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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Neighborhood<br />
| name = Byberry<br />
| type = Neighborhood<br />
| location = Far Northeast Philadelphia<br />
| zip_codes = 19116, 19154<br />
| named_for = Historic Byberry township<br />
| boundaries = Roughly Byberry Road area, near Bucks County line<br />
| adjacent_neighborhoods = [[Somerton]], [[Millbrook]], [[Bucks County]]<br />
| major_streets = Byberry Road, Roosevelt Boulevard<br />
| transit = SEPTA bus routes<br />
| notable_landmarks = Former Philadelphia State Hospital site<br />
}}<br />
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'''Byberry''' is a neighborhood in the [[Far Northeast Philadelphia|Far Northeast]], historically significant as the site of the Philadelphia State Hospital, a large psychiatric facility that operated for most of the 20th century.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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=== Philadelphia State Hospital ===<br />
The '''Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry''' dominated the area's history:<br />
* Opened 1907<br />
* Large psychiatric hospital campus<br />
* Notorious for overcrowding and poor conditions<br />
* Subject of exposés and investigations<br />
* Closed 1990<br />
* Buildings demolished<br />
* Site redeveloped for residential use<br />
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=== Byberry Township ===<br />
Before consolidation with Philadelphia, Byberry was an independent township, one of the last rural areas absorbed into the city.<br />
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== Character ==<br />
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=== Housing ===<br />
* Newer residential development on hospital site<br />
* Single-family homes<br />
* Townhouses<br />
* Suburban character<br />
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=== Community ===<br />
* Middle-class families<br />
* Newer residents<br />
* Near city boundary<br />
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== Living in Byberry ==<br />
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* Newer homes on redeveloped land<br />
* Suburban feel<br />
* Near Bucks County<br />
* Car necessary<br />
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== Getting There ==<br />
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* '''SEPTA buses:''' 14, 58<br />
* '''Roosevelt Boulevard:''' Major arterial<br />
* '''Near:''' PA Turnpike<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [[Somerton]]<br />
* [[Far Northeast]]<br />
* [[Northeast Philadelphia]]<br />
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