Berks
Berks is a railway stop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Berks is situated nearby to the sports venue Towey Recreation Center, as well as near the park Towey Playground.Places of Interest Nearby
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
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Norris Square Presbyterian Church is situated 1,700 feet north of Berks.
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 2,500 feet southwest of Berks.
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
- Type: Railway stop
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.97904° or 39° 58′ 45″ northLongitude
-75.13343° or 75° 8′ 0″ westNetwork
SEPTAOpen location code
87F6XVH8+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 7192213117OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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