Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Geobox Settlement
name = Elkins Park
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category = Unincorporated community


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state = Pennsylvania
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region = Montgomery
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district = Abington
district1 = Cheltenham
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Elkins Park is an unincorporated community, portions of which are located in both Cheltenham Township and Abington Township in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (roughly 6 miles from Center City, Philadelphia, a 20 minute ride). It is an affluent neighborhood, predominantly Jewish with African American, some Irish and Korean. Fact|date=November 2007,

Points of interest

*Elkins Park is the home of the only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom Synagogue.
*Lynnewood Hall, a 110-room, derelict Gilded Age mansion is in Elkins Park.

chools

*Cedarbrook Middle School
*Cheltenham High School
*Cheltenham Elementry School
*Glenside Elementry School
*Wyncote Elementry School
*Elkins Park Middle School
*McKinley Elementary School
*Myers Elementary School
*Pennsylvania College of Optometry
*Perelman Jewish Day School
*Robert Saligman Middle School
*Settlement Music School
*St. James Catholic School
*Tyler School of Art, the art school of Temple University

Transportation

Public Transportation

Elkins Park is served by SEPTA Regional Rail trains on the R1 Airport, R2 Warminster, R3 West Trenton and R5 Lansdale at the Elkins Park station). The Jenkintown, Melrose Park, and Ryers stations are also located close to the neighborhood of Elkins Park, and are served by the same regional rail lines (with the exception of Ryers, which is served by the R8 Fox Chase).

SEPTA bus routes 28, 55, and 77 also provide service to Elkins Park.

Road

Toward the western end of Elkins Park is Pennsylvania Route 611 (Old York Road). In Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Route 73 runs along Township Line Road, mostly marking the border between Cheltenham and Abington townships.

Prominent current or former residents

*Bill Cosby (comedian)
*Mark Levin (radio talk show host)
*Edgar Lee Masters (poet—spent his final years in Elkins Park)
*Ralph J. Roberts (co-founder of Comcast, father of current Comcast CEO, Brian Roberts)
*Peter A. B. Widener (head of a wealthy and historically prominent family)
*Marvin Harrison (NFL wide-receiver for the Indianapolis Colts)
*Douglas Feith (former Under-Secretary of Defense)

References

External links

* [http://abington.org Abington Township Website]
* [http://cheltenhamtownship.org Cheltenham Township Website]
* [http://abington.k12.pa.us School District of Abington Township Website]
* [http://www.cheltenham.org School District of Cheltenham Township Website]
* [http://www.septa.org Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Official Website]