FISHTOWN - is a neighborhood in lower North Philadelphia. It is located immediately northeast of Center City. This neighborhood’s borders are roughly defined by the triangle created by the Delaware River, Frankford Avenue, and York Street. Newer residents of the area consider it to go all the way up to Lehigh Avenue. Property values have risen rapidly in recent years as the neighborhood has seen an influx of artists and professionals in a wave of gentrification.

Before the year 1800, the area was originally inhabited by members of the Lenni Lenape Indian tribe, before European settlers arrived.

The name "Fishtown" is derived from the area's former role as the center of the shad fishing industry on the Delaware River. A number of 18th and early 19th century families here bought up the fishing rights on both sides of the Delaware River from Trenton Falls down to Cape May, NJ.

Local legend traces the name of Fishtown to Charles Dickens, who purportedly visited the neighborhood in March 1842. Records show this to be false however, as it was named Fishtown prior to his visiting.

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