Crescent Boulevard

March 7, 2022 · Updated June 15, 2026 · 2 min read · Streets

Crescent Boulevard is the street name assigned to US Route 130, which passes through Camden at four points: one in East Camden, one just south of the Cooper River, the third from south of the railroad tracks to a point opposite Grant Avenue in Haddon Township, and the fourth from Mount Ephraim Avenue to Newton Creek at Camden's extreme southern end.

Crescent Boulevard, looking south — 1930s. Community Motors Ford can be seen at the far left.

Crescent Boulevard at Federal Street, 2003 — Crescent Boulevard at Federal Street — 2003

Crescent Boulevard at Federal Street, December 11, 2005 — Crescent Boulevard at Federal Street — December 11, 2005

Crescent Boulevard at Airport Circle — Central Airport, circa 1935

Crescent Boulevard at Airport Circle, circa 1935 — Crescent Boulevard at Airport Circle — circa 1935

Rear of Black Horse Pike Drive-In Theater, east side of Crescent Boulevard — 1950s to 1980s — East side of Crescent Boulevard at the Railroad Overpass — rear of the Black Horse Pike Drive-In Theater, 1950s–1980s

Crescent Boulevard at Mount Ephraim Avenue — 1955 — Intersection of Crescent Boulevard and Mount Ephraim Avenue — 1955

Mobile Home Park at 3225 Mount Ephraim Avenue — 1991 — Mobile Home Park at 3225 Mt. Ephraim Avenue — 1991

4500 Block of Crescent Boulevard

City directory records, 1947–2016. Even-numbered buildings, though within Camden City limits, are served by Merchantville's 08109 ZIP code post office.

4536 Crescent Boulevard

4536 Crescent Boulevard — City directory records, 1947–2016. Even-numbered buildings, though within Camden City limits, are served by Merchantville's 08109 ZIP code post office.
year	name
c. 1947	No listing

4545 Crescent Boulevard

4545 Crescent Boulevard — City directory records, 1947–2016. Even-numbered buildings, though within Camden City limits, are served by Merchantville's 08109 ZIP code post office.
year	name
1947	Suburban Bakery
1969	Occupied
1980	Haines Paint Company
2003–2005	Delsea Exterminating Company
2011	Loida Development Center LLC

4550 Crescent Boulevard

4550 Crescent Boulevard — City directory records, 1947–2016. Even-numbered buildings, though within Camden City limits, are served by Merchantville's 08109 ZIP code post office.
year	name
c. 1947	No building

4554 Crescent Boulevard

4554 Crescent Boulevard — City directory records, 1947–2016. Even-numbered buildings, though within Camden City limits, are served by Merchantville's 08109 ZIP code post office.
year	name
c. 1947	No listing

4557 Crescent Boulevard

4557 Crescent Boulevard — City directory records, 1947–2016. Even-numbered buildings, though within Camden City limits, are served by Merchantville's 08109 ZIP code post office.
year	name
1947	Boulevard Diner

4568 Crescent Boulevard

4568 Crescent Boulevard — City directory records, 1947–2016. Even-numbered buildings, though within Camden City limits, are served by Merchantville's 08109 ZIP code post office.
year	name
1947	Alert Service Station
1947	Federal Construction Company
2016	Vacant

4576 Crescent Boulevard

4576 Crescent Boulevard — City directory records, 1947–2016. Even-numbered buildings, though within Camden City limits, are served by Merchantville's 08109 ZIP code post office.
year	name
1947	Standard Brands Inc.
1975–2016	Parkway Dental Service

Boulevard Diner, 4557 Crescent Boulevard — postcard, circa 1950s — Boulevard Diner — 4557 Crescent Boulevard

John Anthony Smith

John Anthony Smith worked part-time at Mister Meat, a butcher shop at Federal Street and Route 130 , for many years. Known locally as a kind man with a serious drinking problem, he had no permanent address.

December 1, 2025

Haddon Avenue

Haddon Avenue is one of Camden's oldest roads, dating to at least 1792 as a bridle path and incorporated as the Haddonfield & Camden Turnpike in 1839. It runs southeast from Federal Street to the city limits toward Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Haddonfield.

January 28, 2023

No. Camden Woman Injured in Collision

Mrs. Jennie E. Middleton, 62, of 315 North Fourth Street was hurt when the car driven by her husband Timothy A. Middleton collided with a trailer truck at Marlton Pike and Crescent Boulevard, Pennsauken.

July 30, 1941

R. M. Hollingshead, Jr., Pays Fine as Speeder

R. M. Hollingshead Jr. was fined $15 for driving 75 miles per hour on the Burlington Pike. Gordon Snyder, 23, of 709 North 28th Street, was fined $5 for having no driver's license.

February 15, 1938

Arrest of Six Links Numbers And Fake Cash

Men Nabbed Here Believed to Be Members of Ring A tie-up between a huge counterfeiting ring and a gambling syndicate backing the "numbers" was believed unearthed by Camden police and Federal authorities following the arrest here yesterday of six colored men on charges of attempting to pass bogus money.

August 10, 1935