Overbrook
Overbrook is a historic neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Overbrook is a historic neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is situated in the northwest of West Philadelphia.
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Worth seeing in and around Overbrook
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.
- 01Saint Joseph's University
Saint Joseph's University is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
1.2 km · private, coeducational Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, USA · Wikipedia - 02Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
Pennsylvania's second congressional district includes all of Northeast Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia east of Broad Street, as well as Center City and portions of Philadelphia's River Wards. It has been represented by Democrat Brendan Boyle since 2019.
3.8 km · U.S. House district for Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 03Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso, also known as Japanese House and Garden, is a 17th century-style Japanese house and garden in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was originally exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1954, designed by the famed modernist Japanese architect Junzō Yoshimura.
3.2 km · traditional garden in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia · Wikipedia - 04African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas
The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States.
100 m · church in United States · Wikipedia - 05Memorial Hall
Memorial Hall is a Beaux-Arts style building in the Centennial District of West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built as the art gallery for the 1876 Centennial Exposition, it is the only major structure from that exhibition to survive.
3.6 km · building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 06Columbia Railroad Bridge
Columbia Railroad Bridge, also known as Columbia Bridge, is a 1920 concrete arch bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries CSX Trenton Subdivision rail lines over the Schuylkill River. Located in Fairmount Park, upstream of the Pennsylvania Railroad Connecting Bridge, it is the third railroad bridge at the site.
4 km · bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 07West Laurel Hill Cemetery
West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869, is 200 acres in size, and contains the burials of many notable people.
3.8 km · cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 08Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
The Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the grounds of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. The building of the mosque took 6 months and was done by the members of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship under the direction of M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen.
700 m · mosque in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US · Wikipedia - 09City of Conquerors, Philadelphia
City of Conquerors was a church started by We Are More Than Conquerors Deliverance Ministries. Prior to its demolition, the building was formerly the West Philadelphia Jewish Community Center, as evidenced by the Jewish symbols on the exterior of the building at 11 South 63rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2.9 km · church in Philadelphia, PA · Wikipedia - 10City Line Avenue Bridge
City Line Avenue Bridge is a historic concrete barrel arch bridge spanning the East Branch of Indian Creek and located in the Overbrook Farms neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913, and is a single-span bridge.
800 m · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia
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Getting to Overbrook
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 13 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 120 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 144 km
- Stations
- 69th Street Transportation Center, 2.9 km · Parkview, 3 km
- New York → Overbrook132 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $13–18
- Newark → Overbrook123 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · $12–16
- Baltimore → Overbrook141 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · $13–17
- 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 Overbrook
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 Overbrook. 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 Overbrook
Overbrook is 8 km from Philadelphia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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