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.

Norris Square Presbyterian Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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
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Latitude

39.97843° or 39° 58′ 42″ north

Longitude

-75.13513° or 75° 8′ 7″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87F6XVH7+9W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 633059580

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

8502996

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Satellite Map

Discover Towey Playground from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Towey Recreation Center and Palmer Doggie Depot.

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