Submit your Curious Philly question here. Philadelphia’s Ellis Island Washington Avenue Immigration Station, which operated from 1873 to 1915, can be considered Philadelphia’s Ellis Island.

Still, those aren’t the only options. Philadelphia’s version of Ellis Island was the Washington Avenue Immigration Station Accessing records in person Pennsylvanians can navigate the digital ...

Go south, and you’re headed into Point Breeze, Passyunk and Pennsport — South Philadelphia neighborhoods full of grit and personality. Along Washington Avenue, though, you’ll find Indonesian ...