Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 zoning in Dickinson Narrows, in South Philadelphia.
Search this neighborhoodDickinson Narrows is a South Philadelphia neighborhood between Queen Village and Greenwich, centered on South 5th Street, with a median home value near $399,000. Rowhouse RSA-5 lots cover about 48% of the area.
Solomon Sacks Playground and the Vare-Washington Elementary School on South 5th Street are inside the boundary. SEPTA routes 29 and 47 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Dickinson Narrows. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Dickinson Narrows include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 726 permits in Dickinson Narrows from January 2024 through October 2026, 128 of them building permits (13 for new construction); the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 10% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Dickinson Narrows by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 48% of the neighborhood.
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