Berks station
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.Photo: Curtbookworm90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: rail station on the Market-Frankford Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Berks”
- Address: 1900 North Front Street, Philadelphia, PA
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Norris Square Presbyterian Church and St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church.
Norris Square Presbyterian Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Norris Square Presbyterian Church is situated 1,900 feet north of Berks station.
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. St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Berks station.
St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
Church
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
St. Michael’s Lutheran Church is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Berks station.
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.
Berks station
- Categories: elevated station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.97854° or 39° 58′ 43″ northLongitude
-75.13355° or 75° 8′ 1″ westOpen location code
87F6XVH8+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1118188499OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q4892229
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Berks station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “柏克斯站”
- French: “Berks”
- Spanish: “Berks (Metro de Filadelfia)”
- Spanish: “Berks”
- Urdu: “برکس اسٹیشن”
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