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
Pennypack Creek is a 22.6-mile-long (36.4 km) creek in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It runs southeast through lower Bucks County, eastern Montgomery County and the northeast section of Philadelphia, before emptying into the Delaware River.
Historic Frankford Avenue Bridge over the Pennypack in Holmesburg
The Pennypack Creek in Pennypack Park in Northeast Philadelphia
Pennypack Creek near Pine Road in Fox Chase
Pennypack Creek near Fetter's Mill.