Lawncrest, Philadelphia

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Lawncrest is a neighborhood in the "Near" (lower) Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name is an amalgam of Lawndale and Crescentville, the two primary communities that make up the neighborhood.^[1] The Philadelphia Inquirer does not consider Lawncrest to be a neighborhood.^[2]

The primary ZIP Code is 19111 (Fox Chase Post Office) for the area North of Comly Street and 19120 (Olney P.O.) for the area South of Comly Street. Most of the southern end of the Community is actually built on the former property of the Wentz Farm. Portions of the East side of Crescentville are actually built over former swamp land, while the West side was built on more stable bedrock.Rising Sun Avenue (formerly 2nd Street Pike) is usually identified as the main artery through Lawncrest, though originally, Ashmead Road/Levick Street was the primary Road.

The neighborhood of Lawncrest has many distinct borders. Lawncrest is one of the largest neighborhoods; bordering Cottman Ave to the north, Oxford Ave and then Castor Ave to the east, Frankford Creek and Tacony Creek to the south and southwest, and finally the Lawndale and Cheltenham train stations and train tracks to the west. Lawncrest is bordered by the neighborhoods of Fox Chase to the north, Oxford (Oxford Circle) to the east, Frankford to the southeast, Feltonville to the south, Olney to the west, and Cheltenham to the northwest. It is also important to note the current population of Lawncrest (as of 2024), is 17519.