Explore Baltimore building permits, police report data, and R-1 zoning in Howard Park, on the Baltimore County line.
Search this neighborhoodHoward Park is a Baltimore neighborhood with about 5,312 residents and 2,321 housing units. Grove Park and West Arlington lie to the north, Purnell, Forest Park Golf Course and West Forest Park to the south, Forest Park Golf Course, Dorchester and West Arlington to the east, and the Baltimore County line and Grove Park to the west. Forest Park Golf Course (180.7 acres, mostly inside the outline) is the city park here, and Powder Mill Park borders the area. Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary, a PK-8 school, the Forest Park Senior Center and Ferndale Community Garden are also here.
By area, zoning is mostly Detached and Semi-Detached Residential (R-1, R-3 and R-4), with Open Space (OS) covering about a quarter of the area. MTA service in the area includes CityLink Lime, Route 31 Sinai Hospital - Security Square and Route 34 Falls Rd/Greenspring - Catonsville. To look at a specific block, search an address such as 5018 Gwynn Oak Ave in CivicScout; the report 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 Howard Park 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 Howard Park most often list single family dwelling, detached dwelling and rowhouse 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 Howard Park is mostly Detached and Semi-Detached Residential (R-1, R-3 and R-4) 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 Howard Park 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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