Pfeiffer Street is in East Camden, and runs parallel to Marlton Avenue and the Admiral Wilson Boulevard, from Berwick Street, across Baird Boulevard to the city limits, and continues for a short distance into Pennsauken. It was named after Camden businessman George E. Pfeiffer Jr.
Only two homes are listed on Pfeiffer Street in the 1924 Camden City Directory. Many of the houses on Pfeiffer Street were already built by 1947. The street was built up by the 1960s.
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400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1924–1974.
411 Pfeiffer Street
411 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
Louis Cutler
1947
Alan Cutler
414 Pfeiffer Street
414 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
416 Pfeiffer Street
416 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
417 Pfeiffer Street
417 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
418 Pfeiffer Street
418 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
420 Pfeiffer Street
420 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
422 Pfeiffer Street
422 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
423 Pfeiffer Street
423 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
424 Pfeiffer Street
424 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
426 Pfeiffer Street
426 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
428 Pfeiffer Street
428 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
1955–1974
Andy Martin (musician)
429 Pfeiffer Street
429 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
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430 Pfeiffer Street
430 Pfeiffer Street — 400 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
Andy is a “self taught” musician, starting at age 13 with the accordion. Still working in 2010, he now plays a keyboard with synthesizer. The Sihelniks now live in Florida.
Andrew “Andy Martin” & Marie Sihelnik — 428 Pfeiffer Street, 1955–1974
Ex-drug addict arranges event to educate children about safety and drugs
By Tom Lounsberry
The 400 block of Pfeiffer Street in East Camden was awash Saturday with the sounds of children’s laughter as they jumped up and down on air cushions, tossed balls in an attempt to dunk the clown in water and whisked around on their bicycles. The smaller children, 6 and under, thought only of having fun, eating hamburgers and hot dogs, and sipping on soda.
However, the older children were keenly aware of why a local resident decided to coordinate all the fun stuff for them.
“It’s to keep us safe,” said Khalir Toney, 7, whose aunt, Karen Jackson, a former drug addict, organized the Summer Safe Drug Awareness Party for them.
Jackson, who says she has been clean since June 2001, wanted to hold the block party to make the neighborhood children aware of the dangers of the street.
“I don’t want them to go through the horror and hell that I had to endure,” said Jackson, 39, who admitted that she had abused crack cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana. She also arranged for Camden fire and safety officials to talk to the kids about fire and personal safety.
Becky Batista, 10, who will be a sixth-grader this September, said the party emphasized to the kids that they can have fun and be safe at the same time.
“We should always be leery of strangers and never accept anything from someone we don’t know,” she said.
Tyrek Jackson gives a hug to his mother, Karen Jackson, at the Summer Safe Drug Awareness Party Saturday in East Camden. Karen, a former drug addict, organized the block party to make neighborhood children aware of the dangers of the street. Jasheem Ferguson (bottom left), 1, beats the heat by playing with friends in an inflatable pool. Tyrek (bottom right) takes a photo of Elmo and other kids during the festivities.
500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1947–1973.
503 Pfeiffer Street
503 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
504 Pfeiffer Street
504 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No listing in directory
1948
No information available
505 Pfeiffer Street
505 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
506 Pfeiffer Street
506 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No listing in directory
1948
No information available
507 Pfeiffer Street
507 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
508 Pfeiffer Street
508 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No listing in directory
1948
No information available
509 Pfeiffer Street
509 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
510 Pfeiffer Street
510 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No listing in directory
1948
No information available
511 Pfeiffer Street
511 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
512 Pfeiffer Street
512 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No listing in directory
1948
No information available
513 Pfeiffer Street
513 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
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1947
No information available
514 Pfeiffer Street
514 Pfeiffer Street — 500 Block of Pfeiffer Street — Occupants
Alfred P. Checetto. He lived at 517 Pfeiffer Street in 1947 and at 562 Pfeiffer Street in 1970.
Fire at 543 Pfeiffer Street
543 Pfeiffer Street, January 5, 2008. At 4:45 PM Battalion 2 (Chief Wilson) arrived with a 2-story brick end of row vacant dwelling with medium smoke showing. Engine 9, Tower Ladder 3, and Rescue 1 handled the fire with no injuries reported.
John R. Gordon
John R. & Helen Gordon, 584 Pfeiffer Street, 1950. Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1950. The family attended St. Wilfrid’s Episcopal Church.
James and Ruth Greenway
My parents bought the duplex at 592 Pfeiffer Street in September 1948 after they were married. They raised their family of three changing the duplex into a house until 1973. We were the last house and our neighbors the Gongloff were in Pennsauken. Ruth and Jim Greenway, 592 Pfeiffer Street.
Helen Greenway — July 2012
Camden NJ Working Fire, Man Trapped on Roof
Bob Bartosz —
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 — Camden Police 911 center and Camden County Fire Radio Center were receiving back to back calls for a dwelling fire on the 500 block of Pfeiffer Street in the East Camden section of the city. With reports of fire through the roof with a man trapped on the roof, a full box assignment was dispatched along with an extra engine company added to the box.
Engine Company 9 was first in and reported they had heavy fire showing on the roof of a row of 8 two-story brick dwellings and were going in service. An 1–3/4” water line was taken to the roof. As it turned out, roofers were working on the roof and had set fire to it. About 25 feet was burning. The man that was reported trapped was a worker who could not get off the burning roof. Fire Fighters quickly had the fire knocked down as other Fire Fighters assisted the worker down another ladder. He was not injured.
The blaze was placed under control in 15 minutes. The fire is being investigated by the Camden City Fire Marshal Office.
