Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

Melrose Park
Unincorporated community Neighborhood of Cheltenham Township
Valley Road in Melrose Park, January 2013
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Coordinates: 40°03′42″N 75°07′55″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montgomery
Township	Cheltenham
Commissioner	Daniel B. Norris
Area
• Total	.660 sq mi (1.71 km2)
Elevation	203 ft (62 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,006
• Density	4,600/sq mi (1,800/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	215

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.

Melrose Park is represented by Brendan Boyle in the 13th Congressional District. It is a close-in suburb of Philadelphia.

Gratz College

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

Notable residents

• Chad Levitt (b. 1975), American NFL football player

Gallery

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  Melrose Avenue.

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  St. John's Lutheran Church in Melrose Park.

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  Gratz College.

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  Congregation Adath Jeshurun.

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  Perelman Jewish Day School.