Tacony is a historic neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, United States, approximately 8 miles (13 km) from downtown Philadelphia. It is bounded by the east side of Frankford Avenue on the northwest, the south side of Cottman Avenue on the northeast, the north side of Robbins Street on the southwest, and the Delaware River and Interstate 95 on the southeast.
Tacony–Palmyra Bridge as seen from the New Jersey shoreline looking at Tacony
Tacony Branch Library
Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Northeast and the Great Northeast, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 2000 census, Northeast Philadelphia has a population of between 300,000 and 450,000, depending on how the area is defined. The Northeast is known as being home to a large working class Irish American population, but it is also home to Polish, German, Jewish, Russian, African American, Brazilian, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Guatemalan, Ukrainian, Indian, Chinese, and Vietnamese neighborhoods.
Aerial view around the Northeast Philadelphia Airport
Northeast Philadelphia in 1900 when the region was still a collection of towns and farms
Friends Hospital, founded in 1813 by Quakers
Frankford Avenue Bridge over Pennypack Creek in Holmesburg