Explore Baltimore building permits, police report data, and R-6 zoning in Better Waverly, a neighborhood next to Waverly, Harwood and East Baltimore Midway.
Search this neighborhoodBetter Waverly is a Baltimore neighborhood with about 2,300 residents and 1,300 housing units, according to the American Community Survey for 2024. Ednor Gardens-Lakeside and Waverly lie to the north, East Baltimore Midway to the south, Coldstream Homestead Montebello to the east, and Harwood and Abell to the west. Two parks are inside it: Montpelier & 30th Street Park (1.5 acres) and Waverly Mini Park (0.3 acres). Johns Hopkins University Eastern Campus, Baltimore City Fire Station 7 and 901 Arts are also inside the neighborhood.
Zoning is mixed. By area, Better Waverly is about 47 percent Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential (R-6, R-7 and R-8), 17 percent Industrial (I-1) and 16 percent Educational Campus (EC-2). MTA Route 52 Greenmount North - Stella Maris, CityLink Red and Route 22 Mondawmin - Bayview serve the area. Search a Better Waverly address in CivicScout, such as 3012 Reese St, to open a report that combines permits, police reports, 311 requests, open housing notices, parks and zoning within a half mile.
CivicScout counts Baltimore Police Department offense reports (NIBRS Group A) that carry a location and are tagged to Better Waverly over the last 12 months, and shows open housing notices within a half mile of a searched address. The feed has almost no drug, narcotic or weapons offense records, so counts leave those offenses out. CivicScout does not have traffic crash data for Baltimore.
View safety data →Permits issued in the last 12 months within a half mile of the center of Better Waverly most often list rowhouse dwelling, single family dwelling and detached dwelling as the property use. Permit counts use that half-mile circle, not the exact neighborhood outline.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in Better Waverly is mostly Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential (R-6, R-7 and R-8) and Industrial (I-1), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any Better Waverly address combines permits, police reports, 311 requests, open housing notices, parks and zoning within a half mile. Restaurant inspection and traffic crash data are not available for Baltimore.
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