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Elkins Park
Ogontz, Shoemakertown^[1]
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montgomery
Townships	Abington, Cheltenham

Elevation	157 ft (47.9 m)
Coordinates	40°04′37″N 75°07′37″W / 40.07694°N 75.12694°W / 40.07694; -75.12694

Timezone	EST (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code	215

Location of Elkins Park in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States

Elkins Park is an unincorporated community, portions of which are located in both Cheltenham Township and Abington Township in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (roughly 6 miles or a 20 minute drive from Center City, Philadelphia).

1 Points of interest
2 Schools
3 Transportation
- 3.1 Public Transportation
- 3.2 Road
4 Prominent current or former residents
5 References
6 External links

Points of interest

Elkins Park is the home of the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom Synagogue.
Lynnewood Hall, a 110-room, derelict Gilded Age mansion is in Elkins Park.
Elkins Estate
Richard Wall House, a house is listed on State and National Registers of Historic Places and had the distinction of being the oldest Pennsylvania house in continuous residence until rehabilitation work began.

Schools

Cedarbrook Middle School
Cheltenham Elementary School
Glenside Elementary School
Wyncote Elementary School
Elkins Park Middle School
McKinley Elementary School
Myers Elementary School
Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Perelman Jewish Day School
Robert Saligman Middle School
Settlement Music School
St. James Catholic School
Gratz College
Salus University
The former campus of the Tyler School of Art, the art school of Temple University

Transportation

Public Transportation

Elkins Park is served by SEPTA Regional Rail trains on the R1 Airport, R2 Warminster, R3 West Trenton and R5 Lansdale at the Elkins Park station. The Jenkintown, Melrose Park, and Ryers stations are also located close to the neighborhood of Elkins Park, and are served by the same regional rail lines (with the exception of Ryers, which is served by the R8 Fox Chase).

SEPTA bus routes 28, 55, 70 and 77 also provide service to Elkins Park.

Road

Toward the western end of Elkins Park is Pennsylvania Route 611 (Old York Road). In Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Route 73 runs along Township Line Road, mostly marking the border between Cheltenham and Abington townships.

Prominent current or former residents

Bill Cosby (comedian)
Douglas Feith (former Under-Secretary of Defense)
Marvin Harrison (NFL wide-receiver for the Indianapolis Colts)
Mark Levin (radio talk show host)
Edgar Lee Masters (poet—spent his final years in Elkins Park)
Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime-Minister of Israel)
Ralph J. Roberts (co-founder of Comcast, father of current Comcast CEO, Brian Roberts)
Jeffrey Solow (American virtuoso cellist)
Peter A. B. Widener (head of a wealthy and historically prominent family)

References

^ "Elkins Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1192429. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

External links

v • d • e Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania

Communities	Cheltenham • Elkins Park • Glenside • La Mott • Laverock • Melrose Park • Wyncote

Educational Institutions	Arcadia University • Cheltenham High School • Pennsylvania College of Optometry • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • Westminster Theological Seminary

Points of Interest	Beth Sholom Synagogue • Curtis Hall Arboretum • Wall House

Famous People	Reggie Jackson • Lucretia Mott • Benjamin Netanyahu • Ezra Pound • Wallace Triplett

See also	Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

County seat: Norristown

Home rule municipalities	Bryn Athyn \| Cheltenham Township \| Horsham Township \| Norristown \| Plymouth Township \| Whitemarsh Township

Boroughs	Ambler \| Bridgeport \| Collegeville \| Conshohocken \| East Greenville \| Green Lane \| Hatboro \| Hatfield \| Jenkintown \| Lansdale \| Narberth \| North Wales \| Pennsburg \| Pottstown \| Red Hill \| Rockledge \| Royersford \| Schwenksville \| Souderton \| Telford‡ \| Trappe \| West Conshohocken

Townships	Abington \| Douglass \| East Norriton \| Franconia \| Hatfield \| Limerick \| Lower Frederick \| Lower Gwynedd \| Lower Merion \| Lower Moreland \| Lower Pottsgrove \| Lower Providence \| Lower Salford \| Marlborough \| Montgomery \| New Hanover \| Perkiomen \| Salford \| Skippack \| Springfield \| Towamencin \| Upper Dublin \| Upper Frederick \| Upper Gwynedd \| Upper Hanover \| Upper Merion \| Upper Moreland \| Upper Pottsgrove \| Upper Providence \| Upper Salford \| West Norriton \| West Pottsgrove \| Whitpain \| Worcester

CDPs	Ardmore‡ \| Audubon \| Blue Bell \| Bryn Mawr \| Eagleville \| Evansburg \| Flourtown \| Fort Washington \| Gilbertsville \| Glenside \| Halfway House \| Harleysville \| Horsham \| King of Prussia \| Kulpsville \| Maple Glen \| Montgomeryville \| Oreland \| Penn Wynne \| Plymouth Meeting \| Pottsgrove \| Sanatoga \| Skippack \| Spring House \| Spring Mount \| Stowe \| Trooper \| Willow Grove \| Wyncote \| Wyndmoor

Unincorporated communities	Ardsley \| Bala Cynwyd \| Barren Hill \| Bethayres \| Crestmont \| Cheltenham \| Dresher \| Elkins Park \| Erdenheim \| Fitzwatertown \| Gladwyne \| Graterford \| Gulph Mills \| Haverford \| Hollywood \| Huntingdon Valley \| Jarrettown \| Lafayette Hill \| La Mott \| Laverock \| Linfield \| Meadowbrook \| Melrose Park \| Merion \| Miquon \| Mont Clare \| Noble \| North Hills \| Oaks \| Perkiomenville \| Port Indian \| Port Providence \| Prospectville \| Rosemont \| Roslyn \| Roychester \| Rydal \| Swedeland \| Three Tuns \| Villanova \| Wayne‡ \| Wynnewood \| Zieglersville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Sunday		HI: 50°F / 10°C LO: 29°F / -1°C
Monday		HI: 41°F / 5°C LO: 22°F / -5°C
Tuesday		HI: 29°F / -1°C LO: 17°F / -8°C
Wednesday		HI: 33°F / 0°C LO: 21°F / -6°C
Thursday		HI: 33°F / 0°C LO: 27°F / -2°C

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