Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and CMX-5 and CMX-4 zoning in Center City East, around City Hall and Reading Terminal Market.
Search this neighborhoodCenter City East is the downtown core, centered on Philadelphia City Hall at Broad and Market streets. The two highest-intensity commercial zoning districts, CMX-5 (40%) and CMX-4 (24%), cover most of it, with offices, hotels, retail and residential towers.
Reading Terminal Market, the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the Masonic Temple, Jefferson Station and Jefferson Tower are all inside the boundary, and the Broad Street Line, Market-Frankford Line, Subway-Surface trolleys and Regional Rail lines serve City Hall, Jefferson Station and the 11th, 13th and 15th Street stations.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Center City East. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Center City East include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 251 permits in Center City East from January 2024 through October 2026, 45 of them building permits (1 for new construction); the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Building permits are almost all for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with little new construction.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The largest zoning district in Center City East by area is CMX-5 (commercial mixed-use), covering about 40% of the neighborhood, followed by CMX-4 (commercial mixed-use) at 24%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Center City East addresses surface City of Philadelphia L&I building permits, code violations, 311 requests, nearby parks and the applicable Philadelphia Zoning Code district.
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