Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

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Melrose Park
Unincorporated community
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Montgomery
Township Cheltenham
Center
 - coordinates 40°03′42″N 75°07′55″W / 40.06167, -75.13194Coordinates: 40°03′42″N 75°07′55″W / 40.06167, -75.13194
 - elevation 203 ft (61.9 m)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code 215
Location of Melrose Park in Pennsylvania
Location of Melrose Park in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States

Melrose Park is an unincorporated section of Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania on the Philadelphia city line. It is bordered to the south by Cheltenham Avenue, to the west by Old York Road, to the east by New Second Street and to the north by Ashbourne Road.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority provides public transportation is to Melrose Park via the Melrose Park railroad station and SEPTA bus routes 28, 55, and 70.

[edit] Gratz College

Melrose Park is home to Gratz College, the oldest independent institution of Jewish learning in the United States.

[edit] Camp

Camp Ramah Day Camp is located in Melrose Park, in the Perelman Jewish Day School.

Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
CheltenhamElkins ParkGlensideLa MottLaverockMelrose ParkWyncote
Educational Institutions: Arcadia UniversityCheltenham High SchoolPennsylvania College of OptometryReconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeTyler School of ArtWestminster Theological Seminary

Points of Interest: Beth Sholom SynagogueCurtis Hall ArboretumWall House

See also: Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district