NKCDC Pocket Forest

NKCDC Pocket Forest is a garden in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. NKCDC Pocket Forest is situated near House of Grace Garden, as well as near Mt Zion Church of Kensington.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Somerset station and Huntingdon station.

Somerset station

Metro station

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Somerset station is an elevated rapid transit station served by SEPTA Metro L trains, located at the intersection of Somerset Street, D Street, and Kensington Avenue in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Somerset station is situated 860 feet north of NKCDC Pocket Forest.

Huntingdon station

Metro station

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Huntingdon station is an elevated rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving SEPTA Metro L trains. It is located at the intersection of Kensington Avenue, Huntingdon Street, and B Street in the Kensington neighborhood of the city. Huntingdon station is situated 1,200 feet west of NKCDC Pocket Forest.

Memphis Street Academy

Historic building

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Memphis Street Academy Charter School at J.P. Jones is a charter school that is located in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Memphis Street Academy is situated 3,000 feet east of NKCDC Pocket Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensington and West Kensington.

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.

Fishtown

Neighborhood

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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.

NKCDC Pocket Forest

Type: Garden
Category: recreation area
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.98922° or 39° 59′ 21″ north

Longitude

-75.12303° or 75° 7′ 23″ west

Operator

ReWilding Philadelphia

Open location code

87F6XVQG+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1554617885

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: House of Grace Garden and Mt Zion Church of Kensington.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Orinoka Civic House and Richard’s Bike Shop.

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