Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and CMX-3 zoning in Fishtown & Lower Kensington, on the Delaware River waterfront.
Search this neighborhoodFishtown & Lower Kensington is a rowhouse and former industrial neighborhood on the Delaware River, north of Northern Liberties, with about 17,000 residents. RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 27% of it and CMX-3 commercial mixed-use another 12%, much of the latter along Frankford Avenue and the river.
Penn Treaty Park on the Delaware, the Penn Treaty School, Fishtown Recreation Center, Dan Shissler Recreation Center and Frederick Cione Playground are inside the boundary. The Market-Frankford Line's Girard station, the Route 15 trolley and bus routes 5, 25, 39, 43 and 76 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Fishtown & Lower Kensington. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Fishtown & Lower Kensington include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 4,259 permits in Fishtown & Lower Kensington from January 2024 through October 2026, 656 of them building permits (243 for new construction) and 35 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. About 37% of building permits here were for new construction, a higher share than most Philadelphia neighborhoods; the rest cover alterations and additions to existing buildings.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Fishtown & Lower Kensington by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 27% of the neighborhood, followed by CMX-3 (commercial mixed-use) at 12%.
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