Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSD-3 and RSA-2 zoning in East Oak Lane, around 65th Avenue.
Search this neighborhoodEast Oak Lane is a residential neighborhood in the Upper North side of the city, between West Oak Lane and Melrose Park Gardens, along the line with Cheltenham Township. About 11,000 residents live here, mostly on RSD-3 detached (23%), RSA-2 (18%) and RSA-3 (14%) single-family lots.
Bus routes 16, 22, 28, 55, 57, 70, 72 and K serve it, and the Fern Rock Transportation Center on the Broad Street Line is to the south.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in East Oak Lane. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of East Oak Lane include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 480 permits in East Oak Lane from January 2024 through October 2026, 76 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 East Oak Lane by area is RSD-3 (detached single-family houses), covering about 23% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-2 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 18% and RSA-3 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 14%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for East Oak Lane 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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