Melrose Park, Pennsylvania


Melrose Park is an unincorporated section of Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania on the Philadelphia city line. It is bordered to the south by Cheltenham Avenue, to the west by Old York Road, to the east by New Second Street and to the north by Ashbourne Road.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority provides public transportation is to Melrose Park via the Melrose Park railroad station and SEPTA bus routes 28, 55, and 70.
Melrose Park is represented by Madeleine Dean in the 4th Congressional District. It is a close-in suburb of Philadelphia.

Gratz College

Melrose Park is home to Gratz College, the oldest independent institution of Jewish learning in the United States.

Notable residents