page_title: Fishtown, Philadelphia
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Fishtown, Philadelphia / Education
caption_attribution_description: Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and constructed in 1927, the Penn Treaty School (formerly Penn Treaty Junior High School) is a late Gothic Revival School located at 600 E. Thompson Street.
context_page_description: Fishtown is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located immediately northeast of Center City, its borders are somewhat disputed today due to many factors, but are roughly defined by the triangle created by the Delaware River, Frankford Avenue, and York Street. Some newer residents expand the area to Lehigh Avenue, while some older residents shrink the area to Norris Street. It is served by the Market–Frankford Line rapid transit subway/elevated line of the SEPTA system. Fishtown is known as a working class Irish Catholic neighborhood. Recently, however, the neighborhood has seen a large influx of young urban professionals and gentrification.
  The name Fishtown derives from one of the original occupation of its residents. Early settlers were fishermen and over time they controlled the fishing rights to both sides of the Delaware River from Cape May to the falls at Trenton, NJ.
context_section_description: The School District of Philadelphia operates public schools. Alexander Adaire School is the elementary school of the community. Penn Treaty School (formerly Penn Treaty Middle School), grades 6–12, is in Fishtown. Residents were previously zoned to Kensington High School.
  St. Laurentius School  is located in Fishtown.
caption: Penn Treaty School
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