Detention Center
Detention Center is a prison in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Detention Center is situated nearby to Philadelphia Department of Prisons House of Corrections, as well as near the public building Alternative & Special Detention.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holmesburg Junction station and Frankford Avenue Bridge.
Holmesburg Junction station
Railway station
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Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Rhawn and Decatur Streets in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Holmesburg Junction station is situated 2,100 feet west of Detention Center.
Frankford Avenue Bridge
Bridge
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The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the Pennypack Creek Bridge, the Pennypack Bridge, the Holmesburg Bridge, and the King's Highway Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States. Frankford Avenue Bridge is situated 4,000 feet north of Detention Center.
Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church
Church
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Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church is situated 1 mile north of Detention Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holmesburg and Mayfair.
Holmesburg
Neighborhood
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Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Mayfair
Neighborhood
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Mayfair is a working class neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues.
Upper Holmesburg
Neighborhood
Upper Holmesburg is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Delaware River and Pennypack Creek, from Frankford Avenue to Willits Road.
Detention Center
- Type: Prison
- Category: government building
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.03297° or 40° 1′ 59″ northLongitude
-75.01642° or 75° 0′ 59″ westOperator
Philadelphia Department of PrisonsOpen location code
87G62XMM+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 7435627111OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prison
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