Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and I-2 and RSA-5 zoning in Harrowgate, along Kensington Avenue.
Search this neighborhoodHarrowgate is a Lower Northeast neighborhood of about 13,200 residents, between Juniata Park and Richmond, along Kensington Avenue and the Market-Frankford Line. Medium industrial land covers about 25% of it, RSA-5 rowhouse lots 21% and auto-oriented commercial (CA-2) 12%.
The Allegheny and Tioga stations on the Market-Frankford Line are inside the boundary. Harrowgate Park, Joseph A. Scanlon Playground, Ramblers Recreation Center and Robert T. Heitzman Recreation Center are its parks, and bus routes 3, 5, 25, 53, 60 and 76 serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Harrowgate. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Harrowgate include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,227 permits in Harrowgate from January 2024 through October 2026, 191 of them building permits (6 for new construction) and 13 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Building permits are almost all for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with little new construction.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The largest zoning district in Harrowgate by area is I-2 (medium industrial land), covering about 25% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 21% and CA-2 (auto-oriented commercial) at 12%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Harrowgate 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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