Towey Playground
Towey Playground is a park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Towey Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fishtown, as well as near Kensington.Places of Interest
Highlights include Berks station and Norris Square Presbyterian Church.
Berks station
Metro station
Photo: Curtbookworm90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berks station is an elevated rapid transit station served by SEPTA Metro L trains, located at the corner of Front and Berks streets in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is also served by SEPTA bus route 3.
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church
Church
The Church of Saint Michael is an active parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia located at Second and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia, in the West Kensington section of the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fishtown and Kensington.
Fishtown
Neighborhood
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Fishtown is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located northeast of Center City Philadelphia, its borders are somewhat disputed today due to many factors, but are roughly defined by the triangle created by the Delaware River, Front Street, and York Street.
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.
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.
Towey Playground
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Michael J Towey Playground”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.97843° or 39° 58′ 42″ northLongitude
-75.13513° or 75° 8′ 7″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87F6XVH7+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 633059580OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
8502996
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Satellite Map
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