Philly Hoods
Tour of Philly Gangs and Hoods
In Philadelphia, while there have not been any Philly gangs like the Crips and Bloods or Gangster Disciples and Vice Lords, at least following the introduction to crack cocaine during the 1980s, there are many blocks located in the heart of the Philly hoods. These blocks can be found in North Philly, South Philly, West Philly, Southwest Philly, Northeast Philly, and the Germantown and Uptown section.
Philly Hoods Key: Blue = West Philly | Red = North Philly | Green = Uptown | Black = South Philly | Brown = Southwest Philly
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Breakdown of Philly Hoods:
Undoubtedly, the central and biggest part of Philadelphia is located in North Philly, which includes several neighborhoods such as PennTown, the old Richard Allen Projects, Blumberg Projects, 23rd and Diamond, Abbottsford Projects, and blocks along streets like Cecil B. Moore and Erie Ave. North Philly is also home to the city’s most significant Hispanic community, including the Puerto Rican community of PapiVille, Kensington, and the Badlands.
North of North Philly are the neighborhoods of Germantown, West Oak Lane, Ogontz, and Olney, all representing the Uptown section of Philadelphia. What was once a predominantly white community, many of these neighborhoods began experiencing white flight during the 1960s and 1970s. In the following years, Uptown would eventually gain a reputation and became much more respected in the streets of Philadelphia.
The community of West Philly consists of several neighborhoods, including the Bottom, which has many blocks from 35th to 43rd, Cobbs Creek on the South Side, North Side above Market Street, and Wynnefield and Overbrook. This area began in the Bottoms, where African Americans were initially permitted to live before being allowed elsewhere, before expanding into other sections. Presently, gentrification has taken over much of the central area of West Philly, particularly near the university.
Throughout history, Broad Street has acted as a dividing line in South Philly. The area west of Broad Street is home to the various Philly hoods and blocks of South Philly, excluding areas like 5th Street and Saigon projects, as well the black and Asian community around 7th St. West of Broad Street is home neighborhoods such as Wilson Park Projects, 31st Tasker Projects, Smallside, 18th Street, 21st Street, and several others.
Although there are other regions in Philadelphia, such as the Northeast and Southwest, that contain neighborhoods like Frankford and Kingsessing respectively, the heart of the city is located in North Philly, South Philly, and West Philly. Previously, there were Philly gangs in the city during the 1970s and potentially the 1980s, but the drug trade and crack epidemic altered gang structures, leading them to become less prominent and more centered around neighborhoods and cliques.
You forgot one of the most notable gangs in north Philadelphia in the the 50s 60s&70s The Valley.
Great comment I was raised in north philly .. I Robski the leader of the neighborhood gang call 4th Huntington right there in the park across the street from st .Christopher hospital we fought every gang in philly with much respect Zulu nation up down Zulu 3th diamond hope street gang Morocco gang 8th diamond 3th Cambrian Hancock street gang the white boys gangs the Irish gang & the 20th green street gang a all puertorician gang plus many other this was all thru 1969 thru 1976 now we are all doing better & positive things those who are still here .. bless you give philly
Felton Street Gang yeah 60’s 70’s were pretty wild
What’s up John it’s Tony Jetter from West Philly Bieber East mt airy
add Chrester, Pa to the map
I came from 12 Oxford Street my people move to west oak lane in the late 60 and I became part of the cool clang west side I seen a lot of things at that time but when the drugs hit the streets things start to change but when crack hit the streets in the 80 everything 💯 when down hill that was the turning point 👉 for all the hoods!!!!!!!
Back in the 1970’s up to the early 2000 the Warlocks ran the Meth trade with an iron fist. They were responsible for many unsolved murders in the 79’s right up into the early 2000. They were like the Italian mob were the sons and nephews followed in the footsteps of their fathers and uncles. They ran through Southwest Philly up to Buck County and everywhere in between. Kensington and Port Richmond and Fishtown was once the Meth capital of the United States.
The biggest gang in Philly from 1960-1970’s was left out! I lived in the heart of North Philly where a lot of gangs would meet to rumble..Carver School yard 17th and Berks! That gang known throughout all of Philly was the Zulu Nation! They were like a Brigadier Army! People left work early to lock their house down on word of the street was Gang War! Youth died daily..as well as adults! It’s starting to feel that way again! The Wild ..Wild..West!
