Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and RSA-2 zoning in Kingsessing, beside Cobbs Creek Park.
Search this neighborhoodKingsessing is a Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood of about 18,800 residents along Cobbs Creek, between Cobbs Creek and Cedar Park to the north and Paschall to the south. RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 29% of it, RSA-2 attached and detached lots 12% and parks and open space 10%.
Cobbs Creek Park, Kingsessing Recreation Center, Francis J. Myers Recreation Center, Whitby Avenue Playground and the Mastery Charter Hardy Williams Campus are inside the boundary. The Media/Wawa Regional Rail Line, the Subway-Surface trolley and bus routes 52, 63, 409 and 415 serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Kingsessing. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Kingsessing include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,768 permits in Kingsessing from January 2024 through October 2026, 283 of them building permits (3 for new construction) and 22 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 Kingsessing by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 29% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-2 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 12% and SP-PO-A (parks and open space) at 10%.
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View schools →Location reports for Kingsessing 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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