{{More citations needed|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | background_color= <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |image_skyline=ErieTorriemfl.jpg |imagesize= |image_caption=The entrance of Erie-Torresdale along Erie and Kensington Avenues in Juniata |image_flag= |name=Juniata<!-- at least one of the first two fields must be filled in --> |settlement_type = [[List of Philadelphia neighborhoods|Neighborhood of Philadelphia]] <!--such as Town, Village, City, Borough etc.--> <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]] |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia County]] |subdivision_type3 = City |subdivision_name3 = [[Philadelphia]] <!-- General information ---------------> | mapsize = 300px | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Philadelphia | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{Coord|40.008|-75.108|format=dms|display=title}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type= |postal_code= |area_codes=[[Area codes 215, 267, and 445|215, 267 and 445]] }} '''Juniata''' (also known as '''Juniata Park''') is a working class neighborhood in [[North Philadelphia]], which is a section of the city of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. Juniata is located south of the Juniata Golf Club in Tacony Creek Park. It is bordered to the east by [[Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Frankford]], to the west by [[Feltonville, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Feltonville]], and to the south by [[Harrowgate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Harrowgate]] and [[Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Port Richmond]]. The neighborhood is bordered by G Street to the west, Juniata Park to the north, [[Tacony Creek]] to the east, and by [[SEPTA]] rail tracks to the south. Juniata shares the [[ZIP code]] of 19124 with the nearby neighborhood of Frankford.
==History== Prior to the 1920s, Juniata Park was mostly farmland. Nicetown Lane ran generally west to east from near the line of B St. and Erie Avenue through to the present-day Pike Street and Frankford Avenue. Powder Mill Lane ran from the present-day Wingohocking Street in Frankford southwest to Nicetown Lane, near the intersection of L and Lycoming Sts. I Street, from Ramona Avenue west, was called Fisher's Lane and ran generally through the west side of the [[Tacony Creek]] to the intersection of Harrowgate Lane, near the present day H Street and Ramona Avenue. Harrowgate Lane ran generally south and southeast into [[Harrowgate, Philadelphia|Harrowgate]] to the present day Atlantic Street, ending at Frankford Avenue.
The neighborhood's name comes from the [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] word "onenhia", meaning "standing stone."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=John K. |title=Final Report on the Bituminous Coal Beds of Pennsylvania |date=1920 |publisher=Pennsylvania System |location=Tyrone |page=115 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Final_Report_on_the_Bituminous_Coal_Beds/d_xFAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22juniata%22+%22iroquoian%22+standing+stone&pg=PA115&printsec=frontcover |access-date=2 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hingston |first=Sandy |date=2015-10-22 |title=20 More Local Native American Place Names and What They Mean |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/10/22/philadelphia-jersey-native-american-place-names/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Philadelphia Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Winberg |first=Michaela |date=2018-07-06 |title=How 43 Philly neighborhoods got their names |url=https://billypenn.com/2018/07/06/how-43-philly-neighborhoods-got-their-names/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Billy Penn at WHYY |language=en-US}} Note: The cited page erroneously attributes ''onenhia'' to the [[Lenape language]].</ref>
The first row homes were built in Juniata Park, near Castor Avenue and Luzerne Street, in the mid-1920s. The western area of Juniata, around I and Cayuga Streets, was developed in the 1950s.
==Facilities and infrastructure== The [[Market–Frankford Line]] elevated train stops in the neighborhood at the [[Erie–Torresdale (SEPTA station)|Erie-Torresdale Station]], located at the intersection of Erie, and Torresdale Avenues.
The ''Juniata News'', the neighborhood's weekly community newspaper, was first published in July 1934.
Most of the neighborhood's retail and commercial establishments are situated along Castor, Hunting Park, and Erie Avenues.
In 1935, the [[Carl Mackley Houses]] (now Apartments) were constructed on the block bounded by Castor Avenue, Bristol, M, and Cayuga Streets.
==Schools== *One Bright Ray Community High School *[[Francis Hopkinson School]] *Holy Innocents Area Catholic Elementary Catholic School *Juniata Park Academy * Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments * Archbishop Ryan Academy for the Deaf *Community Academy of Philadelphia CS
==Churches== *Bethel Chapel Church,<ref>[http://www.bethelchapelchurch.com/ Bethel Chapel Church]</ref> K and Lycoming Sts. *Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church<ref>[http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/7115.htm Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church]</ref> 1337 E. Hunting Park Ave. *Holy Spirit United Methodist, 1441 E. Hunting Park Ave. *Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church, M and Luzerne Sts. *African Orthodox Church, 1326 E. Hunting Park Ave. *New Apostolic Church,<ref>[http://www.nac-usa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Pennsylvania2&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=273&ContentID=1926 New Apostolic Church]</ref> K and Cayuga Sts. *Vietnamese Alliance Church, 931 E. Lycoming St.
==Population== The population is 13,617.{{when|date=July 2019}}
When largely built in the 1920s and 1930s, Juniata Park had a mixed population, largely German-American, with German bakeries and delicatessen/grocery stores, and Jewish grocery and drug stores. The neighborhood was known as a heavily unionized area.
Since the 1990s,{{specify|date=December 2014}} Juniata transitioned from a predominantly [[working class]] [[Irish American]] community to a largely [[working class]] [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Rican]] and [[Dominican American|Dominican]] community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interactive map: Census data 2010 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/census/2010/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513090510/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/census/2010/ |archive-date=13 May 2011 |access-date=13 January 2022 |website=The Washington Post}}</ref> As of 2010, the neighborhood was 59.6% Hispanic, 18.1% White, 14.5% Black, and 7.7% Asian and other.
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== External links == *[http://juniataaction.com/ Juniata Action Committee]{{Dead link|date=January 2025}} *[http://juniatatreasure.com/ Juniata Treasures, list of what makes Juniata great]{{Dead link|date=January 2025}} *[http://www.juniatapark.com/ JuniataPark.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209085223/http://www.juniatapark.com/ |date=2009-12-09 }} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070712114734/http://www.fairmountpark.org/JuniataGolfClub.asp Juniata Golf Club]}}, Fairmount Park Commission *[http://www.neilsonst.com/ Neilson Street home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060424224317/http://neilsonst.com/ |date=2006-04-24 }}
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