Fishtown
Fishtown is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located northeast of Center City Philadelphia, its borders are somewhat disputed today due to many factors, but are roughly defined by the triangle created by the Delaware River, Front Street, and York Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 101,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Fishtown, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include First Presbyterian Church of Kensington and Penn Treaty School.
Penn Treaty School
School
Photo: Eli Pousson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Penn Treaty School is an American public school that is located in the Fishtown area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A part of the School District of Philadelphia, it serves students in grades six through twelve and was formerly known as the Penn Treaty Junior High School and Penn Treaty Middle School.
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church
Church
The Church of Saint Michael is an active parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia located at Second and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia, in the West Kensington section of the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olde Kensington and Northern Liberties.
Olde Kensington
Neighborhood
Olde Kensington, also known as South Kensington, is a neighborhood located in North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. South Kensington is north of Northern Liberties, south of Norris Square, east of Ludlow, and west of Fishtown.
Northern Liberties
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Northern Liberties is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is north of Center City along the Delaware River. Prior to its incorporation into Philadelphia in 1854, it was among the top 10 largest cities in the U.S. in every census from 1790 to 1840, and 11th in 1850.
Ludlow
Neighborhood
North Philadelphia East is a neighborhood that is located in the eastern central part of North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fishtown
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.97326° or 39° 58′ 24″ northLongitude
-75.13041° or 75° 7′ 50″ westPopulation
101,000Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87F6XVF9+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 2700156557OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4557983Wikidata ID
Q5455145
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Fishtown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fishtown”
- French: “Fishtown”
- Persian: “فیشتاون (فیلادلفیا)”
- Persian: “فیشتاون”
- Turkish: “Fishtown”
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Localities in the Area
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