Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

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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 / 40.06167°N 75.13194°W / 40.06167; -75.13194Coordinates: 40°03′42″N 75°07′55″W / 40.06167°N 75.13194°W / 40.06167; -75.13194
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, 267 and 445

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 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 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[]

Melrose Avenue.
St. John's Lutheran Church in Melrose Park.
Gratz College.
Congregation Adath Jeshurun.
Perelman Jewish Day School.

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Founded 1682
Communities	Arcadia University Ashmead Village Cedarbrook Cheltenham Edge Hill Elkins Park Glenside La Mott Laverock Melrose Park Wyncote
Education	Ancillae Assumpta Academy Arcadia University Bishop McDevitt High School Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham High School Cheltenham Township School District Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium Gratz College Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Salus University Tyler School of Art Westminster Theological Seminary
National Historic Sites	Beth Sholom Synagogue Camp William Penn Camptown Historic District Curtis Hall Arboretum Elkins Park station George K. Heller School Glenside Memorial Hall Grey Towers Castle Henry West Breyer Sr. House Milmoral Rowland House St. Paul's Episcopal Church Richard Wall house Wyncote Historic District
People	Reggie Jackson Lucretia Mott Benjamin Netanyahu Yonatan Netanyahu Ezra Pound Wallace Triplett
See also	Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district Elkins Estate Lynnewood Hall Greenleaf at Cheltenham Newgrounds Tookany Creek Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham, England Curtis Publishing Company Einstein Medical Center Oak Lane Day School
Historical railroads	SEPTA Route 6 North Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad
Regional rail lines	Main Line Airport Line Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Warminster West Trenton
Regional rail stations	Jenkintown–Wyncote Glenside Elkins Park Melrose Park Cheltenham
SEPTA bus routes	6 16 18 22 24 28 55 57 70 77 80 H XH Former: C
Infrastructure	Cheltenham Township Police Department
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County seat: Norristown
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