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48-467: Winchester Park is a neighborhood in Far Northeast Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States. It is located in the vicinity of Pennypack Park , north and west of Holmesburg . Winchester Park is zoned for single-family homes . The first part of the development, on Winchester Avenue between Albion Street and 75 feet east of Holmehurst Avenue, was built in 1940. The remainder of the area

96-668: A 2001 report by State Farm Insurance , the second- and third-worst intersections in the country are both found on the Boulevard, at Red Lion Road and Grant Avenue, respectively, only a mile apart from each other. Red light cameras have been installed at these intersections, as well as Cottman Avenue, and have been operational since June 1, 2005. New cameras installed at the intersections with 9th Street, Mascher Street, Levick Street, Rhawn Street, Welsh Road, and Southampton Road became operational in summer 2007. Additional plans include adding cameras at Devereaux Avenue and Tyson Avenue. In 2016,

144-567: A bill in the State Senate to allow the Northeast to become a separate county called Liberty County, but the bill failed to progress beyond this stage. As the Philadelphia economy grew stronger, and most discontented people fled to the suburbs, and a new, more popular mayor, Ed Rendell , was elected, the call for secession waned, and the section settled back into life as a part of the city. Today,

192-419: A northeasterly direction. It meets Oxford Avenue ( Pennsylvania Route 232 ) at a large traffic circle known as Oxford Circle (the express lanes pass through the circle via an underpass). The road carries northbound U.S. Route 13 one more mile until it splits off onto Robbins Street and Levick Street (both one-way streets). The road continues to a large interchange with Cottman Avenue ( Pennsylvania Route 73 ) and

240-448: A scattering of small towns and farms that were a part of Philadelphia County, but not the City of Philadelphia. Before consolidation with the City, what is now the Northeast consisted of the townships of Byberry , Delaware , Lower Dublin , Moreland , and Oxford , (largely rural areas); and the boroughs of Bridesburg , Frankford , and White Hall , which were more urbanized. While most of

288-404: A series of gang-related criminal rock throwing attacks on cars driving near Ridge Avenue, Henry Avenue and Fox Street "terrorized" Philadelphia drivers. In 2000, by act of the state legislature, the Boulevard was designated the "Police Officer Daniel Faulkner Memorial Highway" in memory of Daniel Faulkner , a Philadelphia police officer whom Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of having slain in

336-512: A time, and the dense populations and urban style of housing that marked older, more traditional sections of the city had not yet found their way there. In the first three decades of the 20th century, rapid industrialization led to the growth of industrial sections of the northeast and the neighborhoods surrounding them. These demographic changes, along with the building of the Market-Frankford Line train and new arterial highways, such as

384-434: Is divided among five other council districts, all represented by Democrats, including the 1st, represented by Mark Squilla , the 5th, represented by Council President Darrell Clarke , the 6th, represented by Michael Driscoll , the 7th, represented by Maria Quiñones-Sanchez , and the 9th, represented by Anthony Phillips . The Philadelphia Police Department patrols four districts within its Northeast Division, including

432-569: Is notorious for two intersections, which have been designated the second and third-most dangerous intersections in the nation by State Farm , at Red Lion Road and Grant Avenue, respectively. The dangerous reputation of the road led to installation of the first red light cameras in Philadelphia in 2004. The road has been the scene of numerous pedestrian casualties and studies are underway to allow pedestrian traffic to be separated from vehicular traffic. The Roosevelt Boulevard Extension, also known as

480-579: Is split among several State House districts, including those of Democrats Ed Neilson , Kevin Boyle , Pat Gallagher, Jared Solomon , Jason Dawkins , Anthony Bellmon, and Joseph Hohenstein, and Republican Martina White . In the Philadelphia City Council , the Far Northeast is represented by the 10th district councilman and Council Minority (Republican) Leader, Brian O'Neill . The Lower Northeast

528-698: The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Boulevard and locally known as " the Boulevard ", is a major traffic artery through North and Northeast Philadelphia . The road begins at Interstate 76 ( Schuylkill Expressway ) in Fairmount Park , running as a freeway also known as the Roosevelt Boulevard Extension or the Roosevelt Expressway through North Philadelphia, then transitioning into a twelve-lane boulevard that forms

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576-592: The Broad Street Subway line from Adams Avenue. Last studied in detail in 2003, the line was estimated to draw 124,523 daily boardings, approximately the current ridership of the Broad Street Line, and divert 83,300 daily automobile trips. Cost estimates ranged between $ 2.5 and $ 3.4 billion in year 2000 dollars. The project however did not move forward due to lack of local financing. In June 2023, Philadelphia's City Council announced it would hold hearings on

