Kingsessing neighborhood

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Kingsessing is a historic, predominantly residential neighborhood in Southwest Philadelphia known for its diverse community, rowhouse streets, and proximity to parks and transit corridors.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kingsessing neighborhood canonical 4

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district
human settlement
neighborhood
adjacentTo Cedar Park
Cobbs Creek neighborhood
Eastwick
Elmwood Park (Philadelphia)
Squirrel Hill (Philadelphia)
borders Cobbs Creek (stream)
linked to: Cobbs Creek
contains commercial corridors along Baltimore Avenue
commercial corridors along Woodland Avenue
rowhouse blocks
small neighborhood parks
country United States
governedBy Philadelphia City Council
hasAreaCode 215
267
445
hasCharacteristic ethnically diverse community
predominantly residential
racially diverse community
rowhouse neighborhood
urban neighborhood
hasHistoricUse agricultural land in colonial period
early Swedish and English settlement area
hasLandmark Bartram’s Garden
Kingsessing Library
Kingsessing Recreation Center
Southwest Philadelphia District Health Center
historicalName Kingsessing Township
incorporatedInto City of Philadelphia
linked to: Philadelphia
incorporationYear 1854
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Southwest Philadelphia
United States
near Schuylkill River
University City
partOf Philadelphia County
West/Southwest Philadelphia planning district
servedBy SEPTA Route 13 trolley
linked to: SEPTA Route 13

SEPTA Route 34 trolley
linked to: SEPTA Route 34

SEPTA bus routes
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
traversedBy Baltimore Avenue NERFINISHED
Chester Avenue NERFINISHED
Kingsessing Avenue NERFINISHED
South 49th Street
South 52nd Street
Woodland Avenue NERFINISHED
wasPartOf former Kingsessing Township

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltimore Avenue passesThrough Kingsessing neighborhood
Kingsessing Recreation Center locatedIn Kingsessing neighborhood
Bartram’s Garden locatedIn Kingsessing neighborhood