ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal1872 Amsterdam Avenue, New York Ny10031website
Saint Mary's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal521 West 126Th Street, New York Ny10027website
Saint Thomas Church SchoolChristian Schools202 West 58Th Street, New York Ny10019website
Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist232 West 11Th Street, New York Ny10014website
Shaar AdonaiMessianic Judaism2 West 64Th St10023website
St. James / St. PhillipsAfrican Methodist Episcopal2010 Fifth Avenue10035website
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the DivineEpiscopal1047 Amsterdam Avenue, New York Ny10025website
True Light Lutheran ChurchLutheran195 Worth Street, New York Ny10013website
Unity Church of Practical ChristianityUnity213 West 58Th Street, New York Ny10019website
Wadsworth Ave Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches210 Wadsworth Avenue, New York Ny10033website
West End Collegiate ChurchNon-Denominational368 West End Avenue, New York Ny10024website
World Council of Independent Christian ChurchesNon-DenominationalBowling Green Station Po Box 76, New York Ny10274website
Www.internationalislamicchurchofchrist.blogspot.comNon-DenominationalWww.Internationalislamicchurchofchrist.Blogspot.Com10001website
Zion Saint Marks ChurchNon-Denominational424 East 84Th Street, New York Ny10028website
Abyssinian Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches132 West 138Th Street, New York Ny10030—
Abyssinian Baptist Church CuBaptist Churches132 West 138Th Street, New York Ny10030—
Advent Lutheran ChurchLutheranBroadway & 93Rd, New York Ny10025—

Where New York City's churches stand: the map

The map shows the 60 selected congregations from the table above.

How to choose a church in New York City: a practical checklist

441 of the 445 listings carry a phone number and 57 publish a website in this directory's records, the lowest website coverage in the big-city set, partly because many Manhattan parishes maintain archdiocesan pages not captured as listing websites. For a newcomer:

  • Search the boroughs separately. Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens neighborhoods, and Staten Island each have their own city pages with hundreds of additional congregations.
  • Rely on transit completely. 419 of the 445 churches sit within a quarter mile of a mapped stop; nobody drives to church in Manhattan.
  • Check mass and service times the same week. Manhattan parishes run dense multi-service schedules that change seasonally.

How this guide was assembled

The Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026 records 445 congregations inside New York City across 45 ZIP codes. 441 of those listings carry a phone number and 57 carry a website. National Register status comes from the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places database; 0 New York City churches hold listings. Churches List does not rank congregations: the table sorts alphabetically within record-completeness groups, and the directory applies corrections submitted by churches, usually within two business days, through the corrections page.

Related reading in The Letter: New York City by transit ranks the 419 transit-reachable churches, the 2,264-parish Catholic map of New York State shows the full metro picture including Brooklyn's 152, the Brooklyn parish grid covers the largest borough, and New York's 306 register-listed churches adds the historic layer. The New York City page lists every core congregation.