624-762: The Frankford Transportation Center to the south and the Neshaminy Mall and Oxford Valley Mall to the north. The Route R bus follows Roosevelt Boulevard south of Pratt Street as part of its route between the Wissahickon Transportation Center and the Frankford Transportation Center. The portion of Roosevelt Boulevard north of Bustleton Avenue is also served by the Boulevard Direct , a limited-stop bus route between

672-838: The Philadelphia - Bucks County border. After two traffic light intersections in Trevose in Bensalem Township , U.S. 1 continues as a freeway to the north. Several SEPTA City Bus routes operate along portions of Roosevelt Boulevard, with routes 1 , 14 , and R following the boulevard for a significant distance. The Route 1 bus runs along the entire length of Roosevelt Boulevard as part of its route between 54th Street and City Avenue in West Philadelphia and Parx Casino and Racing in Bensalem . The Route 14 bus follows Roosevelt Boulevard north of Bustleton Avenue as part of its route between

720-666: The Roosevelt Boulevard , brought new middle class populations to the lower half of the Northeast. Vast tracts of row homes were built in that section of the Northeast for new arrivals in the 1920s and 1930s, typically with small, but valued front lawns, which impart a "garden suburb" quality to much of the Northeast, reducing the sense of physical density felt elsewhere in the city. Much of this development occurred east of Roosevelt Boulevard (Mayfair, Torresdale) and in Oxford Circle. After World War II , newer arrivals, armed with

768-595: The Roosevelt Mall , followed by another interchange with Holme and Solly Avenues, providing access to Pennypack Park . There is access to both avenues from the local lanes, both north- and southbound. The boulevard continues past Pennypack Park and Northeast Philadelphia Airport , passing through two notoriously dangerous intersections with Grant Avenue and Red Lion Road. The road continues northeast, interchanging with Woodhaven Road ( Pennsylvania Route 63 ), then narrowing as it approaches its end at an intersection on

816-608: The 7th and 8th districts in the Far Northeast, and the 2nd and 15th in the Near Northeast. Northeast Philadelphia is home to Philadelphia Mills , formerly known as Franklin Mills, a shopping mall that was built on what was once Liberty Bell Park Racetrack , and is one of the most visited attractions in the state. The lower sections of the Northeast still boast pleasant shopping avenues lined by stores and restaurants, such as Castor Avenue. Major shopping centers along Cottman Avenue include,

864-535: The Cottman-Bustleton Center, and the Roosevelt Mall which opened in 1964 at Cottman Avenue and the Roosevelt Boulevard. Also present in the Northeast are two nationally recognized medical establishments, Friends Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center . Prior to its disestablishment, Ransome Airlines had its headquarters on the grounds of Northeast Philadelphia Airport . The first school

912-493: The Frankford Transportation Center and the Neshaminy Mall. The Boulevard Direct offers improved travel times compared to traditional bus service along Route 14, with more frequent service and several bus stops located on the far side of intersections to improve performance. The Roosevelt Boulevard Subway is a proposed SEPTA Metro line that would run along Roosevelt Boulevard. The route was first proposed in 1913 as part of

960-469: The Frankford Transportation Center. One of two airports that serve Philadelphia, Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), is located in this section of the city. PNE is the sixth busiest airport in Pennsylvania. 40°05′14″N 74°57′42″W  /  40.0873°N 74.9616°W  / 40.0873; -74.9616 Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia) Roosevelt Boulevard, officially named

1008-456: The Northeast enjoys greater racial balance and relative stability. The region is uniformly developed, but like many American urban communities, it has witnessed the loss of manufacturing, factory conversions to marginal retail "outlets," and growing vacancies along shopping avenues, especially in the southern part of the region. During the housing boom of the first decade of the 21st century, property tax advantages granted to new construction within

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1056-591: The Northeast in the United States Congress. All of Northeast Philadelphia is in the 2nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania, and is currently represented by Brendan Boyle . In the Pennsylvania State Senate , most of the Northeast is in the 5th district , represented by Jimmy Dillon , while smaller parts are represented by Sharif Street (the 3rd district ), and Tina Tartaglione (the 2nd district ) All are Democrats. The Northeast

1104-452: The Northeast's school-age population swelled, requiring rapid expansion of schools, libraries, cinemas, shopping, transportation, restaurants and other needed amenities. The period from 1945 through the 1970s was marked in many American cities by urban decline in older, more industrial areas. This was especially true in Philadelphia, in which much of the city's North, West and South sections lost population, factories, jobs and commerce. During

1152-733: The Northeast, and serve as a natural oasis amid urban development. The park is home to the oldest stone arch bridge still in use in the United States, built in 1697 on what is now Frankford Avenue. The section is also home to many playgrounds and smaller parks, including Burholme Park. The Northeast's main highways are Interstate 95 (Delaware Expressway) and Roosevelt Boulevard ( US 1 ). Secondary major arteries include Cottman Avenue ( PA 73 ), Frankford Avenue ( US 13 ), Woodhaven Road ( PA 63 ), Grant Avenue, Oxford Avenue ( PA 232 ), State Road, Bustleton Avenue ( PA 532 ), Bridge Street, Harbison Avenue, and Academy Road. The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge ,

