List of Philadelphia neighborhoods
Categories: Philadelphia neighborhoods
The following are a list of major neighborhoods in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, organized by broad geographical location within the city:
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Philadelphia planning districts
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West Philadelphia
- Belmont
- Carroll Park
- Cathedral Park
- Cedar Park
- Cobbs Creek - Breadth: East to 46th Street, west to 52nd Street, north to Larchwood Avenue, south to Kingsessing Avenue
- Dunlap
- Garden Court
- Haddington
- Mantua
- Mill Creek
- Overbrook
- Overbrook Park
- Overbrook Farms
- Parkside
- Powelton Village - Breadth: East to 32nd Street, west to 44th Street, north to Spring Garden Street, south to Market Street
- Saunders Park
- 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 - Breadth: East to 53rd Street and Fairmount Park, West to 59th Street, North to City Avenue, south to Fairmount Park
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South Philadelphia
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Rowhouses in South Philadelphia
- Bella Vista - Breadth: North to South Street, South to Washington Avenue, West to 11th Street, East to 6th Street
- Girard Estates
- 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
- Packer Park
- Passyunk Homes
- Pennsport - locally referred to as "Two Street", Penn's Port is a predominately 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
- Schuykill
- Southwark
- Southwest Center City
- Tasker
- Wharton
- Whitman
- Wilson Park
- West Passyunk
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Center City
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Historic rowhouses in Center City Philadelphia
- Avenue of the Arts
- Callowhill
- Chinatown
- Elfreth's Alley
- Fitler Square - Breadth: North to Locust Street, South to South Street, East to 21st Street, West to the Schuylkill River.
- Franklintown
- Logan Square
- Market East
- Old City
- Penn Center
- Penn's Landing - encompassed by the Delaware Riverfront.
- Rittenhouse Square
- Society Hill - Breadth: North to Market St., South to South St, East to Columbus Blvd., West to 7th St. Society Hill.
- South Street - Breadth: along South Street from Front Street in the east to Sixth Street in the west.
- 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
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Lower North
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Historic building on 1900 block of North 32nd Street, Strawberry Mansion
- Brewerytown
- Cabot
- Fairhill
- Fairmount - Breadth: North to Girard Avenue, South to Vine Street, East to Broad Street, West to Schuylkill River
- Francisville
- Hartranft
- Ludlow
- North Central
- Northern Liberties - Breadth: North to Girard Avenue, South to Spring Garden Street, East to Delaware River, West to 6th Street
- Olde Kensington
- Poplar
- Sharswood
- Spring Garden
- South Lehigh
- Stanton
- Strawberry Mansion
- Templetown (Temple University Area)
- West Kensington
- Yorktown
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Upper North
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Olney - Oak Lane
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Northwest Philadelphia
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Germantown/Chestnut Hill
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Roxborough/Manayunk
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The Northeast
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The Far Northeast
- Academy Gardens
- Ashton-Wooden Bridge
- Bustleton
- Byberry
- Millbrook
- Modena Park
- Morrell Park
- Normandy
- Parkwood
- Pennypack
- Somerton
- Torresdale
- Upper Holmesburg
- Winchester Park
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The Near Northeast
- Burholme
- Castor Garden
- Fox Chase
- Frankford
- Holmesburg
- Lawncrest
- Lexington Park
- Mayfair
- Oxford Circle
- Rhawnhurst
- Ryers
- Tacony
- Wissinoming
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Greater Kensington
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Southwest Philadelphia
- Angora
- Bartram Village
- Clearview
- Kingsessing
- Eastwick
- Elmwood Park
- Hawthorne
- Hog Island - historically the home to a major shipyard, now home to the Philadelphia International Airport
- Mount Moriah
- Paschall
- Penrose
- Southwest Schuylkill
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