Explore Boston building permits, BPD crime data, and open space and apartment residential zoning in Beacon Hill, around the State House and Boston Common.
Search this neighborhoodBeacon Hill rises north of Boston Common and the Public Garden and is topped by the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Street, with its gilded dome designed by Charles Bulfinch. The residential streets are lined with brick rowhouses and cobblestone or brick sidewalks, including Acorn Street and Louisburg Square, and Charles Street is the neighborhood's main shopping street.
Boston Common and the Public Garden make up nearly half of the neighborhood's area in the city's zoning layer. The Museum of African American History on Joy Street is part of the Black Heritage Trail through the north slope of the hill. The Green Line and Red Line stop at Park Street and Charles/MGH.
CivicScout tracks Boston Police reported incidents, Vision Zero traffic crash records, and open building and property violation cases within a half mile of any searched address in Beacon Hill. Crash records here do not publish injury counts.
View safety data →Permit activity is mostly renovation work on historic rowhouses, which is subject to Beacon Hill Architectural Commission review for exterior changes.
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View new construction →About 46 percent of Beacon Hill is zoned Open Space (Boston Common and the Public Garden) and about 43 percent Apartment Residential.
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View schools →Location reports for Beacon Hill addresses surface Inspectional Services building permits, open 311 requests, food establishment inspections, and the applicable Boston zoning subdistrict.
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