VFW Post

VFW Post is a community center in Borough of Castle Shannon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, which is located on Castle Shannon Boulevard. VFW Post is situated near the railway station Willow station, as well as near the dōjō Steel City Martial Arts.

Type: Community center
Also known as: “Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States”, “VFW”, and “VFW Post 490”
Address: 1008 Castle Shannon Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15234

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Willow station and Overbrook Junction station.

Willow station

Railway station

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.

Willow station is a station on the Pittsburgh Light Rail network, operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit, serving Baldwin Township, Pennsylvania. It has two high-level side platforms for level boarding and is accessible. Willow station is situated 490 feet west of VFW Post.

Overbrook Junction station

Railway station

Photo: An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Overbrook Junction station is a station on the Beechview branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network which serves Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. Overbrook Junction station is situated 680 feet west of VFW Post.

Castle Shannon station

Railway station

Photo: Train2104, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle Shannon is a station on the Red Line of Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network. It is located in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. Located away from the suburb's main commercial and residential districts, the station is designed primarily as a commuter stop, with 500 spaces available for park and ride users. Castle Shannon station is situated 1,800 feet northwest of VFW Post.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Linden Grove and Mt. Lebanon.

Linden Grove

Locality

Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Linden Grove was once a nationally designated historic place located at 1100 Grove Road in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania, but the original building was torn down and it was delisted on January 20, 2000.

Mt. Lebanon

Photo: Pittsburgh7, Public domain.

Mt. Lebanon is an affluent suburb in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, about seven miles south of Downtown Pittsburgh. Uptown Mt. Lebanon, a business district along Washington Road in the northern part of the township, is one of the more prominent business districts in the area outside of Pittsburgh itself.

Whitehall

Town

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Whitehall is a borough with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,064 at the 2020 census, an increase of 1,120 since the 2010 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Whitehall is situated 2 miles east of VFW Post.

VFW Post

Categories: building and commercial building
Location: Borough of Castle Shannon, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.36536° or 40° 21′ 55″ north

Longitude

-80.0246° or 80° 1′ 29″ west

Brand

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Open location code

86GX9X8G+45

OpenStreetMap ID

way 567570086

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=social_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

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