Is the Elkins Park area of Northeast Philly nice?

impaler19120 on Sat, 13th Mar 2010 2:13 pm 



Elkins Park is not in the City of Philadelphia. It is in Cheltenham Township. (with a little bit in Abingtion Township). It is an older suburb, with an interestingly diverse population and a variety of housing styles. The Cheltenham School District is equally diverse, and very well regarded. The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Natanyahu graduated from Cheltenham High School.

Elkins park is also not in Buck County, it is in Montgomery County, where there are several excellent school districts. I have seen your questions before, and this is a far cry from looking for a place to live in Allentown.

Why don’t you just tell us where you work, or where you need to be, and we can tell you about nearby communities.

Deadly505 on Sat, 13th Mar 2010 2:13 pm 



yeah really nice a lot do there

Robert S on Sat, 13th Mar 2010 2:13 pm 



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 40°04′37″N 75°07′37″W / 40.07694°N 75.12694°W / 40.07694; -75.12694

Unincorporated community
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Montgomery
Townships Abington, Cheltenham

Elevation 157 ft (47.9 m)
Coordinates 40°04′37″N 75°07′37″W / 40.07694°N 75.12694°W / 40.07694; -75.12694

Timezone EST (UTC-5)
– summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code 215

Elkins Park is an unincorporated community, portions of which are located in both Cheltenham Township and Abington Township in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (roughly 6 miles or a 20 minute drive from Center City, Philadelphia).

Points of interest
Elkins Park is the home of the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom Synagogue.
Lynnewood Hall, a 110-room, derelict Gilded Age mansion is in Elkins Park.
Elkins Estate
Richard Wall House, a house is listed on State and National Registers of Historic Places and had the distinction of being the oldest Pennsylvania house in continuous residence until rehabilitation work began.

Prominent current or former residents
Bill Cosby (comedian)
Douglas Feith (former Under-Secretary of Defense)
Marvin Harrison (NFL wide-receiver for the Indianapolis Colts)
Mark Levin (radio talk show host)
Edgar Lee Masters (poet—spent his final years in Elkins Park)
Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime-Minister of Israel)
Ralph J. Roberts (co-founder of Comcast, father of current Comcast CEO, Brian Roberts)
Jeffrey Solow (American virtuoso cellist)
Peter A. B. Widener (head of a wealthy and historically prominent family)

Dorothy C on Sat, 13th Mar 2010 2:13 pm 



I formerly lived in Elkins Park, and now live in a community adjacent to it. First of all, Elkins Park is not in Philadelphia. It is in Montgomery County. A small part of it is in Abington Township. Most of it is in Cheltenham township. There are parts of Elkins Park that are not so nice- the area closest to Cheltenham Ave. It is much nicer the closer you get to Township Line Ave. In some areas you will see large estates with huge acreage.

Since there are good and bad areas, you would have to come out and see the different neighborhoods. Cheltenham High School is a very good school. The grade schools in the better neighborhoods would probably be very good.

There are many churches and many synogogues. The better shopping areas are a short drive out of Elkins Park. Theres’s some parks, and an iceskating rink.

And yes, Bill Cosby has a home here. It’s one of the larger ones.

Cheryl on Sat, 13th Mar 2010 2:13 pm 



Elkins Park is in Montgomery County — it is a nice area. The school systems in that area are great! Just above Elkins Park is Abington [named #18 Suburban towns to live in], Glenside, Jenkintown, Willow Grove, Horsham, Hatboro. Farther North is Doylestown, Warminster, Warrington — all nice areas. As for Philadelphia Schools, stay away — unless you’re going to invest in a private school.

I would stay in Montgomery or Bucks County.

Professional Peon on Sat, 13th Mar 2010 2:13 pm 



The school system in Philadelphia is basically a joke. There is to much violence and most of the teachers don’t care to teach (at least that was the case when I went there)

Elkins Park is a nice area. Yahoo Real Estate just named my town #5 in the country in terms of affordability and crime. But I’m farther west. Elkins Park children go to Cheltenham’s school district. Which from what I have been told is not as good as Abington’s schools. They are basically the same area, but different schools because of the amount of taxes taken in by the district.

The schools out my way are just as good as in Abington, BUT I have to give Abington’s school district the win on that one because they have full day kindergarten, where my district still only does half days.

Regardless of where you go pretty much anywhere OUTSIDE of Philly is better then Philly.

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