Explore Boston building permits, BPD crime data, and industrial and maritime zoning in the South Boston Waterfront, around the Seaport and Fan Pier.
Search this neighborhoodThe South Boston Waterfront, which includes the Seaport District and Fort Point, is a former industrial and port area along the Fort Point Channel and Boston Harbor. It has been redeveloped since the 1990s with office towers, hotels, laboratories and apartment buildings, though the zoning layer still shows large General Industrial, Restricted Manufacturing and Maritime Economy Reserve districts.
The Institute of Contemporary Art on Harbor Shore Drive, the Boston Children's Museum on Congress Street, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Summer Street and the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse on Fan Pier are among its landmarks. Black Falcon Cruise Terminal handles cruise ships. Silver Line routes SL1, SL2 and SL3 run from South Station through the area.
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 the South Boston Waterfront. Crash records here do not publish injury counts.
View safety data →Permit activity is dominated by large commercial, laboratory, hotel and residential construction, along with port and industrial work.
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View new construction →About 31 percent of the Waterfront is zoned General Industrial, 18 percent Restricted Manufacturing and 16 percent Maritime Economy Reserve.
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View schools →Location reports for the South Boston Waterfront addresses surface Inspectional Services building permits, open 311 requests, food establishment inspections, and the applicable Boston zoning subdistrict.
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