Community Impact

Empowerment Zone Neighbohoods


North Central Philadelphia
Empowerment Zone

North Central Philadelphia Empowerment Zone
Addresses

All streets are North or West, unless otherwise noted.

If the range of address for a street is followed by "Even," then only even house numbers in that range are included in the Zone. If a range of addresses is followed by "Odd," then only the odd house numbers are included. Even house numbers are on the South and West sides of the street; odd numbers are on the North and East.

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American Street
Empowerment Zone

American Street Empowerment Zone
Addresses

All streets are North or West, unless otherwise noted.

If the range of address for a street is followed by "Even," then only even house numbers in that range are included in the Zone. If a range of addresses is followed by "Odd," then only the odd house numbers are included. Even house numbers are on the South and West sides of the street; odd numbers are on the North and East.

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West Philadelphia
Empowerment Zone

West Philadelphia

West Philadelphia Empowerment Zone
Addresses

All streets are North or West, unless otherwise noted.

If the range of address for a street is followed by "Even," then only even house numbers in that range are included in the Zone. If a range of addresses is followed by "Odd," then only the odd house numbers are included. Even house numbers are on the South and West sides of the street; odd numbers are on the North and East.

West Philadelphia Empowerment Zone
Community Assets

Children and Youth

  • Big Brother/Big Sister
    4601 Market Street
    (215) 476-2530

  • Parents Against Drugs
    4601 Market Street
    (215) 476-7511

  • Mill Creek Boys & Girls Club
    Sulzberger Middle School
    4725 Fairmount Avenue
    (215) 545-5230

  • E3 Power Center
    5070 Parkside Avenue
    (215) 204-6185

  • Philadelphia Youth Advocate Program
    4601 Market Street
    (215) 474-7927

  • West Philadelphia Youth
    Opportunity Center
    5070 Parkside Avenue
    (215) 473-2000

Economic Development

  • Job Corps Center
    4601 Market Street
    (215) 471-9693

  • Lancaster Avenue Business Association
    5186 Bible Way, 3rd Floor
    (215) 386-5619

  • Parkside Business & Technology Center
    5070 Parkside Avenue
    (215) 879-8500

  • The Enterprise Center
    4548 Market Street
    (215) 895-4000

  • West Philadelphia Financial
    Services Institution
    5200 Warren Street
    (215) 452-0100


Community Development

  • Carroll Park Community Council
    5218 Master Street
    (215) 877-1157

  • Low Home Energy Assistance Program
    4601 Market Street, Floor 1
    (215) 560-2970

  • Men of Mill Creek
    c/o Mill Creek Center
    48th and Brown Streets

  • The Partnership CDC
    4020 Market Street
    (215) 662-1612

  • Parkside Association of Philadelphia
    5180 Viola Street
    (215) 877-4813

  • Penn State University
    Philadelphia County Cooperative Extension
    4601 Market Street, 2nd Floor
    (215) 471-2224

Food Assistance

  • Guild Food Stamp Clinic
    4601 Market Street
    (215) 471-4114

  • Bible Way Baptist Church Soup Kitchen
    1323 N. 52nd Street
    (215) 477-0778

  • Children of the Light Mission Soup Kitchen
    5070 Parkside Avenue
    (215) 473-5300

  • Resurrection Baptist Church
    Emergency Food Cupboard
    1610 N. 54th Street
    (215) 877-9614


Family Services

  • Resources for Better Families
    4701 Lancaster Avenue
    (215) 877-6705

  • H.O.P.E. Family Center
    44th and Aspen Streets
    (215) 823-8297


Education

  • Philadelphia Education Fund’s
    College Access Center

    At the Enterprise Center
    2548 Market Street Box R16
    Philadelphia, PA 19139
    (215) 476-2227

  • George Institute Library
    1461 N. 52nd Street
    (215) 685-0177

  • United African Education Foundation
    4601 Market Street, #457
    (215) 476-5552

  • Urban Educational Development
    4601 Market Street
    (215) 476-4021

  • WPEZ Educational Scholarship Program
    7 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Suite 700
    (215) 665-1400 ext. 3335

  • Cheyney University
    Philadelphia Urban Center
    4601 Market Street, Floor 3
    (215) 560-3891

Support for the Elderly

  • Smith-Pinn Senior Center
    4400 W. Girard Avenue
    (215) 473-8477

  • Mercy-Douglas Human Services
    4400 W. Girard Avenue
    (215) 877-3954

  • Wissahickon Hospice - West Philadelphia
    4601 Market Street, 2nd Floor
    (215) 472-7808

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