Category:Where-Torresdale

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Torresdale is a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood bounded on the northeast by Grant Avenue, Frankford Avenue (U.S. Route 13), and the Poquessing Creek, on the southeast by the Delaware River, on the southwest by Linden Avenue, Frankford Avenue (U.S. Route 13), and Pennypack Park, and on the northwest by Ashton Road. (Frankford/13 runs like an axis through this neighborhood.)

Alternative Description: The East Torresdale Civic Association describes its boundaries: "The area of this Association is bounded on the south by the Academy Exit of I-95 at Frankford Avenue on a perpendicular line east to the Delaware River, on the north by the Poquessing Creek, on the west by Frankford Avenue, to also include the 3900 blocks of Fitler St., Eden St., and Grant Avenue, as well as the 9600 blocks of Frankford Avenue and Leon St."

Adjoining Neighborhoods

Torresdale is adjoined on the northeast by Andalusia, Pennsylvania. On the southeast, it is across the Delaware River from Riverside, New Jersey. It is adjoined on the southwest by Holmesburg, and on the northwest by Ashton-Woodenbridge.

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