Towey Recreation Center
Towey Recreation Center is a sports venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is located on North Howard Street. Towey Recreation Center is situated nearby to the park Towey Playground, as well as near the metro station Berks station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Berks station and Norris Square Presbyterian Church.
Berks station
Metro station
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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. Berks station is situated 370 feet east of Towey Recreation Center.
Norris Square Presbyterian Church
Church
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Norris Square Presbyterian Church is situated 1,800 feet north of Towey Recreation Center.
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 2,200 feet southwest of Towey Recreation Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fishtown 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.
Kensington
Neighborhood
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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.
Towey Recreation Center
- Type: Sports venue
- Address: 1832 North Howard Street, Philadelphia, PA
- Categories: basketball, building, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.97856° or 39° 58′ 43″ northLongitude
-75.13488° or 75° 8′ 6″ westHeight
24 feet (7.3 metres)Open location code
87F6XVH8+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 963789857OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centreOpenStreetMap feature
sport=basketball
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