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.latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&params=40_00_11_N_75_04_08_W_type:city_region:US-PA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°00′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">75°04′08″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.00306°N 75.06889°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.00306; -75.06889</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data">Pennsylvania</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Eastern_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_215,_267,_and_445" title="Area codes 215, 267, and 445">215, 267 and 445</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bridesburg</b> is the northernmost neighborhood in the <a href="/wiki/River_Wards,_Philadelphia" title="River Wards, Philadelphia">River Wards</a> section of <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A mostly <a href="/wiki/Working-class" class="mw-redirect" title="Working-class">working-class</a> neighborhood, Bridgesburg is an historically German and Irish community, with a significant community of <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish</a> immigrants who arrived mostly in the early- to mid-twentieth century. The community is home to two Catholic churches: All Saints Church, designed by <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Forrest_Durang" title="Edwin Forrest Durang">Edwin Forrest Durang</a><sup id="cite_ref-philadelphiabuildings.org_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-philadelphiabuildings.org-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and built in 1889; and <a href="/wiki/St._John_Cantius_Roman_Catholic_Church,_Philadelphia" title="St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia">Saint John Cantius Church</a>, built in 1898 in <a href="/wiki/Polish_cathedral_style" title="Polish cathedral style">Polish cathedral style</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historic boundaries of the former borough of Bridesburg were the original course of <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Creek" title="Frankford Creek">Frankford Creek</a> around the south and west, the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> to the southeast, and <a href="/wiki/Port_Richmond,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Port Richmond</a> to the southwest, along a border at Pike Street near Wheatsheaf Lane. Aramingo Avenue/I-95 is the border to the western edge of the neighborhood that borders <a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Frankford</a>. Adjacent neighborhoods are <a href="/wiki/Wissinoming,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Wissinoming, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Wissinoming</a> to the northeast, <a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Borough,_Pennsylvania" title="Whitehall Borough, Pennsylvania">Whitehall</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Frankford</a> to the northwest, and <a href="/wiki/Port_Richmond,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Port Richmond</a> to the southwest. </p><p>The 19137 <a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a>, of which Bridesburg forms the major part, extends as far to the southwest as Castor Avenue, and includes some area to the northwest of I-95 and the original course of Frankford Creek.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small portion of Bridesburg (also 19137) is situated directly next to the 19124 ZIP code known as Frankford. Physical boundaries of Bridesburg are: Bridge Street on the north, Aramingo Avenue and I-95 to the northwest, Frankford Creek to the south, and the Delaware River to the east. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the arrival of Europeans, the <a href="/wiki/Lenni_Lenape" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenni Lenape">Lenni Lenape</a> Indians inhabited the region. Explorer <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hudson" title="Henry Hudson">Henry Hudson</a> in 1609 was the first European to set foot in this region, and based on his findings these Indians were considered to be the first inhabitants of the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Sweden">New Sweden</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: New Sweden"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1638, the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish people">Swedes</a> bought land east of the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> from the Indians and named it <a href="/wiki/New_Sweden" title="New Sweden">New Sweden</a>. The Swedes lived with the Indians on friendly terms. By 1645 the Swedes had expanded to the Northeast of modern-day <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, and in 1647 the Dutch arrived. But it was not until the 1680s when the English came with <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a> that the area was actually developed. After 1750, <a href="/wiki/German_people" class="mw-redirect" title="German people">Germans</a> then settled the area, particularly in Bridesburg and Frankford. </p><p>Founded in the early 19th century, Bridesburg, a tract of land formerly belonging to Point-no-Point, took its name from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Kirkbride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Kirkbride (page does not exist)">Joseph Kirkbride</a>, who for many years owned land there and was proprietor of a ferry over <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Creek" title="Frankford Creek">Frankford Creek</a>, and to whom the Legislature gave the right to build a bridge and receive toll for passage over the same by act of March 20, 1811. On