Explore Detroit building permits, police incident data, and R6 zoning in Gold Coast, along the Detroit River.
Search this neighborhoodGold Coast has about 3,100 residents and runs along the Detroit River, which forms its southern edge, with Islandview and West Village to the north, Joseph Berry Sub to the east, and East Village and Rivertown to the west. East Jefferson Avenue and East Grand Boulevard cross Gold Coast. Three riverfront parks lie inside: Erma Henderson Park at 36.1 acres, Gabriel Richard Park at 17.7 acres and Owen Park at 8.2 acres. Detroit Naval Armory, Alden Park Towers, River Terrace Apartments and Whittier Hotel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and three locally designated historic districts are inside.
Zoning is a mix led by High Density Residential (R6) and Parks and Recreation (PR), with Special Development, Riverfront Mixed-Use (SD4) also present. DDOT Route 9 Jefferson serves Gold Coast, with stops inside its outline.
CivicScout tracks Detroit Police Department incidents that carry a location for Gold Coast, 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 Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast is a mix of High Density Residential (R6) and Parks and Recreation (PR), 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 Gold Coast 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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