List of Philadelphia neighborhoods

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The following is a list of neighborhoods, districts, and other places located in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The list is organized by broad geographical section within the city. While there is no official list of neighborhoods, districts, and places, this list was compiled from the sources listed in the External links section, as well as from information compiled from residents of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia's neighborhoods have no "official" borders, such that some of the places listed below may overlap geographically, and residents are not always in agreement with where one neighborhood ends and another begins.

Historically, many neighborhoods were defined by Catholic parishes. Others were originally villages before being incorporated as part of the city. Still more complicated is the fact that in some parts of Philadelphia, especially the central areas of North, West, and South Philadelphia, residents have long been more likely to identify with the name of their section of the city than with any specific neighborhood name. Today, community development corporations, neighborhood watches, and other civic organizations are an influential force in shaping the use of neighborhood names and approximate boundaries.

Philadelphia planning districts
Philadelphia planning districts

Contents

[edit] West Philadelphia

[edit] South Philadelphia

Rowhouses in South Philadelphia
Rowhouses in South Philadelphia
  • Bella Vista - Breadth: North to South Street, South to Washington Avenue, West to 11th Street, East to 6th Street
  • Devil's Pocket - Irish neighborhood west of Gray's Ferry Avenue
  • East Passyunk Crossing - Breadth: North to Tasker Ave, South to Snyder Avenue, West to Broad Street, East to 9th Street
  • Girard Estate
  • Greenwich
  • Grays Ferry - Breadth: North to Gray's Ferry Ave., South to Passyunk Ave., West to the Schuykill River, East to 24th St.
  • Hawthorne
  • Italian Market - Breadth: along 9th Street from Fitzwater Street in the north to Wharton Street in the south
  • Marconi Plaza
  • Newbold - around the intersection of Snyder and Passyunk
  • Packer Park
  • Passyunk Square - central South Philadelphia, just east of Broad
  • Pennsport - locally referred to as "Two Street", Penn's Port is a predominantly Irish-American Catholic neighborhood.
  • Point Breeze
  • Queen Village - Breadth: North to South Street, South to Washington Avenue, East to the Delaware River, West to 6th Street
  • Schuylkill
  • Southwark
  • Southwest Center City / Graduate Hospital - Breadth: North to South St. (Rittenhouse/Fitler), South to Washington Ave., East to Broad St. (Bella Vista), West to 24th St. (Gray's Ferry)
  • Tasker
  • Wharton
  • Whitman
  • Wilson Park
  • West Passyunk

[edit] Center City

Historic rowhouses in Center City Philadelphia
Historic rowhouses in Center City Philadelphia

[edit] North Philadelphia

[edit] Lower North

Historic building on 1900 block of North 32nd Street, Strawberry Mansion
Historic building on 1900 block of North 32nd Street, Strawberry Mansion

[edit] Upper North

[edit] Olney - Oak Lane

[edit] Northwest Philadelphia

[edit] Germantown/Chestnut Hill

[edit] Roxborough/Manayunk

[edit] The Northeast

[edit] The Far Northeast

[edit] The Near Northeast

[edit] Greater Kensington

[edit] Southwest Philadelphia

[edit] External links

Portal:Philadelphia
 Philadelphia Portal
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