April 1, 1833, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia County</a> bought the Kirkbride bridge and two-and-a-half acres of land annexed for $5,500. Kirkbridesburg was considered too long a name for convenience, and the shorter "Bridesburg" was adopted. Bridesburg was incorporated as a borough on April 1, 1848. In 1854, the borough was annexed to the city of Philadelphia in the <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Consolidation,_1854" title="Act of Consolidation, 1854">Act of Consolidation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Point-No-Point">Point-No-Point</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Point-No-Point"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region was known in Colonial times as Point-no-Point, due to the deceptive appearance of the blunt cape at the mouth of Frankford Creek. When first seen going northward it appeared to be a point, sharply jutting into the stream, but upon approaching, it lost its character and seemed to be an ordinary portion of the right bank; on further approach it seemed to again jut out into a point. </p><p>Principal T. Worcester Worrell used to teach his pupils the ditty: </p> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>Point look out, point look in,<br /> Point no Point, and point ag'in. </p> </div></blockquote> <p>Many famous personalities in history have passed through the lands of Point-no-Point. The second President of the United States wrote a letter to his wife Abigail describing his travels in Point-no-Point. </p><p>On 25 May 1777 <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> wrote: </p> <blockquote><p>The road to Point-no-point lies along the river Delaware, in fair sight of it and its opposite shore. For near four miles the road is as strait as the streets of Philadelphia. On each side, are beautiful rows of trees, buttonwoods, oaks, walnuts, cherries and willows, especially down towards the banks of the river. The meadows, pastures and grass plats are as green as leeks. There are many fruit trees and fine orchards set with the nicest regularity. But the fields of grain, the rye and wheat exceed all description. These fields are all sown in ridges and the furrow between each couple of ridges is as plainly to be seen as if a swath had been mown along. Yet it is no wider than a ploughshare and it is as strait as an arrow. It looks as if the sower had gone along the furrow with his spectacles to pick up every grain that should accidentally fall into it. The corn is just coming out of the ground. The furrows struck out for the hills to be planted in, are each way as straight, as mathematical right lines ; and the squares between every four hills as exact as they could be done by plumb and line, or scale and compass.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bridesburg_Borough">Bridesburg Borough</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bridesburg Borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VFW_Post2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/VFW_Post2.jpg/220px-VFW_Post2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/VFW_Post2.jpg/330px-VFW_Post2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/VFW_Post2.jpg/440px-VFW_Post2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>VFW Post 2</figcaption></figure> <p>Bridesburg was incorporated as a borough on April 1, 1848;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it included the peninsula between the lower Frankford Creek and the Delaware River, and beyond Richmond district, the boundary lying near the projected line of Pike street, not far from Wheat Sheaf Lane. </p><p>It was first called Kirkbridesburg, for Joseph Kirkbride, who operated a ferry to New Jersey, and in 1811 built a toll bridge at Bridge street over Frankford Creek. The villagers decided the name was too long, and shortened it to Bridesburg. The Bridesburg Manufacturing Company was established in 1820 by Kirkbride. It was originally a textile mill on Frankford Creek. Industry followed the company into Bridesburg, especially with the establishment of the Bridesburg Manufacturing Company and the U.S. Arsenal in 1816. </p><p>In 1854, the borough was annexed to the city of Philadelphia in the <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Consolidation,_1854" title="Act of Consolidation, 1854">Act of Consolidation</a>. </p><p>At the end of the 19th century, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Costello,_Cooey_%26_Co&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Costello, Cooey & Co (page does not exist)">Costello, Cooey & Co</a>., a company specializing in <a href="/wiki/Kidskin" title="Kidskin">kidskin</a> leather (from young goats) and the <a href="/wiki/Chromium_tanning" class="mw-redirect" title="Chromium tanning">chromium tanning</a> process, employed more than 100 workers. It operated on the east side of Orthodox Street on the Frankford Creek between 1897 and 1914, "with three modern brick factory buildings and brick warehouse: up-to-date equipment for the manufacture of glazed leather and leather for a patent kid, side and horse, with the capacity of from 300 to 400 dozen daily."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Costello,_Cooey_%26_Co._Fine_Chrome_Kid._Bridesburg,_Philadelphia._1908.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Costello%2C_Cooey_%26_Co._Fine_Chrome_Kid._Bridesburg%2C_Philadelphia._1908.jpg/220px-Costello%2C_Cooey_%26_Co._Fine_Chrome_Kid._Bridesburg%2C_Philadelphia._1908.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Costello%2C_Cooey_%26_Co._Fine_Chrome_Kid._Bridesburg%2C_Philadelphia._1908.jpg/330px-Costello%2C_Cooey_%26_Co._Fine_Chrome_Kid._Bridesburg%2C_Philadelphia._1908.