page_title: North Philadelphia
section_title: Neighborhoods
hierarchical_section_title: North Philadelphia / North Philadelphia today / Neighborhoods
caption_attribution_description: English: Ogden St. in North Philly.
context_page_description: North Philadelphia, nicknamed North Philly, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is immediately north of Center City. Though the full extent of the region is somewhat vague, "North Philadelphia" is regarded as everything north of either Vine Street or Spring Garden Street, between Northwest Philadelphia and Northeast Philadelphia. It is bordered to the north by Cheltenham Township along Cheltenham Avenue, Spring Garden Street to the south, 35th Street to the west and Adams Avenue to the east. The Philadelphia Police Department patrols five districts located within North Philadelphia: the 22nd, 25th, 26th, 35th and 39th districts. There are seven ZIP codes for North Philadelphia: 19132, 19133, 19121, 19122, 19130, 19123 and 19120
  The city government views this sprawling chunk of Philadelphia more precisely as three smaller districts, drawn up by the Redevelopment Authority in 1964. These regions are Olney-Oak Lane, Upper North Philadelphia and Lower North Philadelphia.
context_section_description: North Philadelphia, like many other sections of Philadelphia, is highly racially and socially segregated block by block. A noticeable pattern in the area is that, in the southern part of North Philadelphia (south of about Erie Avenue), Germantown Avenue (which later becomes North 6th Street) is the dividing point between the areas that are predominantly Black (to the west), and the areas that are predominantly Hispanic (to the east). However, this is slowly changing, with a small yet growing population of Hispanics living west of Germantown Avenue, and already significant population of Blacks living east of that street.
  The area between Broad Street and 5th Street is increasingly becoming a "transition zone" between the larger predominately black area west of Broad, and the smaller predominately Hispanic area east of 5th. This section of Philadelphia has nearly equal populations of Hispanics and Blacks. Though, Germantown Avenue is still seen as a divider street, with areas between Germantown Avenue and Broad Street "more black" and areas between Germantown Avenue and 5th street "more Hispanic".
  East of Front street, blocks start to get more diverse, with significant populations of Hispanics, blacks and whites. Also, as the Hispanic community continues to grow eastward, the ethnic white enclaves of eastern North Philadelphia continue to shrink.
  See https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/census/2010/
  North Philadelphia is usually described as an area north of Center City, between Front Street and Fairmount Park.
  Sub-sections include:
  Lower North Philadelphia - Spring Garden Street to the south and Dauphin Street to the north
  Upper North Philadelphia - Dauphin Street to the south and Wyoming Avenue to the north
  Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia often nicknamed Uptown - Wyoming Avenue to the south and the Philadelphia city limits to the north
caption: Ogden Street in North Philadelphia on a snowy night.
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