Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and RM-1 zoning in East Parkside, beside Fairmount Park.
Search this neighborhoodEast Parkside is a small West Philadelphia neighborhood on the edge of Fairmount Park, near the Please Touch Museum and Mann Center area. RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 38% of it, with RM-1 multi-family at 14% and CMX-2 commercial blocks.
The Route 15 Girard Avenue trolley and bus routes 38 and 40 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in East Parkside. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of East Parkside include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 482 permits in East Parkside from January 2024 through October 2026, 63 of them building permits (17 for new construction) and 15 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. About 27% of building permits here were for new construction, a higher share than most Philadelphia neighborhoods; the rest cover alterations and additions to existing buildings.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The largest zoning district in East Parkside by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 38% of the neighborhood, followed by RM-1 (multi-family housing) at 14% and CMX-2 (commercial mixed-use) at 6%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for East Parkside 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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