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Costello%2C_Cooey_%26_Co._Fine_Chrome_Kid._Bridesburg%2C_Philadelphia._1908.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Costello, Cooey & Co. Fine Chrome Kid. Bridesburg, Philadelphia. North American. 6 April, 1908.</figcaption></figure> <p>Robert Cooey (1840-1903), an emigrant from <a href="/wiki/Newtownstewart" title="Newtownstewart">Newtownstewart</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Tyrone" title="County Tyrone">County Tyrone</a>, arrived in Philadelphia on the packet ship <i>The Provincialist</i> in 1851 with his sister Isabella at the age of 10. He went to work with his brother and father in the tanneries of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Liberties,_Philadelphia" title="Northern Liberties, Philadelphia">Northern Liberties</a>. In 1877, he partnered. partnered with Mark Costello (1844-1928), an emigrant from <a href="/wiki/Ballinderry" title="Ballinderry">Ballinderry</a>, to form a <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> <a href="/wiki/Tanning_(leather)" title="Tanning (leather)">tannery</a>, with Charles O'Neill, John McStay, and Christopher Conway. They rented a narrow store front at 2nd & Willow Street, with its rail lines down the center, bringing livestock and their valuable skin, especially goats, sheep and calves but also cattle and horses. The firm specialized in <a href="/wiki/Morocco_leather" title="Morocco leather">moroccan leather</a> and worked leather into products ranging from gloves to handbags to shoes. </p><p>In 1897, Costello, Cooey & Co. moved to Bridesburg, into "the main building of two stories, containing offices, glazing room, toilets, dyeing and buffing room, one-story tannery building, containing vats and accessories thereto, the two buildings being connected by enclosed passage-way; a boiler and engine house, boilers and accessories for 250 horse-power, and steam engine of 150 horse-power, and piece of land…”<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1908, they opened an Arch Street showroom for shoes and other goods. </p><p>In 1895, <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Rose_%26_Sons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Rose & Sons (page does not exist)">John Rose & Sons</a>, undertakers, John Rose (1855-1916), an <a href="/wiki/Emigration" title="Emigration">emigrant</a> <a href="/wiki/Cabinetry" title="Cabinetry">cabinetmaker</a> from <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, proprietor, opened at 2616 Bridge Street, in a former tavern and schoolhouse that still stands today, with son Alfred P. G. Rose and descendants succeeding. The family served the community as the Rose Funeral Home until 2023. William Tippetts Rose, a son, ran parlors in <a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia" title="Frankford, Philadelphia">Frankford</a>, and purchased the <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Long Beach Township, New Jersey">Beach Haven Terrace</a> Yacht Club on <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Island" title="Long Beach Island">Long Beach Island</a> in 1933. </p><p>Another son Charles Samuel Rose married Martha Cooey, the daughter of Robert Cooey and Sophia Borbeck, at the Bridesburg Presbyterian Church, on January 27, 1909. Their sons Robert Cooey Rose and John Samuel Rose operated funeral businesses <a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia" title="Frankford, Philadelphia">Frankford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lawncrest,_Philadelphia" title="Lawncrest, Philadelphia">Lawncrest</a> into the 1970s. Martha, her children, grandchildren and descendants continue the family tradition of life on <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Island" title="Long Beach Island">Long Beach Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bridesburg Foundry has been in continuous operation since 1914. The company began in Bridesburg and then moved to its present location in Whitehall, Pennsylvania in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Polish families migrated to Bridesburg between 1900 and 1920. "The Frankford leather plant of <a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Foerderer" title="Robert H. Foerderer">Robert H. Foerderer</a> Inc. originally hired Polish men to work in curing the hides. This process consisted of soaking hides for days in dog manure to soften it. The smell of the manure and the need to handle the soaked leather made this job unacceptable to most Philadelphia workers. However, the new Polish immigrant, excluded from most factory work in the city, flocked to Bridesburg for work."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bridesburg is home to the second oldest VFW Post in the world, founded in 1899. </p><p>Bridesburg is also home to the Joseph A. Ferko String Band. The Ferko String Band is a member of the Philadelphia String Band Association, which is a division of the Philadelphia Mummers Parade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the 2010 Census, Bridesburg had a population of 8,638, of which 90% was white, 5.5% Hispanic, 1.9% was black or African-American, 0.6% was Asian, and the remaining 2% was other or mixed races.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_occupants_and_landmarks">Notable occupants and landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable occupants and landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Ross_Bridge" title="Betsy Ross Bridge">Betsy Ross Bridge</a></li> <li>Bridesburg Recreation Center</li> <li>Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery</li> <li>Dow Chemical Company<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AdvanSix" title="AdvanSix">AdvanSix</a> Phenol Plant<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Historic <a href="/wiki/Bridesburg_School" title="Bridesburg School">Bridesburg School</a> (listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>; it was demolished in the late 2000s.