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 near the park Towey Playground, as well as near the metro station Berks station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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

Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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

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.

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
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Latitude

39.97856° or 39° 58′ 43″ north

Longitude

-75.13488° or 75° 8′ 6″ west

Height

24 feet (7.3 metres)

Open location code

87F6XVH8+C2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 963789857

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=sports_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=basketball

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Towey Playground and Pasta Lab.

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Places to explore: Mota Grocery and The Olive Branch Pizzeria.

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