Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSD-1 and SP-PO-A zoning in Chestnut Hill, at the top of Germantown Avenue.
Search this neighborhoodChestnut Hill sits at the northwestern end of the city, where Germantown Avenue meets the Montgomery County line, with Wissahickon Valley Park to its south. About 47% of its land is zoned RSD-1, the city's largest-lot single-family detached district, and the commercial blocks along Germantown Avenue are zoned CMX-2.
Chestnut Hill College, Pastorius Park and the Water Tower Recreation Center are inside the boundary, and the Vanna Venturi House, designed by Robert Venturi, stands on Millman Street. Chestnut Hill East and Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail lines each have a terminus station here, and bus routes 23, 94, 97 and others serve the area.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Chestnut Hill include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,230 permits in Chestnut Hill from January 2024 through October 2026, 192 of them building permits (8 for new construction) and 5 for demolition; 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 Chestnut Hill by area is RSD-1 (detached single-family houses), covering about 47% of the neighborhood, followed by SP-PO-A (parks and open space) at 10% and RSD-3 (detached single-family houses) at 8%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Chestnut Hill 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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