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqua_String_Band" title="Aqua String Band">Aqua String Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferko_String_Band" title="Ferko String Band">Ferko String Band</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Churches">Churches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For its size, Bridesburg is the home of a large number of churches: </p> <ul><li>All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Thompson and Buckius Streets, designed by noted ecclesiastical architect <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Forrest_Durang" title="Edwin Forrest Durang">Edwin Forrest Durang</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-philadelphiabuildings.org_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-philadelphiabuildings.org-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Parish closed. Building stands)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emanuelphila.org">Bridesburg Emanuel United Church of Christ</a>, Fillmore and Thompson Streets</li> <li>Bridesburg Methodist Episcopal Church, 2717 Kirkbride St.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070829092612/http://www.bridesburgpresbyterian.org/church/index.htm">First Presbyterian Church of Bridesburg</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2770 Pratt St. (closed)</li> <li>First Baptist Church of Bridesburg, 2715 Lefevre St. (closed)</li> <li>Grace Baptist Church of Bridesburg, 4544 Almond St.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.realifephilly.org/">ReaLife Church</a>, Buckius and Richmond Streets</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050106201821/http://www.parishesonline.com/scripts/HostedSites/Org.asp?ID=7133">St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church</a>, 4415 Almond St.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cemeteries">Cemeteries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cemeteries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Holy Redeemer Cemetery</li> <li>Emanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery, Fillmore and Almond Streets</li> <li>All Saints Church Cemetery</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/School_District_of_Philadelphia" title="School District of Philadelphia">School District of Philadelphia</a> operates Bridesburg Elementary School, which serves elementary school students.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Residents are also zoned to Warren G. Harding Middle School and <a href="/wiki/Frankford_High_School" title="Frankford High School">Frankford High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At one time, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia</a> operated two Catholic schools in Bridesburg: All Saints School (1864-2004) and St. John Cantius School. Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic School (formerly St. John Cantius Elementary School) was in operation from 2004 until 2012. Students choosing Catholic education in a Catholic school attend Blessed Trinity Regional School (formerly St. Timothy's School) in <a href="/wiki/Mayfair,_Philadelphia" title="Mayfair, Philadelphia">Mayfair</a> since September 2012. </p><p>Charter schools include: </p> <ul><li>Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School (grades K-8)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.franklintowne.org/">Franklin Towne Charter High School</a> (grades 9–12)</li> <li>Maritime Academy Charter School (grades 2–12, with grades 9-12 located in Fishtown)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_infrastructure">Government and infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Government and infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Post_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Post Office">United States Post Office</a> operates the Bridesburg Post Office at 2734 Orthodox Street.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_transportation">Public transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Public transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SEPTA bus routes <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.septa.org/maps/bus/pdf/025.pdf">25</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.septa.org/maps/bus/pdf/073.pdf">73</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.septa.org/maps/bus/pdf/J.pdf">J</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.septa.org/maps/bus/pdf/084.pdf">84</a> all run in/near the neighborhood. <a href="/wiki/Bridesburg_station" title="Bridesburg station">Bridesburg station</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Trenton_Line_(SEPTA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trenton Line (SEPTA)">Trenton Line</a> of <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Regional_Rail" title="SEPTA Regional Rail">SEPTA Regional Rail</a> is located in the neighborhood. