Port Richmond, also referred to as simply Richmond, is a neighborhood in the Near Northeast section of the United States city Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is notable for its extremely large Polish immigrant and Polish American community. The neighborhood is bounded by Frankford Creek on the north, York Street on the south, I-95 and the Delaware River to the east, and Trenton Avenue on the west.
While some have referred to Port Richmond as Richmond, there is an area named Richmond, not colloquially used often, that starts at Trenton Avenue and continues on to Kensington Avenue as the east-west borders, continuing the same north-south borders as Port Richmond. Adjacent neighborhoods are Bridesburg to the northeast, Frankford to the north, Kensington to the northwest, and Fishtown to the southwest.
Learn more about this city.
City of Port Richmond, PA official site
City of Port Richmond, PA newspaper
State of Pennsylvania official site