Winchester Park, Philadelphia
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Winchester Park is a neighborhood in Far Northeast Philadelphia,
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, United States. It is located in the vicinity of
Pennypack Park Pennypack Park is a municipal park, part of the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation system located in Northeast Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Established in 1905 by ordinance of the City of Philadelphia, it includes about of woodlan ...
, north and west of
Holmesburg Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast Philadelphia, Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Holmesburg was named in Honor of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Th ...
. Winchester Park is zoned for single-family homes. The first part of the development, on Winchester Avenue between Albion Street and 75 feet east of Holmehurst Avenue, was built in 1940. The remainder of the area was built between 1947 and 1955. In 1955, St Jerome Roman Catholic Church was built at Colfax and Stamford Streets. It is the parish that serves the area. The zip code is 19136. Winchester Park's boundaries are Holme Avenue, Welsh Road and Rhawn Street.


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