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridesburg,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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Philadelphia">Center City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avenue_of_the_Arts_(Philadelphia)" title="Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia)">Avenue of the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Historic_District_(Philadelphia)" title="Broad Street Historic District (Philadelphia)">Broad Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Philadelphia" title="Chinatown, Philadelphia">Chinatown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitler_Square" title="Fitler Square">Fitler Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Square_(Philadelphia)" title="Franklin Square (Philadelphia)">Franklin Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewelers%27_Row,_Philadelphia" title="Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia">Jewelers' Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_Square,_Philadelphia" title="Logan Square, Philadelphia">Logan Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia" title="Old City, Philadelphia">Old City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn%27s_Landing" title="Penn's Landing">Penn's Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square" title="Rittenhouse Square">Rittenhouse Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_Hill" title="Society Hill">Society Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="South Street (Philadelphia)">South Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Square_West,_Philadelphia" title="Washington Square West, Philadelphia">Washington Square West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Vista,_Philadelphia" title="Bella Vista, Philadelphia">Bella Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_South_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Central South Philadelphia">Central South Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Devil's Pocket">Devil's Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_Square_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Dickinson Square West">Dickinson Square West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Passyunk_Crossing,_Philadelphia" title="East Passyunk Crossing, Philadelphia">East Passyunk Crossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabric_Row" class="mw-redirect" title="Fabric Row">Fabric Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_Park" title="Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park">FDR Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girard_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Girard Estate">Girard Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grays_Ferry,_Philadelphia" title="Grays Ferry, Philadelphia">Grays Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg_Subdivision" title="Harrisburg Subdivision">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorne,_Philadelphia" title="Hawthorne, Philadelphia">Hawthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Market,_Philadelphia" title="Italian Market, Philadelphia">Italian Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Saigon,_Philadelphia" title="Little Saigon, Philadelphia">Little Saigon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Moyamensing" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Moyamensing">Lower Moyamensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marconi_Plaza" title="Marconi Plaza">Marconi Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyamensing,_Philadelphia" title="Moyamensing, Philadelphia">Moyamensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbold,_Philadelphia" title="Newbold, Philadelphia">Newbold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packer_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Packer Park">Packer Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passyunk_Square,_Philadelphia" title="Passyunk Square, Philadelphia">Passyunk Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsport">Pennsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Breeze,_Philadelphia" title="Point Breeze, Philadelphia">Point Breeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Village,_Philadelphia" title="Queen Village, Philadelphia">Queen Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark,_Philadelphia" title="Southwark, Philadelphia">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Center_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest Center City">Southwest Center City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex" title="South Philadelphia Sports Complex">Sports Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Passyunk" title="West Passyunk">West Passyunk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharton,_Philadelphia" title="Wharton, Philadelphia">Wharton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitman,_Philadelphia" title="Whitman, Philadelphia">Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">Wilson Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia" title="Southwest Philadelphia">Southwest</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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href="/wiki/Cedar_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Cedar Park, Philadelphia">Cedar Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobbs_Creek,_Philadelphia" title="Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia">Cobbs Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunlap,_Philadelphia" title="Dunlap, Philadelphia">Dunlap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden Court">Garden Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haddington,_Philadelphia" title="Haddington, Philadelphia">Haddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Haverford North">Haverford North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantua,_Philadelphia" title="Mantua, Philadelphia">Mantua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Creek,_Philadelphia" title="Mill Creek, Philadelphia">Mill Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overbrook,_Philadelphia" title="Overbrook, Philadelphia">Overbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overbrook_Farms,_Philadelphia" title="Overbrook Farms, Philadelphia">Overbrook Farms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overbrook_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Overbrook