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Place in Pennsylvania, United States

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; -75.13194
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montgomery
Township	Cheltenham
Commissioner	Daniel B. Norris
Area
• Total	.660 sq mi (1.71 km)
Elevation	203 ft (62 m)
Population
• Total	3,006
• Density	4,600/sq mi (1,800/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	215, 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

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

v t e Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1682
Communities	Arcadia University Ashmead Village Cedarbrook Cheltenham Edge Hill Elkins Park Glenside La Mott Laverock McKinley (part) Melrose Park Wyncote
Education	Ancillae Assumpta Academy Arcadia University Bishop McDevitt High School Cheltenham Township School District Cheltenham High School 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
Philadelphia Delaware Valley Pennsylvania

v t e Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Norristown
Boroughs	Ambler Bridgeport Bryn Athyn Collegeville Conshohocken East Greenville Green Lane Hatboro Hatfield Jenkintown Lansdale Narberth Norristown North Wales Pennsburg Pottstown Red Hill Rockledge Royersford Schwenksville Souderton Telford‡ Trappe West Conshohocken
Townships	Abington Cheltenham Douglass East Norriton Franconia Hatfield Horsham Limerick Lower Frederick Lower Gwynedd Lower Merion Lower Moreland Lower Pottsgrove Lower Providence Lower Salford Marlborough Montgomery New Hanover Perkiomen Plymouth 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 Whitemarsh Whitpain Worcester
CDPs	Arcadia University Ardmore‡ Audubon Bala Cynwyd Blue Bell Bryn Mawr‡ Cheltenham Village Eagleville Elkins Park Evansburg Flourtown Fort Washington Gilbertsville Glenside Halfway House Harleysville Haverford College‡ Horsham King of Prussia Kulpsville Maple Glen McKinley Melrose Park Merion Station Mont Clare Montgomeryville Oak Lane Oaks Oreland Penn Wynne Plymouth Meeting Pottsgrove Rosemont‡ Roslyn Sanatoga Skippack Spring House Spring Mount Stowe Swedeland Swedesburg Trooper Villanova‡ Willow Grove Woxall Wyncote Wyndmoor Wynnewood
Other communities	Abington Ambler Arcola Ardsley Ashmead Village Barren Hill Belmont Hills Bethayres Camp Hill Cedarbrook Cedars Center Point Center Square Chapel‡ Colmar Congo Creamery Crestmont Dresher Earlington Edge Hill Erdenheim Eureka‡ Fairview Village Fitzwatertown Franconia Frederick Fulmor Geryville‡ Gladwyne Graterford Gulph Mills Gwynedd Gwynedd Valley Haverford‡ Hollywood Huntingdon Valley Jarrettown Lafayette Hill La Mott Laverock Layfield Lederach Line Lexington‡ Linfield Mainland Meadowbrook Mingo Miquon Montgomery Square New Hanover Square Noble North Hills Obelisk Palm Penn Valley Perkiomenville Port Indian Port Kennedy Port Providence Prospectville Rahns Roychester Rydal Salford Salfordville Sassamansville Spring Mill Sumneytown Three Tuns Tylersport Unionville‡ West Point Worcester Yerkes Zieglerville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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