Jenkintown

Jenkintown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with National Landmarks, an active arts scene, and shops and restaurants. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Center City Philadelphia.

Understand
The borough is a mostly residential community that is separated into East and West by the Business District that runs along and surrounds Old York Road (Route 611) corridor.

Get in
Jenkintown is located just outside Philadelphia along the Route 611 corridor between Abington and Cheltenham Townships.

By train
Several SEPTA regional rail lines connect Jenkintown to central Philadelphia and other cities in the Philadelphia Region



By car
From Philadelphia: I-76 West, I-95 North.

From Allentown: I-476

By bus
SEPTA provides City Bus service to Jenkintown along Route 55, which follows PA 611 south to Olney Transportation Center in North Philadelphia and north to Willow Grove and Doylestown, and Route 77, which heads west to the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia and east to Northeast Philadelphia.

By plane
Philadelphia International Airport Fly in from any major airport. Approximately a 30-minute drive from Philadelphia.

See

 * The Jenkintown-Wyncote station building with its Queen Anne-style architecture was designed by famous Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer.
 * The Town Lyceum Building (now known as Jenkintown Library) and the Art Deco Strawbridge & Clothier Store are on the National Register of Historic Places.
 * Salem Baptist Church hosted Martin Luther King Jr. two months after his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington.
 * Curtis Hall Arboretum in nearby Wyncote features a national landmark building, two ponds, 50 different tree species and a Valley of Remembrance honoring World War II veterans.
 * Curtis Hall Arboretum in nearby Wyncote features a national landmark building, two ponds, 50 different tree species and a Valley of Remembrance honoring World War II veterans.