Explore Minneapolis building permits, MPD offense reports and UN2, PR2 and CM3 zoning in Seward, around Franklin Avenue and the river gorge.
Search this neighborhoodSeward is a neighborhood on the west bank of the Mississippi River gorge in south Minneapolis, between Cedar-Riverside on the north and Longfellow on the south, with East Phillips and Ventura Village to the west and Prospect Park and Cooper across the river. Franklin Avenue, Minnehaha Avenue, Cedar Avenue and 25th Street cross it, and the Franklin Avenue light rail station serves it.
Matthews Park, the Seward Community Co-op, the Northern Clay Center, Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts, The Playwrights' Center and Lincoln International High School are here. About 60% of the land is zoned UN2 Urban Neighborhood with PR2 production and processing near the rail lines.
CivicScout counts Minneapolis Police offense reports inside the exact Seward neighborhood boundary, using the neighborhood tag Minneapolis publishes with each report. The public data withholds the location of some violent offenses, so counts here understate violent crime and are not a measure of overall risk. Traffic crash data is not published for Minneapolis, so crashes are not shown.
View safety data →Over the last 12 months, permits issued inside the Seward boundary were mostly plumbing and residential building work, followed by mechanical (heating and cooling) permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →About 60% of Seward is zoned UN2 Urban Neighborhood 2, with PR2 Production and Processing, CM3 Community Mixed Use and PR1 Production Mixed Use making up much of the rest.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Seward addresses combine City of Minneapolis building permits, Minneapolis Police offense reports, open 311 requests, code violations, food inspections and the applicable zoning district.
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