Explore Baltimore building permits, police report data, and R-8 zoning in Franklin Square, between Harlem Park, Poppleton and Union Square.
Search this neighborhoodFranklin Square is a Baltimore neighborhood with about 2,338 residents and 1,538 housing units. Harlem Park is to the north, Union Square and Carrollton Ridge to the south, Poppleton to the east, and Penrose/Fayette Street Outreach and Boyd-Booth to the west. Franklin Square Park (2.9 acres) and Vincent Street Park (1 acre) are inside the outline, along with Franklin Square Elementary/Middle (PK-8) and Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy (grades 9-12).
About 83 percent of the area is zoned R-8 Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential, with smaller Commercial, Open Space and Office-Residential districts. MTA Route 78 Downtown - CMS and the CityLink Purple serve the area. A CivicScout report for an address such as 1623 W Lexington St combines permits, police reports, 311 requests, open housing notices, parks and zoning within a half mile of the address.
CivicScout counts Baltimore Police Department offense reports (NIBRS Group A) that carry a location and are tagged to Franklin Square 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 Franklin Square most often list rowhouse dwelling, single family dwelling and multi-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 Franklin Square is mostly Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential (R-8) and Commercial (C-1 and C-2), 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 Franklin Square 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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