# North Philadelphia West > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/North_Philadelphia_West > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/North_Philadelphia_West.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Philadelphia_West > Source revision: 1303436474 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Not to be confused with [Northwest Philadelphia](/source/Northwest_Philadelphia). Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States North Philadelphia West Neighborhood of Philadelphia Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia City Philadelphia Postal code 19132 Area codes 215, 267 and 445 **North Philadelphia West** is a [neighborhood](/source/Neighborhood) that is located in the western central part of the [North Philadelphia](/source/North_Philadelphia) section of [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), United States, east of the [Schuylkill River](/source/Schuylkill_River). ## History and notable features North Philadelphia West is a section of [North Philadelphia](/source/North_Philadelphia) that is located west of [North Broad St](/source/Broad_Street_(Philadelphia)). It is bordered by Poplar Street and West Girard Avenue in the south, West Lehigh Avenue in the north and Ridge Avenue in the west. North Philadelphia West is bordered by the neighborhoods of [North Philadelphia/East](/source/North_Philadelphia_East), [Fairmount](/source/Fairmount%2C_Philadelphia), [Parkland](/source/Parkland%2C_Philadelphia) and [Allegheny West](/source/Allegheny_West%2C_Philadelphia).[1] The Stanton neighborhood is bounded by York Street to the north, 16th Street to the east, Sedgley Avenue to the west, and Cecil B. Moore Avenue to the south. [North Central, Philadelphia](/source/North_Central%2C_Philadelphia) is located to the east of North Philadelphia West. A district office plan was proposed as a future major development.[2] The neighborhood's zip codes are 19121, 19129, 19130, and 19132. ## Demographics In March 2018, the section had a 20.95% unemployment rate with 45.96% living in poverty.[3] - [Philadelphia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Philadelphia) - [Pennsylvania portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pennsylvania) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-next_Mapp_1-0)** Ferrick, Tom (August 21, 2017). ["Mapping Progress in 55 Philadelphia Neighborhoods"](https://nextcity.org/features/view/philadelphia-neighborhoods-gentrification-mapping-growth). *nextcity.org*. Retrieved March 12, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-phil_City_2-0)** Adelman, Jacob (February 28, 2018). ["City to buy up dozens of North Philly properties for new police district offices"](http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/commercial/philadelphia-police-22nd-district-redevelopment-20180228.html). *Philly.com*. Retrieved March 12, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-data_Crim_3-0)** ["Crime in North Philadelphia/West"](http://data.philly.com/philly/crime/?nType=crime&dNeigh=North%20Philadelphia/West&from=&to=). *Philly.com DataHub*. Retrieved March 12, 2018. [39°59′10″N 75°10′18″W / 39.9860°N 75.1717°W / 39.9860; -75.1717](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=North_Philadelphia_West¶ms=39.986_N_75.1717_W_type:adm3rd_globe:earth_region:US-PA) 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 [North Philadelphia West](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Philadelphia_West) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Philadelphia_West?action=history)). 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