Bridesburg
Bridesburg is the northernmost neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A mostly working-class neighborhood, Bridgesburg is an historically German and Irish community, with a significant community of Polish immigrants who arrived mostly in the early- to mid-twentieth century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 6,570 residents
- Description: neighourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Bridesburg, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include First Presbyterian Church of Bridesburg and Frankford Arsenal.
Frankford Arsenal
Historic site
The Frankford Arsenal is a former United States Army ammunition plant located adjacent to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, north of the original course of Frankford Creek.
Bridesburg station
Railway station
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Bridesburg station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Bridge Street and Harbison Avenue in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wissinoming and Port Richmond.
Wissinoming
Neighborhood
Wissinoming is a neighborhood in the Near Northeast section of Philadelphia, United States. It was the site of locomotive builder Matthias Baldwin's estate "Wissinoming", which was located near Tacony and Van Kirk Streets. Wissinoming is situated 1½ miles north of Bridesburg.
Port Richmond
Neighborhood
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Port Richmond is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is notable for its large Polish immigrant and Polish American community, and it has been known as the Little Poland of Philadelphia. Port Richmond is situated 2 miles southwest of Bridesburg.
Northwood
Neighborhood
Northwood, an area of the Frankford section of Philadelphia, 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. Northwood is situated 2 miles northwest of Bridesburg.
Bridesburg
- Categories: borough of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.00039° or 40° 0′ 1″ northLongitude
-75.06962° or 75° 4′ 11″ westPopulation
6,570Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)United Nations Location Code
US XCEOpen location code
87G62W2J+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 158581503OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Bridesburg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bridesburg”
- French: “Bridesburg”
- Turkish: “Bridesburg”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include All Saints Roman Catholic Church Cemetery and Bridesburg Recreation Center.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bridesburg”. Photo: Gapone1979, CC BY-SA 3.0.