I remember those times. A lot of young boys and men were left maimed and also paralyzed from those gang wars.
You left out an important part of uptown ! Mt airy ! Stand up! That’s where artist like Kur , son of the 215 & more are from.
You are absolutely correct! They also forgot about the Zip gang! My brothers had to make it through everyday from school safely!
they forgot about the Carpenter street gang of south philly in the 70’s was some bad boys
9th and lehigh to 9th and cumberland a gang too
Its 9th & Huntingdon x Somerset aka ChopOrDrop they cool with 7st&Huntingdon
You forgot the other side of 5st between (mifflin st & Dickinson st ) .There are Two sides , it’s not just the projects . They have a block side of 5st with a long history. They are the main part of 5st who goes to war with 7st , not the projects. This side of 5st (Blockside)has a mix of Puerto Ricans & blacks who run together.7st has two different types of gangs . The Cambodians & Blacks . They both rep 7st but don’t beef with the same hoods . Example- 7st Blacks- beef with 5st Blockside & get along with the 5st projects … whereas 7st Cambodians -beef with 15st & get along with 5st Blockside
Abbotsford homes u missing. That’s where da n**** cfood from
they still got gangs in philly lol. down at the projects around pratt n torresdale they got 12 lmao
Wow, Yall know nothing about the gangs in North Philadelphia! During the 60s and 70s the gangs controlled all neighborhoods in NP. When the Government brought the drugs in to pacify the masses after the murder of Martin Luther King, drugs did not diminish the black neighborhoods in Philadelphia because we had gangs. The gangs protected the neighborhoods from Intruders. So know the neighborhoods were neighborhoods and everybody Within the boundaries of that neighborhood knew everybody else. If you snuck into someone’s turf you better sneak out because if you got caught you would not die because only pussies did that but you better bet you were going to be hurt. A heroin addict could not survive because he had to Rob to survive but who can I addict Rob when their victim would be at his house waiting for his parents when they got home from their jobs. So in the mid 70s to the late 70s the CIA came in and gave money to the leaders of the churches to get rid of the games so in the 80s when they bought crack in, they could diminish the Black Culture coming out of North Philadelphia. Philadelphia dominated boxing. Had an advert track culture and baseball culture. Philadelphia had a lot of activists who pushed a lot of civil rights and police reform. A member of 30th and Norris took out a PPO because of the officers …. behavior… So those red lines on those neighborhoods in North Philadelphia are way off marking the gang hoods. You had 30th an Norris hood on 33rd Street that went from Girard Avenue to Ridge Avenue. And from 33rd to 29th. In side this hood was 32nd and Berk, They held own. Like most of us they were not with 30th an Norris but were not against them either . From Ridge up to Lehigh was the Tenderloin. It ran down to 29th about. But the Lodge turf encroached heavily into the tenderloin going towards 33rd. Then you had the Valley! The Valley consisted of 29th and diamond 28th and Montgomery 24th and Burke camacadiment 23rd and Diamond, Camac and diamond Brickyard may have ran with the valley you have Flamingo Street.. you had Surgeon Street down by Dobbins. . I don’t know if they ran with the valley or not. They never mess with us.Plus some other Valley gangs I just don’t remember due to low homicide levels .On the east side of 23rd you had another factions of Norris Street. You had 22nd in Norris, 21st and Norris, 19th and Norris and 17th Norris Street. One of the Norris street gangs was taken out by the FBI for firing a LAW stolen from the Philadelphia Naval Yard. They fired that law ( Light anti armor weapon) into a house party being thrown by the Valley. In the early 70s. Philadelphia had the highest gang homicide rate in the nation. But had the lowest drug related crime in the nation at that time. I grew up on the 3200 block of Page street. 1959 to 1975. My brother ran with a faction of 30th an Norris street. We moved when my Momz found out the the Lodge had a outside the hood permission to homicide for his participating in protecting a drug house in thier hood without permission. . . Another Long story. Know people died…! ??? Bet!
