[2] Grays Ferry shares borders with Southwest Center City to the north, Point Breeze to the east, and Girard Estate to the south.

Moyamensing was chartered by the Dutch governor Alexander d'Hinoyossa, and in 1684, William Penn confirmed the title.

Some parts in the southeast are zoned to Stephen Girard Elementary, E. H. Vare Middle, and Audenried High.

[16] The new townhomes have increased tensions between working-class residents and occupants of Section 8 housing within the neighborhood.

[citation needed] The Irish Catholics living in the neighborhood's modest row homes clashed with African Americans living in the demolished Tasker Homes and newly built Greater Grays Ferry Estates.

Tensions peaked in 1997 when Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan threatened to join marchers to protest racial violence, but spoke at a church rally in a compromise negotiated by Mayor Ed Rendell.

Where the former housing projects intersect with the neighborhood, a group of neighbors have started turning an empty lot into a new park at 30th and Oakford, and the area is beginning to see a trickle of young professionals overflowing from the nearby Graduate Hospital area.