Explore Detroit building permits, police incident data, and R2 zoning in East Village, home of Pewabic Pottery.
Search this neighborhoodEast Village is home to roughly 3,600 residents. West End and Gratiot Woods lie to its north, Marina District to the south, Conner Creek Industrial to the east and Indian Village to the west. East Village is crossed by Kercheval Avenue, Charlevoix Street and East Vernor Highway. Pewabic Pottery and the Hibbard Apartment Building are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and three locally designated historic districts are inside. Southeastern High School serves grades 9 through 12, and Ossian Sweet is a 0.2-acre mini park.
Zoning is mostly Two-Family Residential (R2), with General Business (B4) and Medium Density Residential (R5) in smaller areas. Inside East Village, riders can board DDOT Route 67 Cadillac-Harper, DDOT Route 9 Jefferson, and DDOT Route 31 Mack.
CivicScout tracks Detroit Police Department incidents that carry a location for East Village, 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 East Village over the past year are alteration permits and new-construction permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in East Village is mostly Two-Family Residential (R2), 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 East Village 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.
Search an address →Search an address in East Village to see building permits, safety data, zoning details, and AI-powered neighborhood reports.
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