You talk about all gangs north of Columbia Avenue (Cecil B. Moore now), but no one mentions the Notorius 28th&Oxford Streets Gang. They were part of the Oxford Street Nation. The Nation Included 8th&Oxford, 12th&Oxford, 15th&Oxford and 28th&Oxford Street Gangs. 28th streets turf covered the area of the south Columbia Ave to the north side of Girard Ave and from 33rd Street to 24th Street. 28th&Oxford held alligience 24th&Redner Streets and 21st&Norris Streets due to the fact The Jeep Brothers live in our hood. The 28th&Oxford Streets ended the 28th&Montgomery Ave. Gang. There’s more but that’s a story to be told.
33rd and alleghany and wayne go a lil into east falls at least from what i’ve seen
I have family from Richard Allen and I was told that Philly does not have any gangs
thats a damn lie
It’s Crazy when your older couzin made ???? yard and was a top member
Real shit right there reading all this and lived it just to say a shoe string made a difference in my time of representing a nation til this day jokers buried their own family by not knowing love but WAR fuck a family reunion because they just was shooting at you …….
Your fully wrong on ???? yard brickyard is in collom st wayfield and ashmead and wister and bringhurst st. And brickyard in Seymour and Garfield and Wakefield
I judge people by integrity n character, not color or club. Everyone is doing the same thing and should be working together. Better for everyone.
Kensington full of 27’s. The ones I’ve met r str8.
There are no original gangs left. Now it’s only the drug cartels that are destroying Kensington
Met a Germantown blood. He 8s thorough AF.
Respect.
My Grandfather was one of the top Diamond gang members. Crazy!
Badass.
Summersville was and still is the biggest gang and now a community in the Olney, EastGermantown, West Oak Lane sections of Philadelphia with the biggest territory in the city during the height of the gang war era with over 200 soldiers in 1970 and a turf that spread and grew from the 3 sections of the city mentioned above.
Philadelphia was the youth gang capital of the World in the late 50s to the early 70s . Bottom Side, Topside.Southside,Westside,Eastside,Homicide,High Lands . 10 st Playground , Belfield Rec and Lonnie Young Rec Chew Park and Awburey Park all Summersville Nation SV 4 Lyfe ✌????
I would love to know the history. My Grandfather was one of the head guys. My Mom was adopted so I found him doing my DNA on Ancestry.
Is that something to be proud of, having a grandfather who was in a gang, worse allegedly head of a gang that destroyed their own people?
Don’t listen to the negative people on that. If he was hi up he was thorough, respected. Just my opinion. Tell him an 8 said wassup n respect. Peace sis.
I grew up Eastside SV 1200 block of Stafford, topside Chelten 800 block and bottomside/homicide. My pop use to own the corner store on medary and 21st back in the early 90s.
Lol Philadelphia had no sides back them Yah! The Vill was Kool. We went through the Vill all the time. But the Vill, never came down the way. Not back in the day. They had No rep. No reason, No rhyme. But hay, what do I know. I was there. It was safe for Us to go anywhere un the city, But parts of NP and SP… Fishtown had gripes. WP Cobbs, Carpenter Street. They were busting zips. ALSO had the Moon back in the day. They used bottles… still, the Vill! No danger there. The Valley had bout 1500. Norris street had bout 500. At least. . . there was no sweat coming from the vill… not back in the day. Not the 60s early 70s. I was doing some girls in the vill… in and out at will. Bet! Remember I was there. And in the USMC ( Born in Philadelphia) I ran with many Black Young Men from all over Philadelphia. Other Marines called us. “Philly Dogs!” They could spot Us on site. Many escaping the game Life… funny out of the 85 I ran with never heard anything about the Vill? Huh? Heard about everywhere else… this was 1980 plus Camp Pendleton So. Cali. Ijs
Bro stfu it seem like somebody from the ville f***ed ya b**** and beat you up with all them lil jabs you throwing the truth leaking outta you you awww man????????????????
You have to remember they was another gang in west oak lane to cool clang I came from 12 Oxford Street gang and my people move to west oak lane in the late 60 and I became a clang member west side clang I seen alot of things that went down but when the drugs hit the streets everything changes and everything start going down hill and when crack hit the streets that was the down fall and it got crazy 🤪!!!!!!!!!
Smmervile here females worked too.
