Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RM-1 and RM-2 zoning in East Poplar, beside the Poe National Historic Site.
Search this neighborhoodEast Poplar is a small neighborhood just north of Callowhill and the Vine Street Expressway, between Northern Liberties and Spring Garden. Multi-family RM-1 zoning covers about 35% of it, with RM-2, parks and open space and CMX-2 commercial blocks in smaller shares.
The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, where the writer lived in the 1840s, is inside the boundary, as are East Poplar Playground and the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on North Franklin Street. The Route 15 trolley and bus route 47 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in East Poplar. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of East Poplar include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 373 permits in East Poplar from January 2024 through October 2026, 16 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 Poplar by area is RM-1 (multi-family housing), covering about 35% of the neighborhood, followed by RM-2 (multi-family housing) at 9% and SP-PO-A (parks and open space) at 7%.
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