{{more citations needed|auto=yes|date=October 2012}} {{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=North Philadelphia from One Liberty Observation Deck.jpg |imagesize= |image_caption= |image_flag= |name=North Central<!-- 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]] |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|40.0|-75.143|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]] }} '''North Central''' is an area in the [[North Philadelphia]] section of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], United States. The name of the area is derived from its location, near the center of North Philadelphia. According to Census 2010, North Central is primarily a low-income neighborhood where 60% of its residents are [[African American]] and 40% are [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]]. [[Hartranft, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Hartranft]] and [[Stanton, Philadelphia|Stanton]] are neighborhoods locally known as "North Central". North Central borders both [[North Philadelphia East]] and [[North Philadelphia West]].
==Education== {{Further|School District of Philadelphia}} [[School District of Philadelphia]] operates public schools.
The [[Free Library of Philadelphia]] Lillian Marrero Branch serves West Kensington.<ref>"[http://libwww.freelibrary.org/branches/branch.cfm?loc=LEH Lillian Marrero Branch]." [[Free Library of Philadelphia]]. Retrieved on October 19, 2012.</ref>
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