1200-589: The Pennypack and Frankford Creeks , and traces of the mill races and dams remain to this day. The most famous of these factories was the Disston Saw Works in Tacony , founded by English industrialist Henry Disston , whose saw blades were world-renowned. By 1854, Philadelphia County was incorporated into the city. In spite of the political incorporation, the Northeast retained its old development patterns for

1248-536: The Roosevelt Boulevard and continues northeast along with US 13. The Roosevelt Boulevard begins at an intersection with Hunting Park Avenue, continuing northeast as a part of US 13. The road crosses Broad Street (PA 611) before US 1 (Roosevelt Expressway) merges in at an interchange and Roosevelt Boulevard becomes a 12-lane surface arterial with local and express lanes and at-grade intersections, carrying US 1 and US 13. The road continues east through Hunting Park and Feltonville , where it curves and resumes running in

1296-787: The Roosevelt Expressway, begins at Interstate 76 ( Schuylkill Expressway ) in Fairmount Park adjacent to the Philadelphia city line, as an expressway , also known as the Roosevelt Boulevard Expressway U.S. Route 1. It crosses the Schuylkill River via the Twin Bridges and runs eastward through the neighborhoods of East Falls and Hunting Park . The Roosevelt Expressway interchanges with Broad Street ( Pennsylvania Route 611 ) and ends at an interchange with US 13 (Roosevelt Boulevard), at which point US 1 merges onto

1344-874: The area. Public high schools in the area include Northeast , Abraham Lincoln , Samuel S. Fels High School , Frankford , George Washington , and Swenson . Several publicly funded charter high schools also operate in Northeast Philadelphia, including Philadelphia Academy, MaST, Franklin Towne and Maritime Academy Charter High School. Northeast Philadelphia is also home to a public magnet school , The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush . The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia operates Catholic schools . Catholic high schools in Northeast Philadelphia include St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls , Father Judge , Cardinal Dougherty , Northeast Catholic , and Archbishop Ryan . It

1392-553: The city limits led to a growth in residential units and an escalation of existing home prices in the Northeast. According to the 2010 census , 432,073 people live in the Northeast section of Philadelphia. ( Map ) The spur of the Irish Famine drew many Irish immigrants to the city. Today, the Irish in Philadelphia make up 14.2% of the city's population, the largest ethnicity in the city. Although there are Irish in almost every area of

1440-506: The city, they still are predominantly located within Northeast Philadelphia, especially in neighborhoods such as Kensington, Fishtown , and Mayfair . While Philadelphia as a whole is heavily Democratic , there is consistent competition between Republicans and Democrats in some parts of the Northeast. Republicans currently hold one State House seat, and a portion of another, in the Northeast and one non at-large Philadelphia City Council seat. As of 2019, no Republican represents any part of

1488-416: The graduates of the Northeast's excellent public and parochial school systems, who made their way out of the Northeast and into the suburbs from the 1980s onward, making room for new arrivals from the city's Latino , African American and Asian populations. In the 1980s, the Northeast developed along a separate path from much of the rest of the city. In addition to the racial differences mentioned above,

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1536-513: The junction of the boulevard's outer lanes with Holme Avenue and Solly Avenue was rebuilt, converting the roundabout (known locally as the Pennypack Circle) into an at-grade intersection. Construction began in 2014 with an estimated cost of $ 15.5 million (equivalent to $ 19.7 million in 2023 ). On June 1, 2020, speed cameras were activated along Roosevelt Boulevard, with a 60-day warning period before fines are issued. The entire road

1584-519: The land in what is now the Northeast was dedicated to farming, the presence of many creeks, along with proximity to Philadelphia proper, made the towns of the Northeast suitable for industrial development. The Northeast's first factory was the Rowland Shovel Works on the Pennypack Creek . In 1802, it produced the first shovel made in the United States. More mills and factories followed along

1632-463: The line is at the Frankford Transportation Center , Frankford Avenue and Bridge Street. Three commuter rail lines also serve the Northeast. An extension of the Broad Street Line along Roosevelt Boulevard has been proposed, Roosevelt Boulevard Subway . Many SEPTA bus routes and all three of its trackless trolley routes run through the Northeast, although north-south buses run more frequently than west-east ones. Most north-south routes terminate at

1680-419: The line of duty in 1981. The designation is alongside the roadway's official name of Roosevelt Boulevard. There have been several plans to change the boulevard into an expressway-like artery, like the Roosevelt Expressway itself, and construct a subway underneath the boulevard, but no such plans have been acted upon. Today, Roosevelt Boulevard is among the most congested arteries in the country. According to

