Schuylkill, Philadelphia

Schuylkill
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Schuylkill Avenue community tucked away next to Naval Square in the background.
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia County
City	Philadelphia
ZIP Code	19146
Area code(s)	Area code 215

Schuylkill is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has many different names and has also been called Graduate Hospital (G-Ho) and Southwest Center City. Schuylkill is part of the 19146 postal code, which lies on the west side of Broad Street as far as 25th Street, where the Point Breeze neighborhood starts, and from the north side of Washington Avenue up to South Street.

The Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

The area is connected by the South Street Bridge to the University City district across the river. The "Schuylkill Avenue Project" as it is known by the hospital, will be an expansion of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) into the area next to Naval Square. It will replace the Springfield Beer Distributor, and the former JFK Vocational Center (earlier the Marine Corps Depot of Supplies), which have been demolished.

The project is expected to be completed by 2017 with the Schuylkill Trail extending to Christian Street according to another source. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer article, the area is bordered by Naval Square and Grays Ferry to the east, the Schuylkill Trail and River and University City to the west, Fitler Square to the north, and Point Breeze to the south.

For many years, this area was also known as Devil's Pocket, South Street, and part of Southwest Center City, Philadelphia. In the year 2004, Naval Square was built over the old Philadelphia Naval Asylum, which is next to the area that is called Schuylkill Avenue. The area extends all the way up to Market Street and Chestnut Street.