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OVERBROOK PARK, PHILADELPHIA

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Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Overbrook Park
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Rose Playground in Overbrook Park
Overbrook Park

Coordinates: Coordinates: 39°58′37″N 75°15′54″W / 39.977°N 75.265°W / 39.977;
-75.265CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyPhiladelphia
CountyCityPhiladelphiaArea code(s)215, 267, and 445

Overbrook Park is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in the 1940s on the
site of a former farm known as Supio's farm, offering new housing for returning
GIs and their families. Overbrook Park remains a stable, safe, African-American
middle-class neighborhood.


CONTENTS

 * 1 Boundaries
 * 2 History
 * 3 References
 * 4 External links


BOUNDARIES[EDIT]

Overbrook Park is bounded by Overbrook to the east, Penn Wynne to the north,
Upper Darby to the south and west, and Havertown to the west. The main artery is
Haverford Avenue which goes into Penn Wynne across City Avenue where it becomes
Haverford Road. Haverford Avenue and 75th Street connect it to Lansdowne Avenue
on the Overbrook side, which continues south through Upper Darby where it
becomes State Road. Haverford Avenue, 76th Street, and 77th Street connect it to
City Avenue on the Penn Wynne side. The neighborhood spans for approximately
four city blocks west to east along City Avenue, and approximately ten smaller
blocks north to south on either side of 76th Street. Overbrook Park has a public
school named after Robert Eneas Lamberton, a former Republican mayor of
Philadelphia. It was once a K–12 school and the only one of its kind in
Philadelphia. Today it is a K-8 school. Lamberton School is located at 75th
Street and Woodbine Avenue.


HISTORY[EDIT]

Overbrook Park used to have a large Jewish population.[1] There was an Orthodox
and a Conservative synagogue. Most of the Jewish people have moved across City
Avenue (U.S. 1) into neighboring Penn Wynne in Lower Merion Township. The Jewish
community of both sides of the border are considered to be one unit and are
connected by an eruv, a wire attached to the telephone and electric poles which
allows religious Jews to carry things on Shabbat.[2]

The Orthodox Congregation Beth Hamedrosh was founded in the late 1950s as a
branch of Beth Hamedrosh HaGadol in West Philadelphia. The congregation moved to
Penn Wynne in May 2007, after having purchased the site in 2000.[3] The Building
that housed Beth Hamedrosh is now Temple Kefarym, a Black Hebrew congregation
which is now boarded up following a fire.[4]

The Conservative Congregation Beth T'fillah, originally called Overbrook Park
Congregation founded in 1948,[5][6] closed down in the Fall of 2006 and merged
with Temple Adath Israel in Merion, Lower Merion Township due to a lack of
sufficient membership.[7] The building that housed Beth T'fillah is now
Overbrook Park Church of Christ.

In 1990, Overbrook Park had some 7,200 residents, mostly of Jewish, Italian and
Irish origins. During the mid-1990s, the neighborhood started to become majority
African American. By 2000, the neighborhood's population had become nearly 60%
African American.[8] Today it is approximately 81% African American [9]

Despite the demographic change, there are still several kosher establishments in
Overbrook Park: a kosher bagel store,[10] a kosher pizzeria, and a kosher
bakery.[11] As of late 2015 a new kosher sushi restaurant opened on Haverford
Ave, but has since closed.[12] There is now a kosher catering business in its
place. There was also R&R Produce and Fish in the same shopping center as New
York Bagels but it closed in the Spring of 2021 when the owners retired after
being there for decades.

In 2017, Chabad of Penn Wynne and Congregation Beth Hamedrosh, formerly of
Overbrook Park, were awarded a grant by The Kohelet Foundation to assist with
promoting Overbrook Park as an affordable neighborhood for young Jewish
families.[13] Starting with Rosh Hashana in September 2020, Chabad of Penn Wynne
is now located in Overbrook Park in the same shopping center that is home to New
York Bagels. It was previously located at the Kaiserman JCC across City Line
Avenue but had to relocate due to the coronavirus pandemic. After 13 years with
no synagogue, Overbrook Park again has a synagogue.

Overbrook Park is the birthplace of actor Seth Green.[14]


REFERENCES[EDIT]

 1.  ^ William Labov (2001). Principles of linguistic change: Social factors,
     Volume 2. Language in society. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-17916-X.
 2.  ^ "Building "Keruv". The Main Line Eruv". The Philadelphia Jewish Voice.
     September 2006.
 3.  ^ "Torah Scrolls Brought to New Home of Beth Hamedrosh". The Philadelphia
     Jewish Voice. July 2007.
 4.  ^ Julian H. Preisler (2008). Historic Synagogues of Philadelphia & the
     Delaware Valley. The History Press. pp. 47, 48, 102.
     ISBN 978-1-59629-572-8. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved
     2017-10-31.
 5.  ^ "Phila. v. Overbrook Park Congregation". Justia Law. Retrieved
     2017-06-27.
 6.  ^ Julian H. Preisler (2008). Historic Synagogues of Philadelphia & the
     Delaware Valley. The History Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-59629-572-8. Archived
     from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
 7.  ^ "CJC Seeks CJC for a Serious Long-term Relationship". The Philadelphia
     Jewish Voice. October 2005.
 8.  ^ "Overbrookpark". Jewocity.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31.
     Retrieved 2011-08-30.
 9.  ^ "Overbrook Demographics".
 10. ^ "The Kosher Table: New York Bagel Bakery". The Philadelphia Jewish Voice.
     February 2006.
 11. ^ "Kosher Establishments in Philadelphia, PA". Kosher Delight.
 12. ^ "Kosher Establishments in Philadelphia, PA". Kosher Delight.
 13. ^ Kurland, Rachel (2017-03-15). "Kohelet Foundation Awards Grant to
     Wynnewood-Area Shuls for Publicity Content". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved
     2017-05-12.
 14. ^ Seth Green at IMDb


EXTERNAL LINKS[EDIT]

 * Allen Meyers (2001). The Jewish Community of West Philadelphia. Arcadia.
   ISBN 0-7385-0854-3.
 * "A City Transformed. The Racial and Ethnic Changes in Philadelphia Over the
   Last 20 Years" (PDF). The Philadelphia Research Initiative. June 1, 2011.
   Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2011.

Facebook page :https://www.facebook.com/OverbrookParkCivicAssociation




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