Vajiradhammapadip Temple Ltd. - วัดวชิรธรรมปทีป นครนิวยอร์ก

Vajiradhammapadip Temple situated in the West Bronx, New York City, was filed as a Not-for-Profit Organization under the Religious Corporation Law of the State of New York on July 22, 1975 (B.E. 2518). It now claims to be the first Thai Buddhist temple in the United States to be a full-fledged temple both legally and ecclesiastically. The monks moved to the residence on 179th Street in the West Bronx on July 2, 1975 (B.E. 2518). The following day the Temple was granted legal status and its official establishment marked. Since then it is this new temple that has been known to the public and has been serving Thai people and Buddhists of other nationalities in the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as well as in other neighboring States. As the site of the temple was too small for the various activities of the large Thai community of the Tri-State area, it was moved on July 17, 1983 (B.E. 2526) to the new site in 75 California Road Mount Vernon, a two-acre plot of land. At this new location in Mount Vernon, the building itself is still small to accommodate the fast-growing numbers of the congregation. In the year 1991 (B.E. 2534) the property at 110 Rustic Road, Centereach, New York (Long island) was purchased and it has been used as our temple up to the present time. The building at Mount Vernon is maintained to be the office, the residence for monks, and a center for small religious services accommodating small numbers of the temple members.