Yorktown
North Philadelphia East is a neighborhood that is located in the eastern central part of North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 5,910 residents
- Description: town in Philadelphia
- Also known as: “Yorktown, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Malachy Catholic School and Edwin Forrest House.
St. Malachy Catholic School
School building
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The William Henry Harrison School building, now known as St. Malachy Catholic School, is a historic American structure in the Yorktown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Edwin Forrest House
Historic building
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The Edwin Forrest House is an historic house and arts building located at 1346 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built between 1853 and 1854, it was home, from 1880 until 1960, to the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, at one time one of the nation's largest art schools for women.
Metropolitan Opera House
Theater building
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The Metropolitan Opera House is a historic opera house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1908, it has been used for many purposes; since December 2018, it has been a pop concert venue managed by Live Nation Philadelphia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ludlow and Poplar.
Ludlow
Neighborhood
North Philadelphia East is a neighborhood that is located in the eastern central part of North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Poplar
Neighborhood
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Poplar is a neighborhood in Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located north of Callowhill, between Spring Garden/Fairmount and Northern Liberties, bounded roughly by Girard Avenue to the north, North Broad Street to the west, Spring Garden Street to the south, and 5th Street to the east.
Olde Kensington
Neighborhood
Olde Kensington, also known as South Kensington, is a neighborhood located in North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. South Kensington is north of Northern Liberties, south of Norris Square, east of Ludlow, and west of Fishtown.
Yorktown
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.97345° or 39° 58′ 24″ northLongitude
-75.15296° or 75° 9′ 11″ westPopulation
5,910Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
87F6XRFW+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 158564158OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4562444Wikidata ID
Q8055796
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Yorktown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Yorktown”
- French: “Yorktown”
- Japanese: “ヨークタウン”
- South Azerbaijani: “یورکتوون، فیلئیدلفیا”
- Turkish: “Yorktown”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yorktown & Kings Place and St. Malachy’s Church.
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