Overbrook Park, Philadelphia

Overbrook Park
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Rose Playground in Overbrook Park
Overbrook Park
Coordinates: 39°58′37″N 75°15′54″W / 39.977°N 75.265°W / 39.977; -75.265
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia
CityPhiladelphia
Area 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 is a largely middle-class African-American and historically Jewish-American neighborhood.

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