Park, Philadelphia">Overbrook Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkside,_Philadelphia" title="Parkside, Philadelphia">Parkside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powelton_Village,_Philadelphia" title="Powelton Village, Philadelphia">Powelton Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saunders_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Saunders Park, Philadelphia">Saunders Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spruce_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Spruce Hill, Philadelphia">Spruce Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squirrel_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Squirrel Hill, Philadelphia">Squirrel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Street_Station_District" title="30th Street Station District">30th Street Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_City,_Philadelphia" title="University City, Philadelphia">University City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnut_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Walnut Hill, Philadelphia">Walnut Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Terrace,_Philadelphia" title="Woodland Terrace, Philadelphia">Woodland Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynnefield,_Philadelphia" title="Wynnefield, Philadelphia">Wynnefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynnefield_Heights,_Philadelphia" title="Wynnefield Heights, Philadelphia">Wynnefield Heights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia" title="North Philadelphia">North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lower_North_Philadelphia" title="Lower North Philadelphia">Lower North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairhill,_Philadelphia#Philadelphia_Badlands" title="Fairhill, Philadelphia">Badlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfield_(Philadelphia)" title="Belfield (Philadelphia)">Belfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewerytown,_Philadelphia" title="Brewerytown, Philadelphia">Brewerytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callowhill,_Philadelphia" title="Callowhill, Philadelphia">Callowhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_B._Moore,_Philadelphia" title="Cecil B. Moore, Philadelphia">Cecil B. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairhill,_Philadelphia" title="Fairhill, Philadelphia">El Centro de Oro / Fairhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmount,_Philadelphia" title="Fairmount, Philadelphia">Fairmount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francisville,_Philadelphia" title="Francisville, Philadelphia">Francisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartranft,_Philadelphia" title="Hartranft, Philadelphia">Hartranft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedarbrook,_Philadelphia" title="Cedarbrook, Philadelphia">Ivy Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Philadelphia" title="Northeast Philadelphia">Ludlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N3RD_Street" title="N3RD Street">N3RD Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Philadelphia" title="North Central Philadelphia">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Liberties,_Philadelphia" title="Northern Liberties, Philadelphia">Northern Liberties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia_East" title="North Philadelphia East">North Philadelphia East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia_West" title="North Philadelphia West">North Philadelphia West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar,_Philadelphia" title="Poplar, Philadelphia">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharswood,_Philadelphia" title="Sharswood, Philadelphia">Sharswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Centro_de_Oro" class="mw-redirect" title="El Centro de Oro">South Lehigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden,_Philadelphia" title="Spring Garden, Philadelphia">Spring Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Philadelphia" title="Northwest Philadelphia">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strawberry_Mansion,_Philadelphia" title="Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia">Strawberry Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia_East" title="North Philadelphia East">Yorktown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Upper_North_Philadelphia" title="Upper North Philadelphia">Upper North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_West,_Philadelphia" title="Allegheny West, Philadelphia">Allegheny West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairhill,_Philadelphia" title="Fairhill, Philadelphia">Badlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklinville,_Philadelphia" title="Franklinville, Philadelphia">Franklinville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood,_Philadelphia" title="Glenwood, Philadelphia">Glenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Hunting Park, Philadelphia">Hunting Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicetown%E2%80%93Tioga" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicetown–Tioga">Nicetown–Tioga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olde_Kensington" class="mw-redirect" title="Olde Kensington">Olde Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swampoodle,_Philadelphia" title="Swampoodle, Philadelphia">Swampoodle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Kensington,_Philadelphia" title="West Kensington, Philadelphia">West Kensington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Olney-Oak_Lane,_Philadelphia" title="Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia">Olney-Oak Lane</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Oak_Lane,_Philadelphia" title="East