Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

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Melrose Park
Melrose Park (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°03′42″N75°07′55″W / 40.06167°N 75.13194°W / 40.06167; -75.13194 Coordinates: 40°03′42″N75°07′55″W / 40.06167°N 75.13194°W / 40.06167; -75.13194
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyFlag of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.png Montgomery
TownshipCheltenham PA township seal.svg Cheltenham
CommissionerDaniel B. Norris
Area
  Total.660 sq mi (1.71 km2)
Elevation
203 ft (62 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total3,006
  Density4,600/sq mi (1,800/km2)
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.

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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.

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