1728-483: The mortgage benefits of the GI Bill , brought the baby boom to the Northeast. This newer population was heavily Jewish or ethnic Catholic (including Irish , Italian , Polish , and German Americans ) and completed the development of the region, filling in undeveloped areas of Rhawnhurst and Bell's Corner and developing the previously rural Far Northeast. As older sections of the city lost populations of young families,

1776-475: The names being derived from their distance from Center City . The term Near Northeast is not used colloquially; Lower Northeast is more commonly used, but the term Far Northeast is in widespread use. The demarcation line between the two sections is typically given as Pennypack Creek . Northeast Philadelphia is bounded by the Delaware River on the east, Bucks County on the north, and Montgomery County on

1824-615: The only Delaware River crossing in Philadelphia not operated by the Delaware River Port Authority (thus resulting in a cheaper toll), allows one to drive between the Tacony section of the city and Palmyra, New Jersey . The Northeast is also served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line , often called the "Frankford El" or "the El" because portions of the rail line are elevated above streets below, including Frankford and Kensington avenues. The northernmost and easternmost terminus of

1872-475: The political climate in the Northeast was balanced evenly between Republicans and Democrats , while the rest of the city almost uniformly voted for the latter party. As a result, many Northeasters became more and more discontented with the high city taxes and a perceived imbalance in the services they received for them. This discontent grew to give rise to a secessionist movement, led by State Senator Frank "Hank" Salvatore , among others. Salvatore introduced

1920-432: The postwar period, the Northeast experienced a heavy influx of growing middle-class families, and had become an almost exclusively white community. This aroused controversy in the 1960s and 1970s, as passions for and against school busing were focused on the Northeast, to address racial imbalances, especially in the city's public schools. That racial imbalance was ultimately addressed by the upward mobility enjoyed by many of

1968-515: The proposed subway following the collapse of an I-95 overpass that severely impacted highway travel in Northeast Philadelphia. Proposed in 1903 by Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge as part of the City Beautiful movement, the 300-foot-wide thoroughfare originally extended from Broad Street to the Torresdale neighborhood, and was first named Torresdale Boulevard, then Northeast Boulevard in 1914 when

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2016-418: The road was completed. On its extension to Pennypack Creek in 1918, it was finally renamed to Roosevelt Boulevard, in honor of Theodore Roosevelt . The road was designated U.S. 1 in 1926, and was extended through Philadelphia to neighboring Bucks County in the post-World War II years. The Roosevelt Expressway was built to connect the boulevard with the nearby Schuylkill Expressway ( I-76 ). In 1998

2064-731: The spine of Northeast Philadelphia to its end at the city line. Roosevelt Boulevard is part of the Lincoln Highway , the first road across America , which ran for 3,389 miles (5,454 km) from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park on the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco . Roosevelt Boulevard is designated as US 1 . Portions are concurrent with US 13 (between Hunting Park Avenue and Robbins Street) and Pennsylvania Route 63 (between Red Lion and Woodhaven Roads). The road

2112-501: The west. The southern limit is given as Frankford/Tacony Creek or Adams Avenue. The first European settlement in the Northeast was by Swedish farmers, who emigrated there when the area was a part of the New Sweden colony. They were followed by English Quakers , including Thomas Holme , who came to begin the settlement of William Penn's Pennsylvania colony in the late 1680s. In the years to follow, Northeast Philadelphia developed as

2160-401: Was also printed there until it closed December 11, 2008. Two citywide newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News , both dailies, also cover the Northeast. A prominent geographic feature and recreation destination in Northeast Philadelphia is Pennypack Creek , which runs through Pennypack Park . The park's 1,600 acres (6.5 km ) of woodlands span the width of

2208-679: Was announced in October 2009 that both Cardinal Dougherty and Northeast Catholic would be closed due to decreasing enrollments. Nazareth Academy is an independent Catholic high school founded and operated by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. A free weekly newspaper, the Northeast Times , is distributed throughout the Northeast. A second free newspaper, the Northeast News Gleaner ,

2256-519: Was built between 1947 and 1955. In 1955, St Jerome Roman Catholic Church was built at Colfax and Stamford Streets. It is the parish that serves the area. The zip code is 19136. Winchester Park's boundaries are Holme Avenue, Welsh Road and Rhawn Street. Far Northeast Philadelphia Due to the size of the Northeast, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission divides it into two regions called Lower Northeast and Far Northeast,

2304-445: Was founded in the Northeast in 1723 by Silas Crispin, Thomas Holme 's son-in-law. The Northeast is home to Fox Chase Farm , an educational facility that is the only working farm left in the Philadelphia city limits. The main campus of Holy Family University is located in Northeast Philadelphia. The university, founded in 1954, has more than two thousand students. The School District of Philadelphia operates public schools in

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