Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and CMX-4 and CMX-3 zoning in Chinatown, around the Friendship Gate.
Search this neighborhoodChinatown is a small neighborhood at the east end of Center City, north of Market Street between 8th and 11th streets. Its residential population is about 1,000, and downtown commercial mixed-use CMX-4 covers about 45% of its area.
The Friendship Gate at 10th and Arch streets marks its main entrance, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center and Reading Terminal Market sit just to the west. SEPTA routes 48 and 61 serve it directly, and Market-Frankford and Regional Rail stops at 11th Street and Jefferson Station are a short walk away.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Chinatown. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Chinatown include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 225 permits in Chinatown from January 2024 through October 2026, 40 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 Chinatown by area is CMX-4 (commercial mixed-use), covering about 45% of the neighborhood, followed by CMX-3 (commercial mixed-use) at 7% and RM-1 (multi-family housing) at 6%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Chinatown 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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