The following are a list of major neighborhoods in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, organized by broad geographical location within the city: Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ...

West Philadelphia

• Carroll Park
• Cedar Park - Breadth: North to Larchwood Ave., South to Kingsessing Ave., East to 46th St., West to 52nd Street.
• Cobbs Creek - a predominantly Black American neighborhood. Breadth: North to Market Street, South to Baltimore Ave., East to 52nd Street., West to Cobbs Creek Park.
• Haddington
• Mantua
• Overbrook
• Overbrook Park
• Powelton Village
• Spruce Hill
• University City - Breadth: East to the Schuylkill River and Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway), North to Market St., South to the Schuylkill River and Gray's Ferry Ave., West to 46th Street.
• Walnut Hill - Breadth: North to Market Street, South to Larchwood Ave., West to 52nd St., East to 46th Street.
• Wynnefield

A region of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the western side of the Schuylkill River, centrally located and stretching north and south of Market Street. ... Cedar Park is a neighborhood located in the West Philadelphia district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Mantua is a predominantly African American neighborhood of Philadelphia. ... Overbrook is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Overbrook Park is a neigborhood in in Western Philadelphia. ... Powelton Village is a neighborhood on the west side of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... University City, so titled due to the heavy presence of institutions of higher learning, was the first suburb, now an incorporated district, of Philadelphia. ... Schuykill River dranage map The Schuylkill River, pronounced skookle (IPA: ), is an approximately 130 mile (209 km) long river whose watershed of around 2000 square miles (5,000 km²) lies entirely within the state of Pennsylvania. ... Interstate 76 runs from an intersection with Interstate 71 between Seville, Ohio and Westfield Center, Ohio, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Akron, to an intersection with I-295 near Camden, New Jersey. ... Wynnefield is a predominately African-American middle-class neighborhood in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

South Philadelphia

Rowhouses in South Philadelphia

• Bella Vista
• Filter Square
• Gray's Ferry - Breadth: North to Gray's Ferry Ave., South to Passyunk Ave., West to the Schuykill River, East to 24th St.
• Italian Market
• Packer Park
• Passyunk Square
• Pennsport - locally referred to as "Two Street", Penn's Port is a predominately Irish-American Catholic neighborhood.
• Point Breeze
• Queen Village
• Schuykill - Breadth: North to South Street, East to Broad St., West to the Schuylkill River, South to Washington Avenue.
• Wharton
• Whitman

South Philadelphia is the section of Philadelphia between bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east, and the Schuylkill River to the south and west. ... Cropped version of photograph of South Philadelphia rowhouses that I took, mid-Dec 2004 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Cropped version of photograph of South Philadelphia rowhouses that I took, mid-Dec 2004 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Italian Market is an area of Philadelphia featuring many grocery shops, cafes, restaurants, cheese shops, butcher shops, etc. ... Irish population density in the United States, 1872. ... Schuykill River dranage map The Schuylkill River, pronounced skookle (IPA: ), is an approximately 130 mile (209 km) long river whose watershed of around 2000 square miles (5,000 km²) lies entirely within the state of Pennsylvania. ...

Center City

Historic rowhouses in Center City Philadelphia

• Chinatown
• Elfreth's Alley
• Fairmount
• Fitler Square
• Fishtown
• Franklintown
• Logan Square
• Market East
• Northern Liberties
• Old City
• Penn Center
• Penn's Landing - encompassed by the Delaware Riverfront.
• Poplar
• Rittenhouse Square
• Society Hill - Breadth: North to Market St., South to South St, East to Columbus Blvd., West to 7th St. Society Hill.
• Graduate Hospital Area (Southwest Center City)
• South Street
• Spring Garden
• Washington Square West - Breadth : North to Market St., South to South St., East to 7th St, West to Broad St. The name derives simply from the fact that this area extends west of Washington Square

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North Philadelphia

• Brewerytown
• Francisville
• Franklinville
• Feltonville
• Fern Rock
• Hartranft
• Hunting Park
• Logan
• Nicetown-Tioga
• Olney
• Strawberry Mansion
• Temple University Area (Templetown)
• West Kensington
• Yorktown

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Northwest Philadelphia

• Andorra
• Cedarbrook
• Chestnut Hill
• East Falls
• Germantown
• Manayunk
• Morton
• Mount Airy
• Oak Lane
• Roxborough
• Upper Roxborough
• Wister

Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of Philadelphia. ... Germantown was a town in Pennsylvania and is today primarily a neighborhood in Philadelphia, about six miles northwest from the center of the city. ... Manayunk is the name of a neighborhood in northwestern Philadelphia, PA. Located on the banks of the Schuylkill River; it contains the first canal begun in the United States (although not the first completed due to budget problems). ... Roxborough is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

The Northeast

Northeast Philadelphia (the Northeast) is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is marked by a large Italian, Polish and Irish Catholic population. ...

The Far Northeast

• Academy Gardens
• Ashton-Wooden Bridge
• Bustleton
• Byberry
• Millbrook
• Modena Park
• Morrell Park
• Normandy
• Parkwood
• Pennypack
• Somerton
• Torresdale
• Upper Holmesburg
• Winchester Park

The Near Northeast

• Bridesburg
• Burholme
• Castor Garden
• Fishtown
• Fox Chase
• Frankford
• Holmesburg
• Juniata
• Kensington
• Lawncrest
• Lexington Park
• Mayfair
• Oxford Circle
• Port Richmond
• Rhawnhurst
• Ryers
• Tacony
• Wissinoming

Fishtown is the center of Philadelphias Irish-American community. ... The Fox Chase section of Philadelphia got its name from The Fox Chase Inn which opened in 1705. ... Frankford is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, situated about 6 miles northeast of Center City. ... Holmesburg is a neighborhood in the Near Northeast section of Philadelphia, PA. It is named for Thomas Holme, a surveyor employed by William Penn, who drew the first map of Philadelphia. ... Kensington, in Near Northeast Philadelphia, was known as an integral part of the citys Irish-American and Puerto Rican populations. ... Lawncrest is a neighborhood in the Near Northeast portion of the Northeast Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Southwest Philadelphia

• Bartram Village
• Kingsessing
• Eastwick
• Elmwood Park
• Hawthorne
• Hog Island - historically the home to a major shipyard, now home to the Philadelphia International Airport
• Paschall
• Penrose

Formerly an independent town on the southwestern outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kingsessing has been since the 19th century a subdivision of that city. ... Hog island the historic name of an area southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along the Delaware River, to the west of the mouth of the Schuylkill River. ... FAA diagram of PHL Aerial view of construction of runway 8/26 Philadelphia International Airport (IATA: PHL, ICAO: KPHL) is an airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is the largest airport in the Delaware Valley region. ...

External Links

• Spruce Hill Community Association