<Tr> <Th> City </Th> <Td> Philadelphia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Area code (s) </Th> <Td> Area code 215 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Philadelphia Badlands is a section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, that is known for an abundance of open - air recreational drug markets and drug - related violence . It has amorphous and somewhat disputed boundaries, but is generally agreed to include the 25th police district . </P> <P> Usually, it is widely understood to be an area between Kensington Avenue to the east and Broad Street to the west, and between Hunting Park Avenue to the north and York Street to the south, mostly coinciding with the neighborhoods of Fairhill, Glenwood, Hunting Park, Harrowgate, Stanton, North Central, West Kensington, Hartranft, and Kensington . </P>

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