Port Richmond
Port Richmond is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Port Richmond is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is notable for its large Polish immigrant and Polish American community, and it has been known as the Little Poland of Philadelphia. The neighborhood is also home to a large Irish American community and sizable German, Lithuanian, Italian, and Puerto Rican communities, along with a historic Jewish community, as represented in the various churches and organizations. In more recent years, a sizable Albanian community has moved in. Port Richmond's ZIP code is 19134. A small portion of the neighborhood, north of Castor Avenue, falls into the 19137 ZIP code.
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Worth seeing in and around Port Richmond
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.
- 01Benjamin Franklin Bridge
The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River Bridge and known locally as the Ben Franklin Bridge, is a suspension bridge across the Delaware River connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey. Owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority, it is one of four primary vehicular bridges between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, along with the Betsy Ross, Walt Whitman, and Tacony-Palmyra bridges.
3.9 km · suspension bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey · Wikipedia - 02River Line
The River Line is a hybrid rail service in southern New Jersey that connects the cities of Camden and Trenton, New Jersey's capital. It is so named because its route between the two cities is parallel to the Delaware River.
3.2 km · diesel powered light rail service between Trenton and Camden, NJ · Wikipedia - 03Betsy Ross Bridge
The Betsy Ross Bridge is a continuous steel truss bridge spanning the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pennsauken, New Jersey. It was built from 1969 to 1974, and opened in April 1976, during the American Bicentennial Year.
3 km · bridge in New Jersey · Wikipedia - 04Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic Cathedral located in Camden in Camden County, New Jersey. It is the seat of the Diocese of Camden, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 as the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
3.8 km · Catholic cathedral in Camden, New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia - 05National Shrine of Saint John Neumann
The National Shrine of St. John Neumann is a Catholic national shrine dedicated to John Neumann, the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia and the first American male to be canonized.
3.9 km · church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America · Wikipedia - 06St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral
St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral is a Catholic parish located on the east side of Camden, New Jersey, United States.
3.5 km · church in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia - 07St. Adalbert Church (Philadelphia)
The Church of St. Adalbert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a Roman Catholic church, constructed in the Polish Cathedral style.
1 km · church in Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 08Camden City Hall
Camden City Hall is the house of government for the City of Camden and Camden County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. At 371 feet it is the tallest building in Camden, the tallest municipal building in New Jersey, and the tallest building within the Philadelphia metropolitan area outside of Philadelphia itself.
3.9 km · city hall of Camden, New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia - 09Cooper Library in Johnson Park
Cooper Library in Johnson Park is located in the Cooper Grant section of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1916 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 11, 1980, for its significance in architecture, art, education, and sculpture.
3.8 km · building in Camden, New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia - 10United States Post Office and Courthouse
The United States Post Office and Courthouse and the Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse house the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Camden, New Jersey. The back-to-back buildings are joined by a second story enclosed skyway.
3.7 km · historic building in Camden, New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Port Richmond
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 17 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 112 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 134 km
- Stations
- Cooper Street–Rutgers University, 3.8 km · Huntingdon, 2.7 km · York–Dauphin, 2.9 km · Pennsauken Transit Center, 3.2 km
- New York → Port Richmond14 km · quickest by road, 50 min · $2–2.5
- Newark → Port Richmond12 km · quickest by road, 41 min · $1.5–2.5
- Baltimore → Port Richmond151 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $13–18
- 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 Port Richmond
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 Port Richmond. 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.
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Next door to Port Richmond
Port Richmond is 6 km from Philadelphia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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