Explore Boston building permits, BPD crime data, and two-family and one-family zoning in Mattapan, around Mattapan Square and the Boston Nature Center.
Search this neighborhoodMattapan lies along the Neponset River at Boston's southern edge, organized around Mattapan Square at Blue Hill Avenue and River Street. Most of its housing is two-family and single-family houses, and the zoning layer shows about a third of the neighborhood as Two-Family Residential and a quarter as One-Family.
The Mattapan trolley line, which runs vintage PCC streetcars between Ashmont and Mattapan, ends at the square. The Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary on Walk Hill Street, Mattahunt Woods and New Calvary Cemetery are the largest open spaces. Fairmount Line commuter rail stops at Blue Hill Avenue and Morton Street, and bus routes run to Forest Hills and Ruggles.
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 Mattapan. Crash records here do not publish injury counts.
View safety data →Permit activity is mostly renovation and additions on one- and two-family houses, with commercial work along Blue Hill Avenue and in the Mattapan Square district.
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View new construction →About a third of Mattapan is zoned Two-Family Residential and a quarter One-Family, with an Enterprise Protection area and the Squares + Streets Mattapan district along the main corridors.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Mattapan addresses surface Inspectional Services building permits, open 311 requests, food establishment inspections, and the applicable Boston zoning subdistrict.
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