The Whole Stenton Ave map is bogus most of those neighborhoods don’t clique up with each other and never have especially hoods on opposite sides of Stenton Ave which basically divides hoods along that corridor so how could that be one gang? Upsal Vernon Road and Washington Lane divide hoods along Stenton not accurate those hoods are not one unified hood for example if you live along Stenton between Upsal and Washington Lane you don’t rock with no surrounding hoods like that and it been that way. Might ball at Simmons or Finley but that’s as far as it goes
Information about the Valley Nation Gang is inaccurate. The Valley consisted of the following umbrella corners: 18 & Berks, 19th & Montgomery, 21st & Montgomery, 28th & Montgomery, 24th & Berks, 25th & Diamond, Cool World Valley, Camac & Diamond, 8th & Diamond and Uptown 21st Street.
Didnt Brick Yard run wit the vally?
no
Philly definitely have bloods and Crips but they are more about Money than Killinh each other like the Cliques and blocks do
They goofies. Nobody takes them serious here. They don’t put in work and they don’t have any territory. Clowns
Philly had gangs like other cities but it died out in the early 80’s. Moon Gang from 60th street, Morroco’s and the Valley up North, June Street from 46th street, 50 Woodland Ave, the OK Corral in West. It’s many more
Good to see a Philly on the Map an getting its jus do jus need to get a few things corrected.Uptowns Finest tapping In ! The Real Uptown since 1985 S/O SV WOL & Mount A (The Backside) .. #SonOfThe215
Frankford is NOT north philly
Yes the f*** it is😂
The Valley Nation.. 25th & Diamond ????st. Was the heart of the Valley…
You had 24th berks. 28th and Montgomery, 19th and Montgomery, 21st and Montgomery..the heart of the valley in addition to 25th and diamond..reunions of the above still exist..the last one December ’19
Uptown….Logan which starts from Louden St. Up to Summerville Ave got they own sets. Then “The O-Zone” aka Olney has ours. One popular gang set i know is “S-N-G Gang”….means “Second n Godfrey Gang”….
uptown the hill,hiland, docs corner other gangs in Philadelphia pa
Southwest Philly, (Southside) 59th Ellsworth Street, The Creek, 61rst and Baltimore ave The Creek!
Tiny Rascals, Red Scorpions, and Born To Kill are big around Washington Ave between 16th and 7th and in Chinatown.
Southwest Philly 60th and Kingsessing “The O” … and C Boys Cedar Ave West Philly and 5 0 Woodland Ave….just some that I grew up wit
I remember 5 O woodland Ave and Cedar Ave. Grew up on 54th & Chester and down da Bottom. Moon Gang, June street, the Valley, Morroco’s. Philly been has gangs but the crack game turned to blocks and sets to rep based off getting money together. Even my block 41st & Ogden is called the Jump but even cats that don’t hustle repped the Jump!!
I know several actual Bloods. Didn’t realize they were in Philly but yup. Also the Latin Kings are rampant
Yo the people frm 66th ogantz I heard they got beef with 69th broad street
Arrott st all the way down to pratt st is really the whole parkside I know it to be claimed mainly by akron st saul st and pratt st
TBK is part of BRICKYARD. What about the Hollow (more than just Wayne Ave), P-Town, Nicetown and the other parts of East Falls (Abbotsford ain’t all)? The Jungle, The Alkies, The Westside of Germantown, Vernon Rd, Ogontz, The Clang, Wadsworth, 75 Ave, 72 Ave, 66 Ave, Simmons &c!!!!!
Chew Ave runs in the North-South direction, so how can Dogtown be South of Chew Ave?
STOP SPEAKING ON TOPICS THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OFF?
I’m from TBK and we not apart of brickyard, we smaller and close to but they more like our big cousin lol
Chew St runs east and west… not north/ south…DogTown Does exist north of Chew St You don’t know what you’re talking about.
It only one ozone **** you talking about **** south
Definitely can’t forget about Ozone 20st South Philly Most Sanctioned Gang Of South Philly
20th and Carpenter St 22nd and Christian. Before it turned into center city south. If you wasn’t from around there you wasn’t coming out untouched if you didn’t know the right people. Might not come out at all. Alot of ppl didn’t even come to school because the we would fight or whatever.
i think they meant 20th and Taska not small side
I forgot bout Carpenter Street. Mass rep! Those were the rules.
How about 28th & Montgomery Ave.North Philly in the 1960’s The Valley!
The cool clang from 1965 until 1976 from Stenton Avenue to Cheltenham Avenue to broad st to wyncote ave