Explore Detroit building permits, police incident data, and R5 zoning in New Center Commons.
Search this neighborhoodNew Center Commons is home to roughly 2,200 residents. Virginia Park lies to its north, New Center to the south, North End to the east and Virginia Park Community to the west. New Center Commons is crossed by 3rd Street, 2nd Avenue and John C Lodge Freeway. The WJBK-TV Studios Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and a locally designated historic district named New Center Area is inside. Pallister Park is also mapped in the neighborhood.
Zoning is a mix led by Medium Density Residential (R5) and Single-Family Residential (R1), with Special Development, Mixed-Use (SD2) also present. Inside New Center Commons, riders can board DDOT Route 23 Hamilton and DDOT Route 4 Woodward.
CivicScout tracks Detroit Police Department incidents that carry a location for New Center Commons, 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 New Center Commons over the past year are alteration permits and addition permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in New Center Commons is a mix of Medium Density Residential (R5) and 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 New Center Commons 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 New Center Commons to see building permits, safety data, zoning details, and AI-powered neighborhood reports.
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