Hunting Park, Philadelphia

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement    |image_skyline=File:HuntingPark.jpg |imagesize= |image_caption=Hunting Park shopping area at Broad Street |image_flag= |name=Hunting Park |settlement_type = [[List of Philadelphia neighborhoods|Neighborhood of Philadelphia]]   |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]] |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] |subdivision_type3 = City |subdivision_name3 = [[Philadelphia]]  | mapsize = 300px | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Philadelphia | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{Coord|40.018|-75.125|format=dms|display=title}}  |postal_code_type= |postal_code= |area_codes=[[Area codes 215, 267, and 445|215, 267 and 445]] }} '''Hunting Park''' is a [[neighborhood]] in the [[North Philadelphia]] section of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.

In 2024, the 19140 [[ZIP code]], which roughly consists of Hunting Park and [[Nicetown–Tioga, Philadelphia|Nicetown–Tioga]], has a median home sale price of $113,900.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

The [[Clara Barton School (Philadelphia)|Clara Barton School]], [[Alexander K. McClure School]], and [[Bayard Taylor School]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==History== The neighborhood grew out of the Hunting Park, which was established in the 19th century on the James Logan estate and a race track known as the [[Hunting Park Course]]. The neighborhood has historically been the northern part of [[Franklinville, Philadelphia|Franklinville]]—bounded by North Broad Street and West Sedgley Avenue—most of the 19th century. Today the area is known more as the Hunting Park neighborhood rather than as Franklinville.

In the years leading up to 2010, Hunting Park residents began a campaign against crime.<ref name="Murtha1">Murtha, Tara. "Hunting Park Bounces Back." ''[[Philadelphia Weekly]]''. January 5, 2010. [http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/Hunting-Park-Bounces-Back-80763797.html?page=1&comments=1&showAll= 1]. Retrieved on February 1, 2013.</ref>

==Cityscape== Hunting Park is located north of Sedgley Avenue, east of the former [[SEPTA]] [[Chestnut Hill East Line|R7]] railroad line, south of Roosevelt Boulevard, and west of Front Street.<ref>"[http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/otherinfo/pname1.htm Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names, A-K]." City of Philadelphia. Retrieved on February 2, 2013.</ref> Bordering neighborhoods include [[Logan, Philadelphia|Logan]] to the north, [[Feltonville, Philadelphia|Feltonville]] to the east, [[Franklinville, Philadelphia|Franklinvillle]] and [[Fairhill, Philadelphia|Fairhill]] to the south, and [[Nicetown–Tioga, Philadelphia|Nicetown–Tioga]] to the southwest.

==Demographics== As of the 2010 Census, Hunting Park was 56% Hispanic of any race, 38.1% non Hispanic black, 2.9% non Hispanic white, 1.9% Asian, and 2.1% all other. The neighborhood is primarily made up of [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Ricans]], [[Dominican American|Dominicans]], and [[African Americans]].<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>

==Parks and recreation== Hunting Park, an {{convert|87|acre|ha|adj=on}} portion of [[Fairmount Park]], lies in the Hunting Park neighborhood. Tara Murtha of ''[[Philadelphia Weekly]]'' said "For generations, Hunting Park served as the heart of the community. Then, about 25 years ago [before 2010], it became its noose."<ref name=Murtha1/> Joann Taylor, a member of the Hunting Park Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC), said, as paraphrased by Murtha, "By the late '80s, the park was all but lost to hard-working members of the community. But soon community activist groups sprung up out of the negativity."<ref name=Murtha3>Murtha, Tara. "Hunting Park Bounces Back." ''[[Philadelphia Weekly]]''. January 5, 2010. [http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/Hunting-Park-Bounces-Back-80763797.html?page=3&comments=1&showAll= 3]. Retrieved on February 2, 2013.</ref>

==Government and infrastructure== The [[United States Post Office]] operates the Hunting Park Post Office at 4350 North Front Street.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/57648?p=2&service_name=post_office&z=19125 Post Office Location - HUNTING PARK]." ''United States Post Office''. Retrieved on January 16, 2009.</ref>

==Education== {{Further|School District of Philadelphia}} The [[School District of Philadelphia]] serves Hunting Park. For elementary school the area is served by the [[Alexander K. McClure Elementary School]] (K-5) in Hunting Park,<ref>"[http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/m/mcclure Home]." ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324083500/http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/m/mcclure |date=March 24, 2013 }}) McClure Elementary School. Retrieved on February 2, 2013. "Welcome to Alexander K. McClure Elementary School! We are located at the corner of 6th Street and Hunting Park Avenue in the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia"</ref><ref>"[https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/7380.pdf Alexander K. McClure Elementary School Geographic Boundaries]." ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328082410/https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/7380.pdf |date=March 28, 2012 }}) [[School District of Philadelphia]]. Retrieved on February 2, 2013.</ref> and the [[Bayard Taylor Elementary School]] (K-5) in Hunting Park.<ref>Scott, Katherine. "[https://6abc.com/archive/8766724/ Hamels Foundation pays to rehab Phila. playground]." ABC 6 Action News. Wednesday August 8, 2012. Retrieved on February 2, 2013. "They paid to rebuild a playground, make a greenhouse, paint a mural and much more at Bayard Taylor Elementary school in Hunting Park."</ref><ref>"[https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/7440.pdf Bayard Taylor Elementary School Geographic Boundaries]." ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328082431/https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/7440.pdf |date=March 28, 2012 }}) [[School District of Philadelphia]]. Retrieved on February 2, 2013.</ref> It is also served by Clemente Middle School (5-8),<ref>"[https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/7730.pdf Roberto Clemente Middle School Geographic Boundaries]." ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328082640/https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/7730.pdf |date=March 28, 2012 }}) [[School District of Philadelphia]]. Retrieved on February 2, 2013.</ref> [[Edison/Fareira High School]] (9-12), and [[Olney High School]] (9-12).<ref>"[https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/7040.pdf Olney High School Geographic Boundaries]." ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328083923/https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/7040.pdf |date=March 28, 2012 }}) [[School District of Philadelphia]]. Retrieved on February 2, 2013.</ref>

<gallery> File:McClure School Philly.JPG|[[Alexander K. McClure Elementary School]] File:B Taylor School Philly A.JPG|[[Bayard Taylor Elementary School]] in Hunting Park </gallery>

==Transportation== [[File:HuntingPark2.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Hunting Park subway station]] The area is served by the [[Broad Street Line]] subway at the [[Hunting Park station]].

==Notable people== *[[Ibram X. Kendi]] (academic and activist, while studying at Temple University in the early 2000s)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kendi|first=Ibram X.|title=How to Be an Antiracist|publisher=Penguin Random House|year=2019|isbn=9780525509288|location=New York|pages=151}}</ref> * [[Kaboni Savage]] (murderer and drug dealer)<ref>{{cite news|author=Anastasia, George|author2=Maria Panaritis|url=http://articles.philly.com/2004-04-14/news/25364917_1_savage-trial-key-witness-drug-case|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101002830/http://articles.philly.com/2004-04-14/news/25364917_1_savage-trial-key-witness-drug-case|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2016|title=Phila. man charged in cocaine ring Kaboni Savage was arrested yesterday. He was acquitted of murder last month.|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=2004-04-14|access-date=2016-08-16}}</ref>

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