Old York Road
Old York Road, originally York Road, with reference to New York, is a roadway that was built during the 18th century to connect Philadelphia with New York City.
Old York Road, originally York Road, with reference to New York, is a roadway that was built during the 18th century to connect Philadelphia with New York City.
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Worth seeing in and around Old York Road
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Free Library of Philadelphia
The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system that serves the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the 16th-largest public library system in the United States.
3.5 km · public library system in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Wikipedia - 02La Salle University
La Salle University is a private Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and named for St.
2.9 km · private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 03Beth Sholom Congregation
Beth Sholom Synagogue is a Conservative Jewish synagogue at 8231 Old York Road in Elkins Park, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The main synagogue building, completed in 1959, was the only Jewish house of worship designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; it consists of a hexagonal base topped by a tetrahedron-shaped pyramidal roof.
2.4 km · synagogue · Wikipedia - 04Gratz College
Gratz College is a private Jewish college in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States. The college traces its origins to 1856 when banker, philanthropist, and communal leader Hyman Gratz and the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia joined to establish a trust to create a Hebrew teachers college.
800 m · Private Jewish college in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, Unites States · Wikipedia - 05St. William Parish
St. William Parish is a Catholic church in the Lawncrest neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
3.6 km · church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America · Wikipedia - 06Manor College
Manor College is a private, Ukrainian Catholic college in Abington, Pennsylvania.
3.9 km · Manor College is a private, Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree-granting institution located in Jenkintown, Pa. The institution opened in 1947 by the Sisters of St. Basil the Great. · Wikipedia - 07Henry West Breyer Sr. House
The Henry W. Breyer Sr. House, also known as Haredith and officially known today as the Cheltenham Township Municipal Building, is an historic property which is located in Elkins Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
2.3 km · historic house in Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 08Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
The Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, formerly known as The Miraculous Medal Shrine, is at 500 E. Chelten Ave., in the East Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The church now known as the Basilica Shrine was completed by the Congregation of the Mission in 1879 as the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception on the grounds of St.
3.5 km · church in Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 09Belfield
Belfield, also known as the Charles Willson Peale House, was the home of Charles Willson Peale from 1810 to 1826, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. The Belfield Estate was a 104-acre area of land in the Logan section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, much of which is now a part of La Salle University’s campus.
3.1 km · American house · Wikipedia - 10Upsala
Upsala is a historic mansion in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Considered one of the finest extant examples of Federal architecture, the mansion is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.
1.7 km · mansion in Pennsylvania, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Old York Road
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 23 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 107 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 132 km
- Stations
- Fern Rock Transportation Center, 2.3 km · Olney Transportation Center, 2.7 km · Stenton, 3.6 km
- New York → Old York Road38 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · $4–6
- Newark → Old York Road45 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · $4.5–6
- Baltimore → Old York Road4 km · quickest by road, 14 min · $0.5
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Old York Road
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Old York Road. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAir charter companies such as Monarch Air Group and Mercury Jets fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals.
- Get inThe RiverLink and Freedom Ferry services provide travel from Philadelphia to neighboring Camden, New Jersey, between April and September.
- Get inAccess to the other waterfront attractions, including an aquarium, is also provided by the ferry service.
- Get aroundThose rates are as follows: Lindenwold, Ashland & Woodcrest Stations and Philadelphia: $3.00 Haddonfield, Westmont & Collingswood Stations and Philadelphia: $2.60 Ferry Avenue (Camden) Station and Philadelphia: $2.25 Travel within Pennsylvania, between Broadway and City Hall (Camden), and between PA and those two stations: $1.40 Any other trip within New Jersey: $1.60 Note that PATCO is not operated by SEPTA and uses its own fare system.
From Wikivoyage: Philadelphia, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Old York Road
Old York Road is 12 km from Philadelphia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cheltenhamunincorporated community in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania3.6 km
- La Motthuman settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America800 m
- Fern Rockneighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania3 km
- Camptown Historic Districthistoric district in Pennsylvania, United States800 m
- Crescentvillehuman settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America3.6 km
- Ogontzhuman settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America1 km