Explore Baltimore building permits, police report data, and R-6 zoning in Brooklyn, a neighborhood next to Curtis Bay and the Anne Arundel County line.
Search this neighborhoodBrooklyn is a Baltimore neighborhood with about 9,300 residents and 4,200 housing units, according to the American Community Survey for 2024. Fairfield Area and Middle Branch/Reedbird Parks lie to the north, the Anne Arundel County line and Curtis Bay to the south, Curtis Bay and Fairfield Area to the east, and the Anne Arundel County line to the west. Farring Baybrook Park (91.2 acres) and Garrett Park (7.8 acres) are inside it, as are Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle, Maree G. Farring Elementary/Middle and the Enoch Pratt Free Library Brooklyn Branch.
By area, Brooklyn is about 46 percent Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential (R-6 and R-5), 17 percent Open Space, 12 percent Detached and Semi-Detached Residential (R-3) and 9 percent Commercial (C-2). MTA CityLink Silver, Route 29 Mondawmin - Brooklyn and Route 73 State Center - Patapsco Station serve the area. Search a Brooklyn address in CivicScout, such as 608 E Jeffrey 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 Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn most often list rowhouse dwelling, single family dwelling and two family 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 Brooklyn is mostly Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential (R-6 and R-5) and Open Space (OS), 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 Brooklyn 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.
Search an address →Search an address in Brooklyn to see building permits, safety data, zoning details, and AI-powered neighborhood reports.
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