Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and SP-PO-A and I-3 zoning in Holmesburg, on Pennypack Creek.
Search this neighborhoodHolmesburg is a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of about 22,900 residents on the Delaware River side of Pennypack Creek. The Frankford Avenue Bridge over Pennypack Creek, built in 1697, is one of the oldest roadway bridges still in use in the country. Parks and open space is the largest zoning category at 17%, followed by heavy (I-3, 13%) and medium (I-2, 12%) industrial land.
Pennypack on the Delaware, a 180-acre sports complex, Pennypack Park, Charles A. Russo Playground, James J. Ramp Playground and the Holmesburg Recreation Center are inside the boundary. The Trenton Regional Rail Line and bus routes 28, 66, 70, 84, 88 and 484 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Holmesburg. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Holmesburg include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 883 permits in Holmesburg from January 2024 through October 2026, 115 of them building permits (7 for new construction); the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 6% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Holmesburg by area is SP-PO-A (parks and open space), covering about 17% of the neighborhood, followed by I-3 (heavy industrial land) at 13% and I-2 (medium industrial land) at 12%.
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View schools →Location reports for Holmesburg 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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