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. Many of the neighborhoods were once municipalities of their own before being incorporated into the city with the Act of Consolidation of 1854.

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

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[edit] Center City

Historic rowhouses in Center City Philadelphia
Historic rowhouses in Center City 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
  • Dickinson Narrows - Diverse neighborhood. Washington to Miflin, 4th to 6th. [1] [2]
  • East Passyunk Crossing - Breadth: North to Tasker Street, 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 - South to Washington, Broad to 11th.
  • Italian Market - Breadth: along 9th Street from Fitzwater Street in the north to Wharton Street in the south
  • Marconi Plaza
  • Newbold - Washington to Passyunk, and Broad to 18th.[3]
  • Packer Park
  • Passyunk Square - Washington Ave to Tasker, 6th to Broad[4]
  • 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 - Breadth:The limits of the district started on Cedar (South) Street and the River Delaware, and proceeded west to Passyunk Road; along the latter to Moyamensing Road; then by Keeler’s Lane to Greenwich Road; then to the Delaware River, and along the several courses of the same until reaching the beginning point again.
  • Southwest Center City / Graduate Hospital - Breadth: North to South St. (Rittenhouse/Fitler), South to Washington Ave., East to Broad St. (Hawthorne), West to 24th St. (Gray's Ferry)
  • Tasker
  • Wharton
  • Whitman
  • Wilson Park
  • West Passyunk

[edit] Southwest Philadelphia

[edit] West Philadelphia

"Twins" in Cedar Park.
"Twins" in Cedar Park.

[edit] University City

Generally speaking, University city is the section of West Philadelphia surrounding Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania. More specifically, it runs East to the Schuylkill River and Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway), North to Powelton Ave., South to the Schuylkill river and the Media line railroad (R3), and West to around 52th Street.

  • Black Bottom - Not current. Formerly around the area of 38th and Market.
  • Cedar Park - North to Larchwood Ave., South to Baltimore Ave., East to 46th St., West to 52nd St.
  • Garden Court - North to Locust St., South to Cedar Ave., East to 46th St., West to 52nd St.
  • Powelton Village - North to Spring Garden St., South to Market St., East to 32nd St., West to 44th St.
  • Spruce Hill - North to Market, South to Baltimore Ave., East to 40th, West to around 46th.
  • Squirrel Hill - North to Baltimore Ave., South to Woodland Ave., East to 45rd St., West to 50th St.
  • Walnut Hill - North to Market St., South to Larchwood Ave., East to 46th St., West to 52nd St.
  • Woodland Terrace - North to Baltimore Ave., South to Woodland Ave., East to 40th St., West to 43rd St.

[edit] Northwest Philadelphia

Ridge & Midvale, East Falls
Ridge & Midvale, East Falls

[edit] Germantown/Chestnut Hill

[edit] Roxborough/Manayunk

[edit] North Philadelphia

26th & Aspen, Fairmount
26th & Aspen, Fairmount
Kensington
Kensington

[edit] Lower North

[edit] Greater Kensington

[edit] Upper North

[edit] Olney - Oak Lane

[edit] The Northeast

Frankford & Cottman, Mayfair
Frankford & Cottman, Mayfair

[edit] The Far Northeast

[edit] The Near Northeast

[edit] References

  1. ^ 11th to Broad streets, and from Pine to Locust

[edit] External links

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