Explore Detroit building permits, police incident data, and R2 zoning in Gratiot Woods, home to Hantz Playground.
Search this neighborhoodGratiot Woods has about 1,800 residents. West End and Gratiot Town/Kettering lie to its north, East Village to the south, West End to the east, and Pingree Park and Gratiot Town/Kettering to the west. McClellan Street, Gratiot Avenue, East Warren Avenue and East Forest Avenue run through it. Inside the neighborhood are Engine 41 fire station, Hantz Playground and Covenant High School East, a school serving grades 9 through 12.
Zoning is mostly Two-Family Residential (R2), with General Business (B4) and Medium Density Residential (R5) in smaller areas. DDOT Route 8 Warren, DDOT Route 6 Gratiot, and DDOT Route 31 Mack stop inside the neighborhood.
CivicScout tracks Detroit Police Department incidents that carry a location for Gratiot Woods, 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 Gratiot Woods over the past year are alteration permits and change of use permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in Gratiot Woods 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 Gratiot Woods 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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