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Find sources: "Juniata, Philadelphia" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States Juniata Neighborhood of Philadelphia The entrance of Erie-Torresdale along Erie and Kensington Avenues in Juniata Juniata Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia County City Philadelphia Area codes 215, 267 and 445 **Juniata** (also known as **Juniata Park**) is a working class neighborhood in [North Philadelphia](/source/North_Philadelphia), which is a section of the city of [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), United States. Juniata is located south of the Juniata Golf Club in Tacony Creek Park. It is bordered to the east by [Frankford](/source/Frankford%2C_Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), to the west by [Feltonville](/source/Feltonville%2C_Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), and to the south by [Harrowgate](/source/Harrowgate%2C_Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania) and [Port Richmond](/source/Port_Richmond%2C_Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania). The neighborhood is bordered by G Street to the west, Juniata Park to the north, [Tacony Creek](/source/Tacony_Creek) to the east, and by [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA) rail tracks to the south. Juniata shares the [ZIP code](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Harrowgate%2C_Philadelphia) to the present day Atlantic Street, ending at Frankford Avenue. The neighborhood's name comes from the [Iroquoian](/source/Iroquoian_languages) word "onenhia", meaning "standing stone."[1][2][3] 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](/source/Market%E2%80%93Frankford_Line) elevated train stops in the neighborhood at the [Erie-Torresdale Station](/source/Erie%E2%80%93Torresdale_(SEPTA_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](/source/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](/source/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,[4] K and Lycoming Sts. - Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church[5] 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,[6] K and Cayuga Sts. - Vietnamese Alliance Church, 931 E. Lycoming St. ## Population The population is 13,617.[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources)*] Juniata transitioned from a predominantly [working class](/source/Working_class) [Irish American](/source/Irish_American) community to a largely [working class](/source/Working_class) [Puerto Rican](/source/Puerto_Rican_American) and [Dominican](/source/Dominican_American) community.[7] As of 2010, the neighborhood was 59.6% Hispanic, 18.1% White, 14.5% Black, and 7.7% Asian and other. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Johnston, John K. (1920). [*Final Report on the Bituminous Coal Beds of Pennsylvania*](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). Tyrone: Pennsylvania System. p. 115. Retrieved April 2, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hingston, Sandy (October 22, 2015). ["20 More Local Native American Place Names and What They Mean"](https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/10/22/philadelphia-jersey-native-american-place-names/). *Philadelphia Magazine*. Retrieved January 25, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Winberg, Michaela (July 6, 2018). ["How 43 Philly neighborhoods got their names"](https://billypenn.com/2018/07/06/how-43-philly-neighborhoods-got-their-names/). *Billy Penn at WHYY*. Retrieved January 25, 2025. Note: The cited page erroneously attributes *onenhia* to the [Lenape language](/source/Lenape_language). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Bethel Chapel Church](http://www.bethelchapelchurch.com/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church](http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/7115.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [New Apostolic Church](http://www.nac-usa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Pennsylvania2&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=273&ContentID=1926) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Interactive map: Census data 2010"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110513090510/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/census/2010/). *The Washington Post*. Archived from [the original](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/census/2010/) on May 13, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2022. ## External links - [Juniata Action Committee](http://juniataaction.com/)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] - [Juniata Treasures, list of what makes Juniata great](http://juniatatreasure.com/)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] - [JuniataPark.com](http://www.juniatapark.com/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091209085223/http://www.juniatapark.com/) 2009-12-09 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [Juniata Golf Club](https://web.archive.org/web/20070712114734/http://www.fairmountpark.org/JuniataGolfClub.asp), Fairmount Park Commission - [Neilson Street home page](http://www.neilsonst.com/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20060424224317/http://neilsonst.com/) 2006-04-24 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) v t e Communities of Philadelphia Former municipalities are below. Sections and Neighborhoods Center City Avenue of the Arts Broad Street Chinatown Fitler Square Franklin Square Jewelers' Row Logan Square Old City Penn's Landing Rittenhouse Square Society Hill South Street Washington Square West South Bella Vista Central South Philadelphia Devil's Pocket Dickinson Square West East Passyunk Crossing Fabric Row FDR Park Girard Estate Grays Ferry Greenwich Hawthorne Italian Market Little Saigon Lower Moyamensing Marconi Plaza Moyamensing Newbold Packer Park Passyunk Square Pennsport Point Breeze Queen Village Southwark Southwest Center City Sports Complex West Passyunk Wharton Whitman Wilson Park Southwest Angora Bartram Village Clearview Eastwick Elmwood Park Hog Island Kingsessing Mount Moriah Paschall Southwest Schuylkill West Avenue of Technology Belmont Village Carroll Park Cathedral Park Centennial District Cedar Park Cobbs Creek Dunlap Garden Court Haddington Haverford North Mantua Mill Creek Overbrook Overbrook Farms Overbrook Park Parkside Powelton Village Saunders Park Spruce Hill Squirrel Hill 30th Street Station University City Walnut Hill Woodland Terrace Wynnefield Wynnefield Heights North Lower North Badlands Belfield Brewerytown Callowhill Cecil B. Moore El Centro de Oro / Fairhill Fairmount Francisville Hartranft Ivy Hill Ludlow N3RD Street North Central Northern Liberties North Philadelphia East North Philadelphia West Poplar Sharswood South Lehigh Spring Garden Stanton Strawberry Mansion Yorktown Upper North Allegheny West Badlands Franklinville Glenwood Hunting Park Nicetown–Tioga Olde Kensington Swampoodle West Kensington Olney-Oak Lane East Oak Lane Feltonville Fern Rock Koreatown Logan Ogontz Olney West Oak Lane Northwest Lower Northwest Andorra East Falls Manayunk Parkland Roxborough Wissahickon Upper Northwest Beggarstown Cedarbrook Chestnut Hill Germantown Morton Mount Airy Wister Northeast Near Northeast Burholme Castor Gardens Crescentville Fox Chase Frankford Holme Circle Holmesburg Juniata Lawndale Lexington Park Mayfair Oxford Circle Rhawnhurst Ryers Tacony Wissinoming Far Northeast Academy Gardens Ashton-Woodenbridge Bustleton Byberry Crestmont Farms Millbrook Modena Park Morrell Park Normandy Parkwood Pennypack Somerton Torresdale Upper Holmesburg Winchester Park River Wards Bridesburg Fishtown Harrowgate Kensington Olde Richmond Port Richmond Former Municipalities Cities Philadelphia (Center City) Boroughs Aramingo Bridesburg Frankford Germantown Manayunk West Philadelphia Whitehall Districts Belmont Kensington Moyamensing Northern Liberties Penn Richmond Southwark Spring Garden Townships Blockley Bristol Byberry Delaware Germantown Kingsessing Lower Dublin Moreland Northern Liberties Oxford Passyunk Penn Roxborough Footnotes As a consolidated city-county Philadelphia is its own county seat. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Juniata, Philadelphia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniata%2C_Philadelphia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniata%2C_Philadelphia?action=history)). 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