Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and CMX-2.5 zoning in East Passyunk, along East Passyunk Avenue.
Search this neighborhoodEast Passyunk is a South Philadelphia rowhouse neighborhood centered on the diagonal East Passyunk Avenue commercial corridor, between Point Breeze to the north and Lower Moyamensing to the south. About 52% of its land is zoned RSA-5 for rowhouses, and CMX-1, CMX-2 and CMX-2.5 commercial districts follow the avenue.
Southwark School on South 9th Street is inside the boundary. SEPTA routes 29, 45, 47 and 79 serve the neighborhood, and the Broad Street Line's Snyder and Tasker-Morris stations are a short walk to the west.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in East Passyunk. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of East Passyunk include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,373 permits in East Passyunk from January 2024 through October 2026, 218 of them building permits (23 for new construction) and 5 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 11% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in East Passyunk by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 52% of the neighborhood, followed by CMX-2.5 (commercial mixed-use) at 5% and CMX-2 (commercial mixed-use) at 5%.
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