Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

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{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}

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| settlement_type = Unincorporated community
Neighborhood of Cheltenham Township

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| subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

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| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.png}} Montgomery

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| established_title = Commissioner

| established_date = Daniel B. Norris

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Melrose Park is an unincorporated section of Cheltenham Township on the Philadelphia city line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 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.

SEPTA provides public transportation to Melrose Park via the Melrose Park railroad station and SEPTA bus routes 28, 55, and 70.

Melrose Park is represented by Madeleine Dean in the 4th Congressional District. It is a close-in suburb outside of Philadelphia.

Gratz College

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

Notable people

Gallery

File:Melrose Ave, Melrose Park PA.JPG|Melrose Avenue.

File:St John's Lutheran Church, Melrose Park PA 01.JPG|St. John's Lutheran Church in Melrose Park.

File:Gratz College 01.JPG|Gratz College.

File:Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Elkins Park PA 01.JPG|Congregation Adath Jeshurun.

File:Perelman Jewish Day School, Melrose Park PA 02.JPG|Perelman Jewish Day School.

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{{Montgomery County, Pennsylvania}}

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