Late and Former Names of Streets of the Old Districts of Northern Liberties, Kensington, Port Richmond and Spring Garden
The streets west of Broad Street, running north and south, were numbered from the Schuylkill, which was very confusing to strangers.
On December 8, 1853, Councils gave them new names. Schuylkill Eighth became Fifteenth Street. Schuylkill Seventeenth Street. Schuylkill Fifth became Eighteenth Street. Schuylkill Fourth became Nineteenth Street. Schuylkill Third became Twentieth Street. Schuylkill Second, and Ashton Street to Twenty-third Street.
In popular language High Street was always called Market Street, Mulberry was known as Arch Street, Sassafras as Race Street, and Cedar as South Street. In deeds and in ordinances they were invariably designated by the ancient name. After 170 years of attempt to bring the legal titles into common use, Councils abandoned the contest and gave to those streets their popular names.
Here is the list and where they were located
| Current Location | Former Name |
|---|---|
| Adrian Street, west of Frankford Road | Amber Street |
| Amber Street, west of Frankford Road | Waterloo Street |
| America Street, west of Second Street | Washington Street |
| Belgrade Street, north of Thompson Street | West Street |
| Berks Street, from Front to Broad Street | Chatham Street |
| Berks Street, from the Delaware River to Trenton Avenue | Vienna Street |
| Bodine Street, east of Third Street | Adams Street |
| Brooke Street, east of Third Street | Rose Alley |
| Buttonwood Street, from Second to Third Street | Tammany Street |
| Buttonwood Street, from Old York Road | Buttonwood Street |
| Buttonwood Street, to Ridge Avenue | Tammany |
| Callowhill Street, from the Delaware River to Fourth Street | New Street |
| Canal Street | Cohocksink Creek |
| Columbia Avenue, from the Delaware River to Frankford Road | Hanover Street |
| Crease Street, below Shackamaxon Street | Crown Street |
| Dana Street, south of Green Street | Artillery Lane |
| Darien Street, west of Eighth Street | Clinton Street |
| Day Street, below Frankford Road | Dean Street |
| Dilwyn Street, west of Third Street | Kunkle Street |
| Edgemont Street, north from Gunner's Run | Brown Street |
| Eighth Street, north of Callowhill street | Garden Street |
| Ella Street, from Emerald to Amber Street | Price Street |
| Fairmount Avenue, from the Delaware River to Old York Road | Coates Street |
| Fairmount Avenue, from Old York Road to Ridge Avenue | Hickory Lane |
| Fifth Street, from Green Street to the Cohocksink Creek (at Thompson Street) | Old York Road |
| Frankford Avenue | Frankford Road |
| Galloway Street, west of Third Street | Winter Street |
| Girard Avenue, from Gunner's Run to Frankford Road | Prince Street |
| Girard Avenue, from Frankford Road to Sixth Street | Franklin Avenue |
| Hackley Street, east of Fifth Street, above Berks Street | Wager Street |
| Hermitage Street, from Green Street to Coates Street, above Third Street | Smiths Alley |
| Jefferson Street | Sage Street |
| Julia Street, Coates Street to Brown Street, above Front Street | Jones Alley |
| Kensington Avenue, northeast from Lehigh Avenue | Frankford Road |
| Kiehl Street, east of Amber Street, north from Clearfield Street | Randolph Street |
| Laurel Street, from Delaware Avenue to Second Street | Maiden Street |
| Lawrence Street, east of Fifth Street | Apple Street |
| Leithgow Street, west of Fourth Street, north from Poplar Street | Mechanic Street |
| Lynd St., north of Green Street, from Fourth to Fifth Street | Paschall's Alley |
| Mannikin Street, from Norris to Diamond Street, near Fifth Street | Little Perry Street |
| Manor Street, north of Montgomery Avenue, below Germantown Avenue | Clymer Street |
| Marlborough Street, between Hanover and Shackamaxon Streets | Crown Street |
| Marshall Street, west of Sixth Street | John Street |
| Mascher Street, west of Front Street | Clinton Street |
| Master Street | Timber Lane |
| Meetler Street, between Fifth and Sixth Streets | Little Poplar Street |
| Megary Street, east of Hanover Street, above Girard Avenue | Morris Street |
| Melvale Street, north from William Street, below Richmond Street | Larch Street |
| Memphis Street, east of Tulip Street, north from Norris Street | Lemon Street |
| Mercury Street, west of Montgomery Avenue to Palmer Street, Monrow Street | |
| Merino Street, from Second Street to Germantown Avenue | Little Green Street |
| Minerva Street, north of Spring Garden Street, Seventh to Franklin Street | Wistar Street |
| Montgomery Avenue is composed of Cherry Street from Richmond Street to Germantown Avenue, and Mud Lane west of Germantown Avenue | |
| Moyer Street, above East Girard Avenue | Brown Street |
| Neff Street, above Ann Street | Maple Street |
| New Market, from Vine to Green | Cable Lane |
| New Market, from Green street to Cohocksink Creek | Pitt Street |
| Noble Street, from the Delaware River to Ridge Avenue | Bloody Lane |
| Orkney Street, east of Fifth Street | Orchard Street |
| Otis Street, from Wildey Street to Frankford Avenue | Savery Street |
| Oxford Street, from Girard Avenue to Master Street, east of Second Street | Perry Street |
| Peel Street, from Van Horn to Lydia Street, below Germantown Avenue | Rose Alley |
| Percy Street, west of Ninth, north from Poplar Street | Tyler Street |
| Perth Street, east of Eighth Street, from Thompson to Jefferson Street | Robinson Street |
| Poplar Street, from the Delaware River to Front Street | Marsh Street |
| Randolph Street, west of Fifth Street, north from Brown Street | Elizabeth Street |
| Richmond Street | Point-no-Point Road Queen Street |
| Sartain Street, west of Eleventh Street from Poplar Street to Girard Avenue | Margarette Street |
| Savery Street, east of Marlborough Street, from Wildey Street to Frankford Avenue | Union Street |
| Sophia Street, from Otter to Edward Street | William Street |
| St. John Street, west of Second Street | Ann Street, from Vine to Willow Street |
| Susquehanna Avenue, from the Delaware River to Front Street | Otis Street |
| Sutton Street, above Master Street, west from Fifth Street | Summit Street |
| Thompson Street, from E. Norris Street to Frankford Avenue | Duke Street |
| Thompson Street, west of Frankford Avenue | Phoenix Street |
| Toronto Street, from Ann Street west of Larch Street | Palm Street |
| Twenty-Seventh Street, north of Coates Street | Bush Hill Street |
| Van Horn Street, from Hancock Street to Germantown Avenue, below Girard Avenue | Rose Alley |
| Warnock Street, north from Poplar Street, west of Tenth Street | Lewis Street |
| Wildey Street, from Frankford Avenue to Columbia Avenue | Bedford Street |
| Willow Street | Pegg's Run |
| Wood Street, west of Second Street | Brewer's Alley |
