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District of Frankford
Pennsylvania - United States

Frankford, Philadelphia

Frankford is a large and important neighborhood in the lower Northeast section of Philadelphia situated about six miles (10 km) northeast of Center City. Although its borders are vaguely defined, the neighborhood is bounded roughly by the original course of Frankford Creek, now roughly Adams to Aramingo Avenues, Roosevelt Boulevard, and Cheltenham Avenue. Adjacent neighborhoods are Bridesburg, Kensington, Juniata, Oxford Circle, Summerdale, and Wissinoming.

Located at 40.0158, -75.0747 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, Populated places established in 1800, Populated places established in 1684, 1854 disestablishments, German-American history, Irish-American neighborhoods

Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia)

Roosevelt Boulevard (official name, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Boulevard), often referred to simply as "the Boulevard," is a major traffic artery through North and Northeast Philadelphia.

Located at 40.0329, -75.0799 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 13, Lincoln Highway

Northeast Catholic High School

Northeast Catholic High School opened in 1926 as Northeast Catholic High School for Boys, and was located at 1842 Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was under the administration of the high school system of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and its sports teams participated in the Philadelphia Catholic League.

Located at 40.0056, -75.095 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Boys' schools in the United States, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Educational institutions established in 1926

Frankford Transportation Center

The Frankford Transportation Center (also known as Frankford Terminal and Bridge-Pratt station) is a transportation terminal in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was once known as the Bridge Street terminal before a complete reconstruction in 2003. Frankford Transportation Center is the last stop for the Market-Frankord Line trains before heading westbound for 69th Street Transportation Center.

Located at 40.0233, -75.0769 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, SEPTA stations and terminals, Buildings and structures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Frankford High School

Frankford High School is a public high school in the School District of Philadelphia. It is located at Oxford Avenue and Wakeling Street in the Frankford section of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Frankford was founded in 1910 as an annex to Central High School. For the school's colors, blue was added to the red and gold of Central. Frankford's slogan is "Home of Champions," a nod to its longstanding tradition of fielding strong sports teams.

Located at 40.022, -75.085 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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High schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, School District of Philadelphia, Public high schools in Pennsylvania, Educational institutions established in 1910

Feltonville, Philadelphia

Feltonville is a middle-class neighborhood in North Philadelphia It is located east of Logan and Hunting Park, west of Lawncrest and Juniata, south of Olney, and north of Fairhill and Harrowgate. Feltonville is bounded by Erie Avenue to the south, Front Street to the west, Tabor Road to the north, Tacony Creek to the northeast, and G Street to the east.

Located at 40.0109, -75.1166 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Juniata, Philadelphia

Juniata (also known as Juniata Park) is a middle class, predominantly Hispanic neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, which is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Juniata is located south of the Juniata Golf Club in Tacony Creek Park. It is bordered to the northeast by Frankford, to the west by Feltonville, and to the south by Harrowgate and Port Richmond.

Located at 40.0084, -75.1088 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Harrowgate, Philadelphia

Harrowgate is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Harrowgate is located northeast of Kensington adjacent to Kensington Avenue. It is bordered by Feltonville, Juniata and Frankford to the north, Fairhill to the west, West Kensington and Kensington to the south, and Port Richmond and Bridesburg to the east.

Located at 39.9988, -75.105 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Populated places in Pennsylvania with Hispanic majority populations, Irish-American neighborhoods, Populated places established in 1784

Oxford Circle, Philadelphia

Oxford Circle is a neighborhood in the lower Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Located at 40.0315, -75.0845 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jewish American history, Jews and Judaism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tioga (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station)

Tioga Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Tioga Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Kensington neighborhood. The station is reserved for "A" Trains only. Tioga Station is located over a five-way intersection, just as many Market-Frankford Line stations over Kensington Avenue are.

Located at 40.0003, -75.1065 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Erie–Torresdale (SEPTA station)

Erie-Torresdale Station is an elevated rapid transit stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Kensington and Erie Avenues in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Juniata neighborhood. The station building is located on the northwest corner, and is the last station to run above Kensington Avenue before moving above Frankford Avenue, the second street the line is named after. SEPTA bus routes at Erie-Torresdale include routes 3 and 56, both of which are former trolley lines.

Located at 40.006, -75.0961 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Church (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station)

Church Station is an elevated train stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Church Street in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the first station to run above Frankford Avenue, after previously running above Kensington Avenue. Church Station originally opened as the Ruan-Church Station on November 5, 1922, one of eleven similar stations on the Frankford line.

