Swampoodle is an older neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Swampoodle was defined as the vicinity of the junction of three railroad lines near Lehigh Avenue and 22nd Streets.
[2] Owners of homes bordering the stadium would make money parking cars[2] or renting porch and roof space.
[3][4] Formerly an Irish neighborhood, as of 2012 it had been absorbed into Allegheny West, a poor African-American enclave that had suffered post-industrial decline and disinvestment.
The term is also slang for low-lying land and may have been used because Cohocksink Creek ran through the area.