Nelson Playground
Nelson Playground is a park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nelson Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood West Kensington, as well as near Hartranft.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Norris Square Presbyterian Church and York–Dauphin station.
York–Dauphin station
Metro station
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
York–Dauphin station is an elevated rapid transit station, serving L trains of SEPTA Metro. It is located in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Doll Museum
Museum
The Philadelphia Doll Museum is located in Philadelphia at 2253 North Broad Street along the Avenue of the Arts. It is the only known museum in the United States that emphasizes the collection and preservation of black dolls as artifacts of history and culture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Kensington and Kensington.
West Kensington
Neighborhood
West Kensington is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is north of Olde Kensington. The Market Frankford El above Front Street forms the line between West Kensington and Kensington.
Kensington
Neighborhood
Photo: ChrisErb, Public domain.
Kensington is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia. Kensington is a primarily low-income and working-class area, and it experienced increasing poverty after the loss of its industries in the 1960s during deindustrialization.
Hartranft
Neighborhood
Hartranft is a neighborhood in the central part of North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hartranft is on the border of the predominantly Black central region of North Philadelphia and the predominantly Hispanic eastern section of North Philadelphia.
Nelson Playground
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Frank S. Nelson Jr. Memorial Recreation Center”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.98911° or 39° 59′ 21″ northLongitude
-75.1382° or 75° 8′ 18″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
87F6XVQ6+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 521268455OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
8502949
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