Somerset (MFL station)
Encyclopedia
Somerset Station is an elevated
stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Somerset Street in Philadelphia
, Pennsylvania
, in the Kensington
neighborhood. The station is reserved for "B" Trains only.
Like the nearby Huntingdon Station
, Somerset is located over a five-way intersection, which is northeast of a high cantaliever bridge over Tacony Creek. Access to the station from street-level can be found at the southwest and southeast corners of Kensington Avenue and Somerset Street. Unlike Huntingdon, no access is available from D Street. Somerset Station is surrounded at a one block radius by drug dealers. SEPTA police are in and out of the area every day or so but the faces remain the same.
The station is adjacent to the corner of Kensington and Somerset, named by Philadelphia Weekly in 2007 as the number one drug corner in the city. The corner itself is dominated by sales of hypodermic needles and the methadone-like detox medication Suboxone, with referrals readily available to one of the many heroin dealers on nearby blocks.
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Somerset Street in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, in the Kensington
Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kensington is a neighborhood in the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is between the Lower Northeast section of Philadelphia and North Philadelphia. Not to be confused with the former Kensington District, now commonly referred to as Fishtown, the area modernly referred to as...
neighborhood. The station is reserved for "B" Trains only.
Like the nearby Huntingdon Station
Huntingdon (MFL station)
Huntingdon Station is an elevated rapid transit stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Huntingdon Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Kensington neighborhood. The station is reserved for "A" Trains only...
, Somerset is located over a five-way intersection, which is northeast of a high cantaliever bridge over Tacony Creek. Access to the station from street-level can be found at the southwest and southeast corners of Kensington Avenue and Somerset Street. Unlike Huntingdon, no access is available from D Street. Somerset Station is surrounded at a one block radius by drug dealers. SEPTA police are in and out of the area every day or so but the faces remain the same.
The station is adjacent to the corner of Kensington and Somerset, named by Philadelphia Weekly in 2007 as the number one drug corner in the city. The corner itself is dominated by sales of hypodermic needles and the methadone-like detox medication Suboxone, with referrals readily available to one of the many heroin dealers on nearby blocks.
SEPTA City Bus Connections
- SEPTA Routes 3 and 54.