Frankford neighborhood, as in many parts of Philadelphia, has many
one way streets and streets that end suddenly. Rather than limit your selection
of ways to travel to our Meetinghouse, I have included the many of the
directions submitted by our members along with some of their comments.
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From West of Roosevelt Blvd. below Whitaker: North on
Roosevelt Blvd.
(Rt. 1). Go past Friend's Hospital and Oakland Cemetery.
*Turn right onto Adams Avenue
(stay in the left lane). Go across Castor Ave. At the stop sign,
turn left onto Orthodox Street.
Frankford Meeting is about 1/2 mile on the right at the corner of Penn &
Orthodox Streets. Back to top.
From City Line Ave:
City Line Avenue North.
Follow signs for Roosevelt Blvd. Stay toward left lanes, as these change quickly. Take bridge overpass/over the
river to Roosevelt. Stay on Roosevelt Blvd.
to Adams Avenue
- Stay in right lane for exit after Friends Hospital.
Bear to right as you take Adams
Ave. (*See the directions above.) Back to top.
From Oxford Circle and Roosevelt Blvd. using the
"keep it simple, sugar" principle:
From Oxford Circle go south on Oxford
Ave. (by McDonalds) past Frankford High
School. Turn right at Leiper (south again)
and go to Orthodox Street.
Turn left, cross Penn, gate immediately on right.
Oxford Circle
is reached from north or south on Rt. 1, Roosevelt Blvd.)
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Another way to get there from North on the
Boulevard: I usually come south on Roosevelt Boulevard
to Bridge Street, make a left on Bridge, make a right at Castor Avenue (1st
light), left on Wakeling Street, right on Large
Street, left onto Orthodox Street. I probably go this way because I
like some of the houses I see along the way after I come off the
Boulevard. Back to top.
From Cottman
and Frankford Aves. From Cottman Ave,
I take Frankford Ave south
until I hit (I believe )"Sellers". Turn
right onto Sellers. From Sellers, I
turn right onto Penn, and a final right on Orthodox.
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From Cheltenham Township: We take Townshipline Rd./Cottman Ave.
to Oxford Ave.
at 5 Points. Turn right on Oxford
Ave., around the Oxford Circle at Roosevelt Blvd., and proceed on Oxford Ave.
Go past Frankford
High School and take a
right on Leiper St. Take a left on Orthodox St. to
the Meetinghouse.
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Very precise directions from NE Philadelphia:
In response to your request I composed the travel route from Tacony-Mayfair area of NE
Philadelphia to Frankford Meeting House at Penn and Orthodox
Streets. From the landmark Cottman route 73 and
Frankford Ave. route 13, go south along Frankford Ave. about 3 miles past the
Margaret-Orthodox Elevated train station then go further south along
Frankford Ave. about several blocks to Sellers Street, then turn west in a
right turn for a few blocks at the corner of Smedley
School, this is Penn Street, turn north for 2
short blocks, Frankford Friends School is on the right, the Meetinghouse is
in front of the school on Orthodox Street. Back to top.
In case you live around the corner: I
just go down Foulkrod to Leiper
over to Orthodox, or I go over to Adams,
down to Orthodox and down. Back to top.
From the passenger's perspective:
I get in the car and sit next to you. When you smile at me, I smile
back. I go whatever way you feel like driving and I watch the people
and I hope the driveway to the meetinghouse is not blocked.
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