Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSD-3 and SP-INS zoning in East Falls, on the Schuylkill River.
Search this neighborhoodEast Falls is a riverside neighborhood in the Northwest, where Ridge Avenue and the Schuylkill River meet the Wissahickon Valley, between Allegheny West and Roxborough. About 20% of it is zoned RSD-3 for detached houses, with institutional (SP-INS) land at 11%, civic land at 10% and parks and open space at 8%.
Thomas Jefferson University's East Falls Campus, William Penn Charter School, Ravenhill Mansion, the Falls Bridge and the Gustine Recreation Center are inside the boundary. The Manayunk/Norristown Regional Rail Line stops at East Falls, and bus routes 1, 32, 60, 82, K and several 400-series routes serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in East Falls. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of East Falls include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 647 permits in East Falls from January 2024 through October 2026, 88 of them building permits (3 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 East Falls by area is RSD-3 (detached single-family houses), covering about 20% of the neighborhood, followed by SP-INS (institutional campuses) at 11% and RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 10%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
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