Mayfair, Philadelphia

Mayfair
The intersection of Frankford and Cottman Avenues in Mayfair
The intersection of Frankford and Cottman Avenues in Mayfair
Mayfair is located in Philadelphia
Mayfair
Mayfair
Coordinates: 40°01′59″N 75°02′02″W / 40.033°N 75.034°W / 40.033; -75.034
Country United States
StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia County
CityPhiladelphia
Area code(s)215, 267 and 445

Mayfair is a working class neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues.[1] It is bordered by Tacony and Wissinoming to the south and east, Holmesburg to the east, Pennypack Park to the north, and Oxford Circle and Rhawnhurst to the west.[2] Mayfair is historically home to a large Irish American population, but more recently has seen accelerated growth of Asian American, Hispanic, Russian and mid eastern population [3]

The street borders are the north side of Harbison Avenue to the south. The eastern border is the west side of Frankford Avenue. The east side of Roosevelt Boulevard is the border to the west. It also borders the west side of Frankford Avenue, from Harbison Avenue up to Cottman Avenue but both sides of Frankford Avenue from Cottman Avenue to Sheffield Avenue. It borders on the west side of Rhawn street at the intersection of Frankford and Rhawn. Mayfair borders the Holmesburg neighborhood to the north and east, but the borders between that neighborhood are not clearly defined and often disputed, as are the borders with other surrounding neighborhoods.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names, L-P, Finkel, Kenneth. Philadelphia Almanac and Citizens' Manual. Library Company of Philadelphia. (via Philadelphia City Archives)
  2. ^ The street borders are Harbison to the south, Frankford Avenue to the east, Roosevelt Boulevard to the west. It also Borders Cottman Avenue on the west side of Frankford Avenue, but on both sides of Frankford Avenue from Cottman Avenue to Sheffield Avenue. It borders the Holmesburg neighborhood to the north and east, but the borders between that neighborhood are not clearly defined and often disputed, as are borders with some other surrounding neighborhoods. Philadelphia NIS NeighborhoodBase Archived 2001-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, University of Pennsylvania's Cartographic Modeling Lab.
  3. ^ [1], Niche Mayfair Demographics and Statistics.