Explore Baltimore building permits, police report data, and R-8 zoning in Union Square, a neighborhood next to Franklin Square and Hollins Market.
Search this neighborhoodUnion Square is a Baltimore neighborhood with about 1,108 residents and 668 housing units. Franklin Square lies to the north, Mount Clare to the south, Hollins Market and Franklin Square to the east, and Carrollton Ridge and Franklin Square to the west. Union Square Park (2.7 acres) is inside the outline. The H.L. Mencken House, a museum, and the Union Square-Hollins Market Historic District are also here, along with several churches including Union Square United Methodist Church.
Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential zoning (R-8) covers about 86 percent of the area, with Open Space (OS) at 8 percent and Commercial (C-1) at 6 percent. MTA CityLink Purple and Route 76 (CCBC - Downtown) serve the neighborhood. Search any Union Square address, such as 1515 W Lombard St, to open a CivicScout report that combines permits, police reports, 311 requests, open housing notices, parks and zoning for that address.
CivicScout counts Baltimore Police Department offense reports (NIBRS Group A) that carry a location and are tagged to Union 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 Union 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 Union Square is mostly Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential (R-8) 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 Union 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.
Search an address →Search an address in Union Square to see building permits, safety data, zoning details, and AI-powered neighborhood reports.
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