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Near Northeast Philadelphia, is a section of the city of Philadelphia. When combined with the Far Northeast, to be "Northeast Philadelphia", the 2000 Census shows that the combined area has a sizable percentage of the city's 1.547 million people [19] — a population of
Somerton is a neighborhood in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The neighborhood is bounded by Red Lion Road on the south, Roosevelt Boulevard on the east, East County Line Road and Poquessing Creek on the north, and the Philadelphia County / Montgomery County line on the west.
Washington Square West is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The neighborhood roughly corresponds to the area between 7th and Broad Streets and between Chestnut and South Streets, bordering on the Independence Mall tourist area directly northeast, Market East to the north, Old City and Society Hill to the East, Bella Vista directly south, Hawthorne to the ...
St. James Kingsessing Episcopal Church. The name Kingsessing, also spelled Chinsessing, comes from a Delaware word meaning "a place where there is a meadow". [1] [2] The historic Lenape, or Delaware as the English called them, had a village of the same name that roughly occupied the same site as where the current neighborhood was later developed.
The South Philadelphia Shtiebel (Hebrew: סאוט פילאדעלפיא שטיבל) is a Jewish congregation, synagogue, and community center, located in the East Passyunk neighborhood of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The congregation is led by Hadas "Dasi" Fruchter, and offers educational, community, and religious ...
Eastwick is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the southwesternmost neighborhood in the city, bordering Philadelphia International Airport and the city line with Delaware County at Cobbs Creek and Darby Creek. The Elmwood Park neighborhood borders it to the northeast. It includes the ...
Rhawnhurst is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, named for George and William Rhawn by area real estate developers. [1] Roughly bordered by Cottman Avenue to the south, Pennway Street to the west, the Pennypack Creek to the north, and Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, Rhawnhurst ...
Wynnefield is a diverse middle-class neighborhood in West Philadelphia.Its borders are 53rd Street at Jefferson to the south, Philadelphia's Fairmount Park to the east, City Avenue (commonly referred to as "City Line") to the north and the Amtrak Philadelphia Main Line tracks to the west.