Explore Detroit building permits, police incident data, and R1 zoning in Boston Edison, home of the Boston-Edison Historic District.
Search this neighborhoodAbout 2,600 people live in Boston Edison. Dexter-Linwood and Gateway Community lie to its north, Historic Atkinson and Piety Hill to the south, Arden Park and North End to the east, and Dexter-Linwood to the west. Chicago Boulevard, Hamilton Avenue and John C Lodge Service Drive cross Boston Edison. The Boston-Edison Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and a locally designated historic district named Boston-Edison is inside. Voigt Park is a 6.8-acre neighborhood park and Maiullo Park a 0.8-acre mini park.
Zoning is mostly Single-Family Residential (R1), with Low Density Residential (R3) in smaller areas. DDOT Route 23 Hamilton, DDOT Route 18 Fenkell, and DDOT Route 4 Woodward serve Boston Edison, with stops inside its outline.
CivicScout tracks Detroit Police Department incidents that carry a location for Boston Edison, counted by the neighborhood the department tags each report with. The feed leaves out hit-and-run traffic accidents, runaway and found-property records, recovered-vehicle records and unfounded cases, and reports taken by the Hamtramck, Highland Park, Dearborn and Grosse Pointe police departments are not in it. CivicScout does not have traffic crash data for Detroit.
View safety data →The most common permit types issued in Boston Edison over the past year are alteration permits and accessory/utility structure permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in Boston Edison is mostly Single-Family Residential (R1), 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 Boston Edison address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, food inspections, parks and zoning within a half mile. Police incidents and permits on the neighborhood page follow the official neighborhood outline; the other layers use the area around the neighborhood center.
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