Lawncrest
Lawncrest is a neighborhood in the Near Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name is an amalgam of Lawndale and Crescentville, the two primary communities that make up the neighborhood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Lawn Crest” and “Lawncrest, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. William Parish and Lawndale station.
St. William Parish
Church
Photo: Marburg79, Public domain.
St. William Parish is a Catholic church in the Lawncrest neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was founded on January 20, 1920, under the leadership of Reverend William A.
Lawndale station
Railway station
Photo: Coemgenus, Public domain.
Lawndale station is a station located along SEPTA's Fox Chase Line. It is located at Robbins and Newtown Avenues and serves the Lawndale neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia.
Cheltenham station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheltenham station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Located at Old Soldiers Road and Hasbrook Avenue, it serves the Fox Chase Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crescentville and Lawndale.
Crescentville
Neighborhood
Photo: Marburg79, Public domain.
Crescentville is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, United States. It is located in the vicinity of Adams, Rising Sun, and Tabor Avenues. The name Crescentville is thought to be derived from the Crescentville Rope Factory that once stood along the Tookany Creek watershed.
Lawndale
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Lawndale is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located near Rising Sun and Oxford avenues and is south of Cottman Avenue.
Ashmead Village
Hamlet
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rowland Park is an unincorporated community in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The George K. Heller School, now the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Ashmead Village.
Lawncrest
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.04399° or 40° 2′ 38″ northLongitude
-75.10258° or 75° 6′ 9″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
87G62VVW+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 158371736OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Lawncrest” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lawncrest”
- French: “Lawncrest”
- Spanish: “Lawncrest (Pensilvania)”
- Spanish: “Lawncrest”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lawn Crest Recreation Center and Lawncrest Library.
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