Bala Cynwyd

Bala Cynwyd lies in the Welsh Tract of Pennsylvania and was settled in the 1680s by Welsh Quakers, who named it after the town of Bala and the village of Cynwyd in Wales.

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Bala Cynwyd market trends indicate an increase of $44 (22%) in the average price per square foot over the past 6 months. The median sales price over that same period fell from $633,253 to $570,761. The average time on market for properties in Bala Cynwyd is 72 days and buyers can expect to pay 96% of the seller’s asking price.
 
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Bala Cynwyd is a community in Lower Merion Township which is located on the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at US Route 1 (City Avenue). It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community. This came about when a single US Post Office served both towns (the "Bala Cynwyd" Branch). Bala and Cynwyd are still served by separate stations on SEPTA's Cynwyd Line of Regional Rail.
 
Bala Cynwyd lies in the Welsh Tract of Pennsylvania and was settled in the 1680s by Welsh Quakers, who named it after the town of Bala and the village of Cynwyd in Wales. The American "Cynwyd" is now pronounced "KIN-wid. A mixed residential community made up predominantly of single-family detached homes, it extends west of the Philadelphia city limits represented by City Line Avenue from Old Lancaster Road at 54th Street west to Meeting House Lane and then along Manayunk and Conshohocken State Roads north to Mary Watersford Road, then east along Belmont Avenue back to City Line. This large residential district contains some of Lower Merion's oldest and finest stone mansions, built mainly from 1880 through the 1920s and located in the sycamore-lined district between Montgomery Avenue and Levering Mill Road, as well as split level tract houses built east of Manayunk Road just after World War II.
 
 
The oldest commercial district and the original center of Bala Cynwyd straddles the bridge over the old Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, originally belonging to the Columbia Railroad and now part of the SEPTA Cynwyd Line, along Montgomery Avenue at Bala Avenue. This district, long on the National Register of Historic Places, was settled shortly after William Penn's landing in Pennsylvania in 1682 and contains the village's oldest commercial buildings, some dating to the earliest years of the nineteenth century. Bala Avenue itself is an extension of this original town center and comprises a specialized commercial district of its own more than a century old; it has long been known for its children's clothing stores, women's dress and consignment shops, the Bala Theater and a number of small restaurants. The remainder of Bala Cynwyd's original commercial district extends south along Montgomery Avenue as part of the Bala Cynwyd-Merion Commercial District and is coextensive with the commercial center of Merion, with its popular delicatessens and restaurants.
 
Since the old WCAU Channel 10 built its headquarters at the corner of City Avenue and Monument Road in 1952, Bala Cynwyd has increasingly become identified with the home of the Philadelphia region's major media outlets. In addition to the channel 3 successors to WCAU, rival WPVI-TV is found directly across City Avenue. Bala Cynwyd's AM and FM stations include CBS Radio's WOGL-FM, WIP-AM and WPHT-AM, located on the seventh floor of Two Bala Plaza and Greater Media's WBEN-FM, WNUW, WMGK-FM, WMMR-FM and WPEN, which are housed on the third and fourth floor of One Bala Plaza. Clear Channel Radio's WDAS-FM, WUBA, WUSL, WRFF, WISX, and WIOQ FM stations are located on Presidential Boulevard, as is independently owned WBEB. Beasley Broadcasting's WXTU, WRDW-FM and WWDB are on the third floor of 555 Presidential Boulevard at the foot of City Avenue. It is the corporate home of Entercom and the Susquehanna International Group.
 
The Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center, completed in 1957, lies a half mile to the south of the village center, bordering Philadelphia on City Avenue. Its major outlets are Lord & Taylor, Acme Markets, Olive Garden, and LA Fitness; Saks Fifth Avenue is located a block to the East.
 
The village is home to churches of many religions. The oldest of these is Saint John's Episcopal Church on Levering Mill Road, founded in 1863. Saint Matthias Catholic Church is also found one block south of Montgomery on Bryn Mawr Avenue. Bala Cynwyd has also drawn a number of Modern Orthodox and Conservative Jews who live within walking distance of Lower Merion Synagogue and Congregation Adath Israel on Old Lancaster Road where Bala Cynwyd meets Merion. Churches of other denominations are only blocks away in nearby Narberth, Wynnewood, Merion, and Wynnefield/Overbrook.

Schools Near Bala Cynwyd

The following schools are within or nearby Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The rating and statistics can serve as a starting point to make baseline comparisons on the right schools for your family.
 


