Murphy Recreation Center

Murphy Recreation Center is a fitness club in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania which is located on Shunk Street. Murphy Recreation Center is situated nearby to the neighborhood Whitman, as well as near the historic building Francis Scott Key School.

Type: Fitness club
Also known as: “Greenwich Recreation Center”
Address: 300 Shunk Street, Philadelphia, PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Citizens Bank Park and Mastery Charter School Thomas Campus.

Citizens Bank Park

Stadium

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Citizens Bank Park is a baseball stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Home to Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, the stadium opened April 3, 2004. Citizens Bank Park is situated 1 mile southwest of Murphy Recreation Center.

Mastery Charter School Thomas Campus

Historic building

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Mastery Charter School Thomas Campus, formerly the George C. Thomas Junior High School, is a secondary charter school located in the south section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mastery Charter School Thomas Campus is situated 2,700 feet west of Murphy Recreation Center.

Francis Scott Key School

Historic building

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Francis Scott Key School is a public elementary school located in the Central South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. Francis Scott Key School is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Murphy Recreation Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitman and Wharton.

Whitman

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Whitman is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Interstate 95, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue.

Wharton

Neighborhood

Wharton is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are difficult to ascertain; the City of Philadelphia states it is along Wharton Street, west of Pennsport, and east of Point Breeze.

South Philadelphia

Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0.

South Philly is a district of Philadelphia. Famous for its Italian heritage and for being featured in the 1970s movie Rocky, South Philly is home to FDR Park and most of Philadelphia's major professional sports teams.

Murphy Recreation Center

Categories: building, recreation area, and sports location
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.91576° or 39° 54′ 57″ north

Longitude

-75.15388° or 75° 9′ 14″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87F6WR8W+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 630841276

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=fitness_centre

GeoNames ID

4558399

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