Glenside, Pennsylvania

About Glenside

Glenside, PA is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Officially, Glenside is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.27 square miles.

📰 Glenside News Today

• Driver accused of intentionally hitting bicyclist with his SUV in Glenside, Montgomery County 6abc Philadelphia · Jul 14
• Glenside Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Man charged with attempted murder after bicyclist hit, critically injured FOX 29 Philadelphia · Jul 13
• Betty Ann Chabot – Glenside, PA / Marquette, MI – February 20, 1946 ~ July 4, 2026 Upper Michigan's Source · Jul 8
• Nancy Croke Obituary | Life Celebration by GIVNISH | Glenside, PA Tribute Archive · Aug 1

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Glenside Unique

• The only place in America named Glenside — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Glenside

• Apollo Pizza — pizza
• Elcy's Cafe (café)
• Elia — greek
• Humpty's Dumplings — asian
• Lew's Seafood Takeout & Dockside Pub
• Primo Hogies — sandwich
• Queen Sushi & Chinese — sushi
• Roberts Block Restaurant
• TreVi Pizza Pasta BYOB — italian
• Trios Tomato Pies — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Glenside

• Edge Hill Woods Wildlife Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Grove Park reviews ★
• H Carroll Brooke Park reviews ★
• Harry S. Renninger Recreation Area reviews ★
• Penbryn Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Glenside

• Copper Beech Sch
• Glenside El Sch

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Glenside

🏘️ Nearby Communities