Located at 40.0109, -75.0887 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations opened in 1922

Margaret–Orthodox (SEPTA station)

Arrott Transportation Center (originally the Margaret-Orthodox-Arrott Station & formerly named Margaret-Orthodox Station) is an elevated railway station on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line, located above the intersection of Frankford and Oxford Avenues, in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SEPTA bus and trackless trolley routes at Margaret-Orthodox include routes 3, 5, 59, 75, 89, J, and K.

Located at 40.0162, -75.0842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, SEPTA stations and terminals, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Historical Society of Frankford

The Historical Society of Frankford is a historical society and museum is a 501(c)3 corporation located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Frankford neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. The society was organized in 1905, and chartered in 1920, for the purpose of promoting historical study, especially the social history and traditions of Frankford and vicinity. Purchases are made with the general society fund; outright gifts only are acceptable.

Located at 40.0157, -75.0872 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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1905 establishments in the United States, History of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historical societies in Pennsylvania, Museums in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, History museums in Pennsylvania

St. Joachim Church, Philadelphia

St. Joachim Roman Catholic Church was the first Roman Catholic church founded in Northeast Philadelphia. Established in 1845 in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, the parish still serves the community today.

Located at 40.012, -75.0897 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roman Catholic churches in Pennsylvania, Religious organizations established in 1845, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 19th-century church buildings

Greenwood Cemetery (Philadelphia)

Greenwood (Knights of Pythias) Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Frankford section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Located at 40.022, -75.097 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Knights of Pythias, Philadelphia Register of Historic Places

Frankford Junction, Pennsylvania

Frankford Junction is a railroad junction, and former junction station, located on the border between the Kensington and Port Richmond neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. At the junction, the 4-track Northeast Corridor line from Trenton connects with the 2-track Atlantic City Line from Atlantic City in the northeastern portion of Philadelphia about 2.9 miles northeast of North Philadelphia station.

Located at 40, -75.093 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rail infrastructure in Pennsylvania, Transportation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rail junctions in the United States, SEPTA Regional Rail stations, Stations along Reading Company lines, Stations along Pennsylvania Railroad lines, Former railway stations in the United States

St. Mark's Church, Frankford

St. Mark's Church is a historic church in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1832 and continues today.

Located at 40.0135, -75.0872 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Episcopal churches in Pennsylvania, Landmarks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cedar Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)

Cedar Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established by a company incorporated on March 25, 1850.

Located at 40.0242, -75.0747 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Northwood, Philadelphia

Northwood is bounded on the north by Roosevelt Boulevard, on the northeast by Cheltenham Avenue, on the west by Oakland Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery, Juniata Park and Frankford Creek, and on the southeast by Frankford Avenue. To the northeast are Oxford Circle and Mayfair and to the southeast is Frankford. The Henry R. Edmunds School and Friends Hospital are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Located at 40.0241, -75.086 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Frankford Friends Meeting House

Frankford (Preparative) Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its oldest parts having been built in 1775–1776, it is significant as the oldest surviving meeting house in Philadelphia. Located at the corner of Unity and Waln Streets, it is now used also as a community center.

Located at 40.0111, -75.0842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Landmarks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Quaker meeting houses in Pennsylvania, 18th-century Quaker meeting houses

Crescentville, Philadelphia

Crescentville is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. It is located in the vicinity of Adams, Rising Sun, and Tabor Avenues. Crescentville is referred to as the area bound by Tookany Creek to the South and West of Adams Avenue, up to the intersection of Comly and Rising Sun Avenues and to Whitaker Avenue to the East. Originally, the center of the "town" was located on the West side of Tookany/Tacony Creek, where Asylum Road (Adams Ave) crosses the creek.

Located at 40.0446, -75.101 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Har Nebo Cemetery

Har Nebo Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in the Oxford Circle neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Located at 40.0389, -75.0869 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jewish cemeteries in Pennsylvania, Jews and Judaism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Comly Rich House

The Comly Rich House is a historic house in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notable as the first home in the United States financed by a savings and loan association, the Oxford Provident Building Society, founded 1831. To buy the house, which cost $500, Rich, variously described as a lamplighter or a maker of combs, received a loan of $375 in April 1831 from the Oxford Provident Building Association, founded the same year.

Located at 40.0096, -75.0869 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1826, Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Spider Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill

Spider Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill was an iron-wire footbridge erected by ironmakers Josiah White and Erskine Hazard in 1816 over the Schuylkill River, north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though a modest and temporary structure, it is thought to have been the first wire-cable suspension bridge in history.

Located at 40.0024, -75.1135 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks, Suspension bridges in the United States, 1810s architecture in the United States, Bridges completed in 1816, Pedestrian bridges in Pennsylvania, Schuylkill River, Bridges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Demolished bridges in the United States, Demolished buildings and structures in Pennsylvania