Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RM-1 and RSA-5 zoning in Hawthorne, along South Street.
Search this neighborhoodHawthorne is a small neighborhood between Washington Square West and Passyunk Square, along South Street and Broad Street, with a median home value near $560,000. Multi-family RM-1 zoning covers about 16% of it, RSA-5 rowhouse lots 15%, and CMX-5 downtown commercial land 6% along Broad Street.
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens at 1020 South Street, the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts at 901 South Broad Street, the Hawthorne Cultural Center and the Academy at Palumbo are inside the boundary. SEPTA routes 4, 27, 32, 40, 45 and 64 serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Hawthorne. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Hawthorne include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 466 permits in Hawthorne from January 2024 through October 2026, 68 of them building permits (16 for new construction) and 6 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. About 24% 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 Hawthorne by area is RM-1 (multi-family housing), covering about 16% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 15% and RM-2 (multi-family housing) at 6%.
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