Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America

Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America is a building in Borough of Sharpsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America is situated nearby to Sharpsburg Post Office, as well as near Sharpsburg Community Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sixty-Second Street Bridge and Sixmile Island.

Sixty-Second Street Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Senator Robert D. Fleming Bridge, commonly known as the 62nd Street Bridge, is a truss bridge that carries Pennsylvania Route 8 across the Allegheny River between the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Morningside and Lawrenceville and Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. Sixty-Second Street Bridge is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Sixmile Island

Islet

Sixmile Island is an alluvial island in the Allegheny River in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Despite being shown as part of Sharpsburg borough on some maps, including from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, it is part of O'Hara Township.

Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium

Zoo

The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is a zoo and aquarium in the United States, one of only six major zoo and aquarium hybrids in the United States. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Highland Park, the zoo sits on 77 acres of park land where it exhibits more than 4,000 animals representing 475 species, including 20 threatened or endangered species. Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is situated 1 mile southeast of Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include O’Hara Township and Strip District-Lawrenceville.

O’Hara Township

Town

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

O'Hara Township is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, six miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh. The community was long organized as a township, and retains "Township" in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 and is no longer subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code.

Strip District-Lawrenceville

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

The Strip District and Lawrenceville are two prominent neighborhoods on the eastern side of Pittsburgh, in an area with many former industrial and warehouse districts where many immigrant workers lived.