Oak Lane, Philadelphia">East Oak Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltonville,_Philadelphia" title="Feltonville, Philadelphia">Feltonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fern_Rock,_Philadelphia" title="Fern Rock, Philadelphia">Fern Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Koreatown" title="Philadelphia Koreatown">Koreatown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan,_Philadelphia" title="Logan, Philadelphia">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogontz,_Philadelphia" title="Ogontz, Philadelphia">Ogontz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olney,_Philadelphia" title="Olney, Philadelphia">Olney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Oak_Lane,_Philadelphia" title="West Oak Lane, Philadelphia">West Oak Lane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Philadelphia" title="Northwest Philadelphia">Northwest</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lower Northwest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andorra,_Philadelphia" title="Andorra, Philadelphia">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Falls,_Philadelphia" title="East Falls, Philadelphia">East Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manayunk,_Philadelphia" title="Manayunk, Philadelphia">Manayunk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkland,_Philadelphia" title="Parkland, Philadelphia">Parkland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxborough,_Philadelphia" title="Roxborough, Philadelphia">Roxborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wissahickon,_Philadelphia" title="Wissahickon, Philadelphia">Wissahickon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Upper Northwest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beggarstown" title="Beggarstown">Beggarstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedarbrook,_Philadelphia" title="Cedarbrook, Philadelphia">Cedarbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia">Chestnut Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Philadelphia" title="Germantown, Philadelphia">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton,_Philadelphia" title="Morton, Philadelphia">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Airy,_Philadelphia" title="Mount Airy, Philadelphia">Mount Airy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wister,_Philadelphia" title="Wister, Philadelphia">Wister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Philadelphia" title="Northeast Philadelphia">Northeast</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Near Northeast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burholme,_Philadelphia" title="Burholme, Philadelphia">Burholme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castor_Gardens,_Philadelphia" title="Castor Gardens, Philadelphia">Castor Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crescentville,_Philadelphia" title="Crescentville, Philadelphia">Crescentville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Chase,_Philadelphia" title="Fox Chase, Philadelphia">Fox Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia" title="Frankford, Philadelphia">Frankford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holme_Circle,_Philadelphia" title="Holme Circle, Philadelphia">Holme Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmesburg,_Philadelphia" title="Holmesburg, Philadelphia">Holmesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juniata,_Philadelphia" title="Juniata, Philadelphia">Juniata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawndale,_Philadelphia" title="Lawndale, Philadelphia">Lawndale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Lexington Park, Philadelphia">Lexington Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayfair,_Philadelphia" title="Mayfair, Philadelphia">Mayfair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circle,_Philadelphia" title="Oxford Circle, Philadelphia">Oxford Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhawnhurst,_Philadelphia" title="Rhawnhurst, Philadelphia">Rhawnhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryers,_Philadelphia" title="Ryers, Philadelphia">Ryers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacony,_Philadelphia" title="Tacony, Philadelphia">Tacony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wissinoming,_Philadelphia" title="Wissinoming, Philadelphia">Wissinoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Far Northeast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academy_Gardens,_Philadelphia" title="Academy Gardens, Philadelphia">Academy Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton-Woodenbridge,_Philadelphia" title="Ashton-Woodenbridge, Philadelphia">Ashton-Woodenbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bustleton,_Philadelphia" title="Bustleton, Philadelphia">Bustleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byberry,_Philadelphia" title="Byberry, 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Township_(Pennsylvania)" title="Township (Pennsylvania)">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blockley_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Blockley Township, Pennsylvania">Blockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Township,_Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byberry,_Philadelphia" title="Byberry, Philadelphia">Byberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Township,_Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Germantown Township, Pennsylvania">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia" title="Southwest Philadelphia">Kingsessing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Dublin_Township,_Pennsylvania" 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