Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-3 and RSA-5 zoning in Morton, around Germantown High School.
Search this neighborhoodMorton is a Germantown neighborhood of about 5,700 residents along upper Germantown Avenue, between East Mount Airy and Wister. RSA-3 attached lots cover about 29% of it and RSA-5 rowhouse lots about 23%.
Germantown High School at 5915 Germantown Avenue, the 1770 Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse and Morton Playground are inside the boundary. Washington Lane station on the Chestnut Hill East Line, and bus routes 18, 23, 26, 41, 81 and K, serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Morton. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Morton include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 512 permits in Morton from January 2024 through October 2026, 74 of them building permits (19 for new construction) and 8 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. About 26% of building permits here were for new construction, a higher share than most Philadelphia neighborhoods; the rest cover alterations and additions to existing buildings.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The largest zoning district in Morton by area is RSA-3 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 29% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 23% and ICMX (industrial-commercial mixed-use) at 5%.
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View schools →Location reports for Morton 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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