Ryers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Ryers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ryers is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. Ryers is bounded by Cottman Avenue (Rt. 73) on the southwest, Fillmore Street on the northwest. [http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/otherinfo/pname3.htm] Both of these highways separate Philadelphia from Cheltenham and Rockledge, Montgomery County. The R8 Railway separates Ryers from Burholme and Fox Chase borders it via Hartel St. on the northeast.
The name Ryers comes from the Ryerss Estate which is located in Burholme Park along Central Avenue. The Estate was owned by Joseph Waln Ryerss who left it to his son Robert who later left it to the Free Library of Philadelphia and later willed the land to the Fairmount Park association for a public park.
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