Juniata, Philadelphia
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Coordinates: 40°00′29″N 75°06′29″W / 40.008°N 75.108°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Philadelphia County |
City | Philadelphia |
Area code(s) | 215, 267 and 445 |
Juniata (also known as Juniata Park) is a working class, predominantly Hispanic and Caucasian neighborhood in
History
Prior to the 1920s, Juniata Park was mostly farmland. Nicetown Lane ran generally west to east from near the line of B St. and Erie Avenue through to the present-day Pike Street and Frankford Avenue. Powder Mill Lane ran from the present-day Wingohocking Street in Frankford southwest to Nicetown Lane, near the intersection of L and Lycoming Sts. I Street, from Ramona Avenue west, was called Fisher's Lane and ran generally through the west side of the
The first row homes were built in Juniata Park, near Castor Avenue and Luzerne Street, in the mid-1920s. The western area of Juniata, around I and Cayuga Sts., was developed in the 1950s.
Facilities and infrastructure
The
The Juniata News, the neighborhood's weekly community newspaper, was first published in July 1934.
Most of the neighborhood's retail and commercial establishments are situated along Castor, Hunting Park, and Erie Avenues.
In 1935, the Carl Mackley Houses (now Apartments) were constructed on the block bounded by Castor Avenue, Bristol, M, and Cayuga Streets.
Schools
- One Bright Ray Community High School
- Hopkinson Elementary School
- Holy Innocents Area Catholic Elementary Catholic School
- Juniata Park Academy
- Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments
- Archbishop Ryan Academy for the Deaf
- Community Academy of Philadelphia CS
Churches
- Bethel Chapel Church,[1] K and Lycoming Sts.
- Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church[2] 1337 E. Hunting Park Ave.
- Holy Spirit United Methodist, 1441 E. Hunting Park Ave.
- Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church, M and Luzerne Sts.
- African Orthodox Church, 1326 E. Hunting Park Ave.
- New Apostolic Church,[3] K and Cayuga Sts.
- Vietnamese Alliance Church, 931 E. Lycoming St.
Population
The population is 13,617.[when?]
When largely built in the 1920s and 1930s, Juniata Park had a mixed population, largely German-American, with German bakeries and delicatessen/grocery stores, and Jewish grocery and drug stores. The neighborhood was known as a heavily unionized area.
Since the 1990s,[
References
- ^ Bethel Chapel Church
- ^ Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church
- ^ New Apostolic Church
- ^ "Interactive map: Census data 2010 - the Washington Post". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.