Elementary Schools

 
Gladwyne School
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 729
Penn Valley School
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 666
Merion Elementary School
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 610
Cynwyd School
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 548
Penn Wynne School
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 738
Coopertown Elementary School
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 476
Belmont Hills Elementary School
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 484
Chestnutwold Elementary School
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 584
Dobson James School
  • Grades K-8
  • Enrollment 289
Laboratory Charter School
  • Grades K-8
  • Enrollment 620
Private
 
The Gateway School
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 74
Private
 
Main Line Reform Temple
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 60
Private
 
Noreen Cook Center For Ece Of Har Zion Temple
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 153
Private
 
Wetherill School
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 57
Private
 
St Margaret School
  • Grades PK-8
  • Enrollment 295
Private
 
Regina Angelorum Academy
  • Grades PK-8
  • Enrollment 107
Private
 
The Haverford School
  • Grades PK-12
  • Enrollment 978
Private
 
Ancona Montessori
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 40
Private
 
Torah Academy Of Greater Philadelphia
  • Grades PK-8
  • Enrollment 297
Private
 
The Baldwin School
  • Grades PK-12
  • Enrollment 571
Private
 
Friends School Haverford
  • Grades PK-8
  • Enrollment 134
Private
 
Waldron Mercy Academy
  • Grades PK-8
  • Enrollment 520
Private
 
The Shipley School
  • Grades PK-12
  • Enrollment 838
Private
 
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El Early Childhood Center
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 145
Private
 
Phebe Anna Thorne Kindergarten
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 42
Private
 
Childrens School At St Johns
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 46
Private
 
Aim Academy
  • Grades 1-12
  • Enrollment 310
Private
 
Holy Child School at Rosemont
  • Grades PK-8
  • Enrollment 291
Private
 
Cheder Chabad Philadelphia
  • Grades PK-7
  • Enrollment 83
Private
 
Overbrook Preschool And Kindergarten
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 108
Private
 
The Miquon School
  • Grades PK-6
  • Enrollment 152
Private
 
Friends Central School
  • Grades PK-12
  • Enrollment 885
Private
 
Perelman Jewish Day School-Stern Center
  • Grades K-5
  • Enrollment 229
Private
 
Robert J Wilf Preschool And Kindergarten
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 110
Samuel Gompers School
  • Grades K-8
  • Enrollment346
Private
 
The Bala House Montessori School
  • Grades PK-K
  • Enrollment 110
 

Middle Schools

Welsh Valley Middle School
  • Grades6-8
  • Enrollment1016
Bala-Cynwyd Middle School
  • Grades6-8
  • Enrollment911
Dobson James School
  • GradesK-8
  • Enrollment289
Laboratory Charter School
  • GradesK-8
  • Enrollment620
Private
 
St Margaret School
  • GradesPK-8
  • Enrollment295
Private
 
Regina Angelorum Academy
  • GradesPK-8
  • Enrollment107
Private
 
The Haverford School
  • GradesPK-12
  • Enrollment978
Private
 
Torah Academy Of Greater Philadelphia
  • GradesPK-8
  • Enrollment297
Private
 
The Baldwin School
  • GradesPK-12
  • Enrollment571
Private
 
Friends School Haverford
  • GradesPK-8
  • Enrollment134
Private
 
Waldron Mercy Academy
  • GradesPK-8
  • Enrollment520
Private
 
The Shipley School
  • GradesPK-12
  • Enrollment838
Private
 
Aim Academy
  • Grades1-12
  • Enrollment310
Private
 
Holy Child School at Rosemont
  • GradesPK-8
  • Enrollment291
Private
 
Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy
  • Grades6-12
  • Enrollment380
Private
 
Cheder Chabad Philadelphia
  • GradesPK-7
  • Enrollment83
Private
 
The Miquon School
  • GradesPK-6
  • Enrollment152
Private
 
Friends Central School
  • GradesPK-12
  • Enrollment885
Samuel Gompers School
  • GradesK-8
  • Enrollment346

High Schools

Lower Merion High School
  • Grades 9-12
  • Enrollment 1434
Harriton Senior High School
  • Grades9-12
  • Enrollment1217
Haverford Senior High School
  • Grades9-12
  • Enrollment1724
Private
 
The Haverford School
  • GradesPK-12
  • Enrollment978
Private
 
The Baldwin School
  • GradesPK-12
  • Enrollment571
Private
 
Merion Mercy Academy
  • Grades 9-12
  • Enrollment 483
Private
 
The Shipley School
  • GradsPK-12
  • Enrollment838
Private
 
Aim Academy
  • Grades1-12
  • Enrollment310
Private
 
I S Kosloff Torah Academy High School For Girls
  • Grades9-12
  • Enrollment77
Private
 
Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy
  • Grades 6-12
  • Enrollment 380
Private
 
Friends Central School
  • GradesPK-12
  • Enrollment885
Private
 
Talmudical Yeshiva Of Philadelphia
  • Grades9-12
  • Enrollment109
Roxborough High School
  • Grades9-12
  • Enrollment622

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