Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and SP-PO-A zoning in Clearview, in Southwest Philadelphia.
Search this neighborhoodClearview is a Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood around 73rd Street between Paschall and Eastwick, at the city's western edge near Cobbs Creek. Rowhouse RSA-5 lots cover about 20% of it, parks and open space another 18%, and light industrial land 14%.
Eastwick Regional Playground, Clearview Park, the William A. Cibotti Recreation Center and a stretch of Cobbs Creek Park are inside the boundary. Thomas Buchanan Read Elementary School is also here. The Subway-Surface trolley and bus routes 68, 108 and 409 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Clearview. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Clearview include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 166 permits in Clearview from January 2024 through October 2026, 23 of them building permits (0 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.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Clearview by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 20% of the neighborhood, followed by SP-PO-A (parks and open space) at 18% and I-1 (light industrial land) at 14%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Clearview 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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