Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

40°03′42″N 75°07′55″W / 40.06167°N 75.13194°W / 40.06167; -75.13194CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCounty MontgomeryTownship CheltenhamCommissionerDaniel B. NorrisArea • Total.660 sq mi (1.71 km²)Elevation203 ft (62 m)Population • Total3,006 • Density4,600/sq mi (1,800/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area codes215, 267 and 445

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

• Chad Levitt, professional football player
• Edgar Lee Masters, poet, biographer, attorney

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.

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