Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 zoning in Lower Moyamensing, around South Broad Street.
Search this neighborhoodLower Moyamensing is a South Philadelphia rowhouse neighborhood of about 16,400 residents, south of East Passyunk and north of the stadium district. RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 51% of it.
Jefferson Methodist Hospital at 2301 South Broad Street, South Philadelphia High School, the Francis Scott Key School and the Broad Street Line's Snyder and Oregon stations are inside the boundary. SEPTA routes 4, 7, 45, 47, 63, 68 and 79 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Lower Moyamensing. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Lower Moyamensing include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 995 permits in Lower Moyamensing from January 2024 through October 2026, 168 of them building permits (13 for new construction) and 5 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 8% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Lower Moyamensing by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 51% of the neighborhood.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Lower Moyamensing 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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