Hartranft is a
neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
in the central part of
North Philadelphia section of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States.
Hartranft is on the border of the predominantly Black central region of North Philadelphia and the predominantly Hispanic eastern region of North Philadelphia. Bounded by 6th Street to the west, Front Street to the east, York Street to the north, and Cecil B. Moore Avenue to the south. Bordering neighborhoods include
Fairhill
Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Fairhill is bordered by Front Street to the east, Germantown Avenue (10th Street) to the west, Allegheny Avenue to the n ...
to the north,
Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
to the east,
Cecil B. Moore
Cecil Bassett Moore (April 2, 1915 – February 13, 1979) was a Philadelphia lawyer, politician and civil rights activist who led the fight to integrate Girard College, president of the local NAACP, and member of Philadelphia's city council ...
to the west, and
Olde Kensington to the south.
Most of the neighborhood is located in the 19122 zip code.
The demolished
Northern National Bank building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Demographics
As of the Census of 2010 Hartranft had 15,883 people and was 49.6% Hispanic (primarily
Puerto Rican), 29.9%
African American, 13% White, and 7.5% mixed or other.
44% of its people live below the poverty line.
The average housing structure was built in 1946. 43.12% of all properties were vacant as of 2000.
Education
School District of Philadelphia operates public schools.
The
Free Library of Philadelphia Lillian Marrero Branch serves West Kensington.
Lillian Marrero Branch
" Free Library of Philadelphia. Retrieved on October 19, 2012.
References
{{North Philadelphia
Neighborhoods in Philadelphia
Lower North Philadelphia